Leo Laporte talks with the Founder & CTO of Bitwarden, Kyle Spearrin, about how Bitwarden began as a nights-and-weekends side project — born out of Kyle's dissatisfaction with LastPass following its acquisition by LogMeIn — and how he spent nearly three years running the entire company solo before hiring his first employee. They dig into the scrappy early days of building a password manager from scratch as a self-taught web developer, the brand identity of Bitwarden, and how making the code open source from the start was a deliberate move to earn user trust. Bitwarden is a sponsor of the TWiT Network. You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://podcasts.twit.tv Subscribe: https://twit.tv/subscribe Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv - X: https://x.com/twit - Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@twit - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.