--- title: My Tech Advisor Role At Birdly (Y Combinator W16) description: A tech advisor shares his experience helping Birdly, a Y Combinator W16 startup, evolve from a mobile expense management app to a successful Slack bot. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-tech-advisor-role-at-birdly-y-combinator-w16--yk4lyfcz0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My Tech Advisor Role At Birdly (Y Combinator W16) | daily.dev og:description: A tech advisor shares his experience helping Birdly, a Y Combinator W16 startup, evolve from a mobile expense management app to a successful Slack bot. 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The post covers the technical and strategic journey including pivoting from iOS/Android to a Slack-based product, handling API scaling and reliability challenges, and the ongoing advisory relationship involving weekly meetings, code reviews, and pair programming sessions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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