Fireside with Voxgig

Richard Rodger: Voxgig CEO, founder and author
Fireside with Voxgig

This DevRel focused podcast allows entrepreneur, author and coder Richard Rodger to introduce you to interesting leaders and experienced professionals in the tech community. Richard and his guests chat not just about their current work or latest trend, but also about their experiences, good and bad, throughout their career. DevRel requires so many different skills and you can come to it from so many routes, that this podcast has featured conference creators, entrepreneurs, open source maintainers, developer advocates and community managers. Join us to learn about just how varied DevRel can be and get ideas to expand your work, impact and community.

  1. Episode 231 Andrew MacLean (repeat), Developer Relations Manager at DevCycle

    5 DAYS AGO

    Episode 231 Andrew MacLean (repeat), Developer Relations Manager at DevCycle

    Today, we're revisiting this New Year's episode from 2024. Our guest was Andrew MacLean, the developer relations manager at DevCycle, a feature flag management platform for developers. If you’ve never heard of feature flag management, that’s probably because it’s a relatively new space, despite feature flags having been around forever. If you’re not familiar with the ins and outs of feature flags, one of their main benefits is allowing you to update your platform without having to deploy so many versions that you lose the ability to maintain quality. As with many of the people we feature on Fireside, this service could have been a game changer in some of the startups Richard has worked on over the years. Andrew dives into the history of feature flags, and what launched them into the mainstream. From Github devs, to articles, to implementation by major SaaS companies, word of mouth popularisation has made feature flags the staple they now are. Andrew also gives us some insight into his history. It’s a typical DevRel story, of falling into the industry somewhat by accident, but in Andrew’s case his starting point was studying for a career in forensic science. With a background almost as interesting as the work he does now, Andrew makes for a fascinating interviewee. Reach out to Andrew here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdmaclean/ Check out DevCycle: https://devcycle.com/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    33 min
  2. Episode 230, Phil Leggetter, Head of DevRel and Developer Marketing at Hookdeck

    13 DEC

    Episode 230, Phil Leggetter, Head of DevRel and Developer Marketing at Hookdeck

    Top tip: if you’re thinking of getting into DevRel, just know that you will hate boxes of t-shirts for the rest of your life. Or at least that’s how today’s guest, Phil Leggetter feels about them. Merch getting stuck in customs is a minor issue for sure, but it’s one of the pitfalls of DevRel we get into in this episode. Phil is the Head of DevRel and Developer Marketing at Hookdeck, an event gateway that strives to be a backbone for event driven applications. We talk to Phil about the utility of SDKs, and where their detractors tend to miss out on their ultimate purpose. We speak about the connection to revenue, and the key to demonstrating it, if you have higher ambitions for DevRel. We also ask the question - is there an advantage for DevRel to stand apart from marketing, or does this cause us to miss out on another community that we might gel well with? Reach out to Phil here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leggetter/ Check out Hookdeck: https://hookdeck.com/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups:  https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    51 min
  3. Episode 229, Kevlin Henney, Consultant, Speaker and Writer

    10 DEC

    Episode 229, Kevlin Henney, Consultant, Speaker and Writer

    Today, we’re speaking to Kevlin Henney, who, if you scroll back far enough, you’ll see was one of our earliest guests on the podcast. We’re thrilled to have Kevlin back for a discussion on microservices, agile development and how developers can avoid the “factory line” work style. Kevlin talks to us about how there isn’t one service or language that has “the answer”, and the approach to tools should be broad and open to change. When developing a system, you’re creating something new - it’s not manufacturing, there is always an element of novelty to what you’re making, and that should be understood and accounted for. We also get into the subject of legacy code and systems, and how to interact with and manage them. The accommodations required to run such a system can often result in it making more decisions than the developers working on it. A code base that’s a decade old with multiple component systems fighting each other can present problems, but if everyone’s too afraid to change things up, then the maintenance costs will continue to rack up. It was a pleasure to have Kevlin back and we can’t wait to see what he’s up to, 200 more episodes down the line! Reach out to Kevlin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevlin/ Check out his website: https://about.me/kevlin Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    1h 19m
  4. Episode 228, Zameer Fouzan, Lead Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic

    6 DEC

    Episode 228, Zameer Fouzan, Lead Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic

    Today we’re talking observability, open source, developer education and the politics of conference speaking. And we’re doing it all with our amazing guest, Zameer Fouzan from New Relic. If you don’t already know, New Relic helps engineers effectively deploy and run software with Full Stack Observability. Where other companies may do observability, but don't have a single language to communicate it, New Relic makes use of a single specification that caters to all languages and frameworks with the same APIs and languages. Part of Zameer’s job is of course, speaking at various conferences and he chats to us about how he’s evolved as a speaker since first starting out, and gives us his best advice for both new and experienced speakers. Reach out to Zameer here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zmrfzn/ Check out New Relic’s past and upcoming events: https://newrelic.com/events Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    28 min
  5. Episode 227 Jim Bennett Developer Advocate at Pieces For Developers

