Stefan Avram

Co-Founder at WunderGraph

Bio

Stefan Avram is one of the co-founders of WunderGraph. A former software engineer, he helped shape WunderGraph’s early customer strategy, translating technical value into practical outcomes and guiding enterprise platform teams from onboarding to production. His work helped establish the company’s approach to customer growth and the adoption of federated architecture.

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Podcast Episodes

How to Make Your APIs Work for AI

Podcast Host | February 1, 2026
Erik Wilde discusses why many enterprise APIs are not AI ready, why so many AI projects fail prematurely, and why API design and governance matter more than models for building reliable AI-driven systems.

The Man Behind HubSpot's AI Integrations & MCP

Podcast Host | November 20, 2025
HubSpot’s Cody Holden joins Stefan to talk about his journey from journalism to product management, why communication is still the hardest problem in tech, and how MCP is redefining integration for the AI era.

Why WunderGraph Is All In on Federation

Podcast Host | October 14, 2025
In this episode, Stefan and Jens respond to industry rumors head-on — clarifying that WunderGraph isn’t moving away from federation, but doubling down on it. They discuss community reactions, open-source innovation, and what it really means to evolve the federation ecosystem.

Scaling Support Without Burning Out Engineers

Podcast Host | September 19, 2025
Stefan and Jens talk with Viola Marku, WunderGraph’s first Customer Success Manager, about scaling support in startups, building customer empathy into the product, and improving developer experience.

APIs Are a People Problem with Daniel Kocot

Podcast Host | September 4, 2025
Daniel Kocot joins The Good Thing to discuss why APIs are less about technology and more about people, touching on REST vs. GraphQL debates, capability thinking, governance gaps, and the hype cycles around AI and MCP.

Why Infrastructure Should Just Work with Sam Lambert

Podcast Host | July 31, 2025
PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert joins The Good Thing to talk scale, databases, and why boring infrastructure is not a problem but a goal.

Over 15 Years of APIs with Kevin Swiber

Podcast Host | July 26, 2025
API veteran Kevin Swiber joins The Good Thing to unpack MCP, AI hype, and why the future of infrastructure should be boring, in a good way.

AI Productivity "Crash", Lovable’s $2B Surge, and Why Federation Needs gRPC

Podcast Host | July 18, 2025
Stefan and Jens unpack gRPC Federation, AI hype, the rise of Lovable, and how Meta may move away from open source in this episode of The Good Thing.

Did We Just Get Rug Pulled by Cursor?

Podcast Host | July 11, 2025
Stefan and Jens break down Cursor’s pricing changes, Microsoft’s AI strategy, and the state of developer tools in this episode of The Good Thing.