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Demystifying DevRel and Tech Writing - Discussion with Kruno Golubic and Katarina Šupe from 2023-11-27T15:52:48
Technical writing and developer relations are relatively new areas, and they have both grown out of a need for these specific skill sets. However, for newcomers in the IT landscape, it might tak...
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Fostering an API-first culture in a startup environment - Discussion with Alex Akimov and Helen Kosova from 2023-10-25T09:18:43
From rapid changes to learning on the fly, startups face unique challenges that require creative solutions. Alex Akimov (Head of API Platform at Monite) and Helen Kosova (API Technical Writer at...
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Empowered community through user-centered design - Discussion with Anthony Pichardo from 2023-08-25T12:54:57
With Anthony Pichardo, product manager at Visa Developer Platform, on the value of user-centered design and building non-zero sum environments where everyone wins. Community is not just an after...
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Unified documentation hubs versus documentation islands - Discussion with Christoph Weber and Kristof Van Tomme from 2023-07-11T11:59:23
We explore how developer documentation hubs enable a unified information architecture, at least outwards: our guests Christoph Weber (Pronovix) and Kristof Van Tomme (Pronovix) talk about the nu...
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Why convert from markdown to confluence? - Interview with Paula Cristina Vaz from 2023-06-30T09:45:28
Developers are the ones who know their APIs best, but they need an easy documentation process that wouldn’t be too different from the coding lifecycle to produce the technical documentation at s...
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Innersource and the meaning of collaboration - Interview with Daniel Izquierdo and Kristof Van Tomme from 2023-06-07T12:22:27
Daniel Izquierdo (Bitergia) and Kristof Van Tomme (Pronovix) explained their journey with innersource and open-source communities. They also discussed what a company can do with documentation is...
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The valuable problem: about Domain Driven Design with Luca Vettor from 2023-05-03T06:02
Business and technical personas may have different skills, and in many cases, they use different terminology. Luca Vettor (Information Architect at Deltatre) explained how Domain Driven Design a...
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A love letter to technical writing - Passo Uno, Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti from 2023-04-12T14:24:54
Why did Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti (Senior Staff Technical Writer at Splunk) write a love letter to technical writing? How could technical writers create a bridge between the different parts of a ...
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Docs-as-Code for better collaboration at Amadeus for Developers - Interview with Anna Tsolakou and Mathieu Pincovai from 2023-03-02T10:08:16
Anna Tsolakou (Developer Advocate) and Mathieu Pincovai (Customer Success Specialist) shared with us the journey on how Amadeus for Developers created consistent and clear documentation. We also...
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Advocacy at Spotify for Developers - Interview with Serah Njambi Kiburu and Alvaro Navarro from 2023-02-14T13:11:50
Spotify Senior Developer Advocates Serah Njambi Kiburu and Alvaro Navarro talked with us about the two enemies of developer empathy, and their practices to optimise and scale for the community’s...
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Typical patterns in the process of API learning – Interview with Emese Hallgató from 2022-10-25T08:37:10
Our guest Emese Hallgató works as a UX researcher at Pronovix Developer Portals. Her education and experience in computer programming and in psychological research open the door to better unders...
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Techwriting, DX and DevRel working together at Miro - Part 2 from 2022-09-30T13:12:26
In Part 2 of our conversation with Miro's DevRel Lead Anthony Roux and Senior Techwriters Mira Balani and Marco Spinello, we walk deeper into how their respective teams complement each other, an...
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Techwriting, DX and DevRel working together at Miro - Part1 from 2022-09-07T12:40:28
With our three Mironeer guests, DevRel Lead Anthony Roux and Senior Techwriters Mira Balani and Marco Spinello, we talked about how they joined their teams, what they learnt since, how and by wh...
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Interview with Anthony Sansone, staff technical writer at MongoDB - The importance of onboarding in techwriting from 2022-07-06T08:16:54
Our guest is Anthony Sansone, staff technical writer at MongoDB, who has spent 20+ years in computer hardware, software, and services, specializing in data protection and user security. His expe...
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Interview with Marc Burgauer part 2 - Will social practices eat your change strategy for breakfast? from 2022-06-13T07:37:02
Or, maybe you could map it: what does each of you do, why, and how? We converse about integration of practices and practice networks with Marc Burgauer, co-founder of Contextualise. Together wit...
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Interview with Marc Burgauer part 1 - Will social practices eat your change strategy for breakfast? from 2022-06-13T07:29
Or, maybe you could map it: what does each of you do, why, and how? We converse about integration of practices and practice networks with Marc Burgauer, co-founder of Contextualise. Together wit...
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When is no news good news for a scheduling platform? - Interview with DevRel Kristyn Bryan and Application Architect Dmitry Pashkevich from Calendly from 2022-06-03T09:38:07
We asked DevRel Kristyn Bryan and Application Architect Dmitry Pashkevich from the Calendly API team about the new, v2 of their API and the upgraded devportal. Why and how did they redesign the ...
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Source code access, consistency: some ingredients of Adyen's API program from 2022-01-11T10:52:31
Interview with Ruby Batallones, Technical Writer at Adyen and Aleksei Akimov, Head of API at Adyen
Involve your technical writers already from the API design discussions: this can help en...
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Confidence and Critical Thinking in Thechwriting: Part 2 from 2021-09-02T10:20:49
MongoDB is one of the most popular NoSQL database programs, providing both on-premise and cloud-based solutions. Tony works as a senior technical writer on cloud based tools. He has 20+ years ex...