    3 DEC

    Episode 227 Jim Bennett Developer Advocate at Pieces For Developers

    Coding is like spinning plates, and before you even start you've gotta be spinning seven of them. Today's guest is Jim Bennett, the Developer Advocate at Pieces For Developers, where they’re trying to make that plate spinning act run just a little smoother. Pieces For Developers works as a long term memory for your workstream as a developer, feeding across everything you do, allowing you to maintain flow and easily pick up where you left off after being away from your desk. If as a developer, you've ever struggled with the autocomplete style of LLMs that doesn't seem to work in a dense context, then Jim's work may interest you. Jim's key piece of advice to DevRel's out there? Constantly evaluate and report. Don't get caught out by mismatched expectations. Know who you're reporting to and what they want. You may be doing a hundred things at once but your North star must be the thing that centers you. For Jim, it's daily active users, but for you it could be something completely different. Be sure to listen to the episode to hear Jim's full thoughts on this! Reach out to Jim here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbobbennett/ Check out Pieces For Developers: pieces.app Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    37 min
  6. Episode 226 Katie Wasilenko Miller, DevRel Advisor and Mentor, and Ambassador for the Developer Marketing Alliance

    28 NOV

    Episode 226 Katie Wasilenko Miller, DevRel Advisor and Mentor, and Ambassador for the Developer Marketing Alliance

    Our guest today is Katie Wasilenko Miller, and if you’re at all curious about what it’s like to have worked in DevRel for Google, Asana, and Slack then this might be the episode for you. Katie has spent a great deal of time across a huge variety of roles in the DevRel space, and after years of working for big companies, she’s now enjoying her time doing advising and mentoring as well as being an ambassador for the Developer Marketing Alliance, and a member of the steering committee for the new DevRel Foundation. Katie talks with us about how DevRel might be in its teenage years. Think about it - wanting respect, craving independence, all the hallmarks are there! And while there’s a degree of frustration there, there’s also a wonderful opportunity to determine where we want to go next. We touch on AI, events, onboarding and more, so be sure to listen to get Katie’s thoughts! Reach out to Katie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmillrunner/ Check out The DevRel Foundation here: https://github.com/DevRel-Foundation Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    50 min
  7. Episode 226 John Gilhuly, Developer Advocate at Arize.com

    26 NOV

    Episode 226 John Gilhuly, Developer Advocate at Arize.com

    John Gilhuly is the chief developer advocate at Arize.com, an AI observability monitoring platform, and he joins us for a great discussion on the rapidly evolving AI space, and what that means for a company built to work with LLM applications. He talks to us about Arize’s new open source product, ‘Phoenix” - the Garageband to their Logic, and how the inspiration for building it came from how much the team feels they owe to the wider open source community. As much as it is a chance for them to build their own community, that element comes second to their desire to simply give back to people. We of course, get to talking about the classic DevRel questions, proving value and defining your role. With a background in sales and solution engineering, John points out to us that in sales, your work is handed to you, whereas a DevRel must create and build their work from the ground up, creating something from nothing. Perhaps this is why it’s so often described by our guests as an incredibly creative job in a technical world? Reach out to John here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngilhuly/ Check out Arize.com: https://arize.com/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    34 min
  8. Episode 225 Stacey Kruczek, Director of Developer Relations at Aerospike.com

    21 NOV

    Episode 225 Stacey Kruczek, Director of Developer Relations at Aerospike.com

    When Stacey Kruczek joined Aerospike.com, their community building needed a little TLC from a developer relations expert. These days, the community is 12,000 people strong, the meetups are thriving and she knows exactly how to prove DevRel’s business value. In this episode, we chat with Stacey about all of this and more. If there’s one word to describe Stacey, it’s passionate. This is obvious from the way she has built an immense amount of trust with developers at Aerospike and beyond. Aerospike is a real time database handling massive amounts of data, and Stacey has been key to building the wonderful community they currently uphold. Of course DevRel is a complicated role, but as Stacey puts it, she’s really there to listen - and that’s what she does, responding in real time to developer needs. Stacey is also doing incredible work with the Developer Relations Foundation, where she’s on a mission to be the spokesperson that DevRel desperately needs. The foundation’s focus is on promoting the value DevRel adds to business, and supporting their community in that goal. The work that Stacey does is not only huge in its amount but huge in its reach, and we can’t wait to see what more she does in the future! Reach out to Stacey here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceykruczek/ Check out Aerospike here: https://aerospike.com/ Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

    41 min
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About

This DevRel focused podcast allows entrepreneur, author and coder Richard Rodger to introduce you to interesting leaders and experienced professionals in the tech community. Richard and his guests chat not just about their current work or latest trend, but also about their experiences, good and bad, throughout their career. DevRel requires so many different skills and you can come to it from so many routes, that this podcast has featured conference creators, entrepreneurs, open source maintainers, developer advocates and community managers. Join us to learn about just how varied DevRel can be and get ideas to expand your work, impact and community.

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  • Creator
    Richard Rodger: Voxgig CEO, founder and author
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    228
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © voxgig 2024
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    Fireside with Voxgig

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