In 2019, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi, co-founders of AngelList, transformed Naval's blog posts into the Naval Podcast, a concise audio series crafted from longer conversations and edited for brevity using Descript. Descript, founded by Andrew Mason, streamlines podcast production with tools for recording, transcribing, and editing, reflecting Mason's belief in the power of internal tools, a lesson he learned during his time at Groupon. At Descript, Mason emphasizes the importance of internal tooling to boost efficiency and empower non-engineers, illustrated by the adoption of Retool, a platform that allows both technical and non-technical team members to build applications with ease, thereby enhancing productivity and customer service without sacrificing resources. Mason's experience underscores how effective internal tools, like Retool, can drive employee engagement and organizational performance by enabling teams to focus on meaningful work and reduce frustration.