In a Post Developer Relations World: Fix or Fire?
In “Developer Relations: A Painful Reckoning“, I laid out the current broken state of developer relations and it got people…
Category: Developer Experience
How to Kill your SDKs in 1 Easy Step
Before I criticize SDKs, I’ll give them a proper eulogy: SDKs have taken us a long way. Having packaged, reusable…
Developer Relations: A Painful Reckoning
The last four years have been brutal for developer relations. Obviously, covid sent everyone home and canceled conferences, meetups, and…
Selling to Developers: Developers Have Exactly Two Goals in Life
I’ve done the rounds through a number of SaaS companies – Twilio, Okta, ngrok, and now Pangea – where we…
How ChatGPT will solve all API problems.. except yours
This blog post is part of the APIFutures coordinated by Matthew Reinbold where he recruited some of the best and…
API Design Smells
In software development, a “Design Smell” is a signal that something isn’t quite right. Think of it like your car…
The Business Case for Developer Experience
While I’ve made a case for Developer Experience (DevEx) – aptly named The Case for a Great Developer Experience –…
Leveraging OAuth 2.0 Scopes for Fun & Profit
OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749) is a great authorization framework but it leaves much up to the imagination. Luckily, there are…
Better API Documentation in 3 Steps
API Documentation comes in a variety of forms. You can find it in pdfs, html, or even a Postman-collection that…
Better DevEx for a Better Business
All opinions and analysis in this post reflect my experience and opinion, not those of current or previous employers. They…