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Confidence and Critical Thinking: techwriting is life-long learning - Interview with Anthony Sansone, Senior Technical Writer at MongoDB from 2021-08-18T16:11:41
Confidence and Critical Thinking: techwriting is life-long learning - Interview with Anthony Sansone, Senior Technical Writer at MongoDB
MongoDB is one of the most popular NoSQL database ...
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Building a DevRel Team - Interview with Lorna Mitchell, Head of Developer Relations at Aiven. from 2021-07-15T12:35:18
Building a DevRel Team - Interview with Lorna Mitchell, Head of Developer Relations at Aiven.
Lorna is an open source software developer and project maintainer, published au...
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Feedback is the key! - Interview with Alex Hoffer, Developer Relations Engineer at Plaid from 2021-06-03T07:10:15
Alex Hoffer is a DevRel engineer at Plaid. Previously, she was managing the QA team at Dropbox for 6 years. At Plaid, she's been working on documentation and an overhaul of the Plaid dev...
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Getting into the tech industry through technical writing - Interview with Carolyn Stransky, Frontend Engineer at Bryter from 2021-05-19T11:41:34
Former technical writer, previously a journalist and now fronted engineer, conference speaker and workshop organizer. Tune in to learn about Carolyn's career journey.
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A good design is not about how something looks, it's about how something works - Interview with Liam Gallagher and Jake Eastham from Barclays from 2021-04-29T07:56:01
Today our guests are Liam Gallagher (UX Designer/API Platforms) and Jake Eastham (Front-end Developer and Accessibility Champion) from Barclays:
“It's very easy t...
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Creating a fully self-service API program - Interview with Alvaro Navarro and Anthony Roux from 2021-04-07T15:27:08
Meet the Developer Relations & API product management team on Amadeus for Developers - Open API Product for the travel industry. Our guests are Alvaro Navarro and Anthony Roux. Listen
Tech writing for software engineers - Interview with Barry Rosenberg from 2021-03-24T16:04:24
Our guest is Barry Rosenberg, technical writer at Google and co-author of courses Technical Writing One and Technical Writing Two. At the beginning of his professional journey, Barry was...
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Inclusion and Accessibility - some suggestions from fellow documentarians - Interview with Ilona Koren-Deutsch from 2021-03-12T10:54:17
We ask Ilona Koren-Deutsch about the Women in APIs initiative, and her advice on how to diversify a team. We talk about considerations to ensure accessibility for your content, and what ...
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Where Product Marketing Meets the Docs – Interview with Liz Couto from 2020-12-04T12:34:33
We are talking with Liz Couto, Product Marketing Manager at Shopify, about the role of marketing and an amplifier, where the CTA is often pointing to the developer documentation. How did Shopify...
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Feedback Management & Documentation Workflows - Interview with Uwana Ikaiddi from 2020-11-04T14:32:48
“It’s a misconception to think that documentation is a solitary endeavor” says Uwana Ikaiddi (Documentation Manager, BigCommerce). Getting involved in cross-tea...
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Intentional Jargon and Technical Documentation – Interview with Erin McKean from 2020-11-02T13:46:14
The Good Docs Project aims to create open source documentation templates, and most recently an information architecture template too. Erin McKean, one of the central orchestrato...
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DocOps and Automation to the Delight of Technical Writers! - Interview with Paula Henk & Patrick Hammond (Adyen) from 2020-10-22T15:19:24
What are the main principles a documentation team operates on in a fast-moving industry? How to adopt DocOps? How does a documentation team decide on what should be automated? What is hard to au...
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Remote Onboarding and Technical Writing: Things We Can Do Better from 2020-10-14T14:33:42
How can you onboard new technical writers when your office just turned into remote-first? This podcast episode focuses on the mistakes Karen Sawrey (Contract Technical Writer) m...
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Developer-friendly API Documentation with Milecia McGregor from 2020-10-07T07:00
“When you’re working on APIs that developers use, they need to know exactly how to use them. Great documentation is the way to do this & it gives development a chance to make things more use...
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The Evolution of a Documentation Platform - Interview with Fabian Rodriguez (Vonage) from 2020-10-01T11:49:48
Vonage’s developer platform journey started in 2017. Little did they know the impact that some of their design decisions were going to have now. In this interview, Fabian shares...
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Insider's advice on actions your tech writers can take to create quality API documentation from 2020-07-03T11:24:31
At the 7th API The Docs Virtual event Michelle Fredette, technical writer at New Relic and Chris Cowell, Oregon-based technical trainer and wri...
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Dev-first API products, API explorers & Microservices from 2020-06-19T07:48:39
At the 6th API The Docs Virtual event Egan Anderson, head of developer experience at Galileo, explained ways companies can prioritize developers’ needs.
Dev Doc Trends w/ Tom Johnson from 2020-06-08T08:40:49
On 27th Tom Johnson, senior technical writer at Amazon, presented his comprehensive research on how API documentation trends differ from other tech comm trends. In the Q&A panel, he reflects...
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Change management on large & complex documentation sets from 2020-05-21T09:29:15
On 13th May in the API The Docs virtual event Sarah Day, technical writer at LaunchDarkly, shared how you can incorporate API documentation in ...
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Defining Top API Use Cases and How to Meet the Goals of Your API's Audience from 2020-05-13T18:52:15
On 6th May Steph Mills from Splunk shared how you can create the best possible golden paths through the API woods, and how to reduce the need for users to stray from the path into the wilds. Bob...
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Minimal Viable API Documentation and Developer Experience from 2020-04-30T06:46:56
On 22th April Mike Jang from GitLab explored what an Minimum Viable Documentation is for RESTful APIs. Jenny Wanger explained that the way you name, design, and structure your APIs has a huge im...
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