Fireside with Voxgig

Richard Rodger: Voxgig CEO, founder and author
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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 234 Pat Dwyer 2, Professional Humourist and Speaker

    1 DAY AGO

    Episode 234 Pat Dwyer 2, Professional Humourist and Speaker

    If you’ve ever been tasked with public speaking, then you’ve probably found yourself amongst the large majority of people who consider it to be one of the scariest things a person can do. And if that’s the case, you might be interested to hear from today’s guest, Pat Dwyer. Pat revisits us on the podcast, to discuss how he uses his nerves and adrenaline to inform what he does onstage, treating them as a boost, rather than a hindrance. We talk to Pat about what it’s like to feel a sense of “home” on the stage, and why it is that so many speakers find it much easier to talk to a crowd of a hundred people than to have a one-on-one conversation with a single new person in the conference room. One thing he draws our attention to is that talks, like products, require testing. How much humour, how much information, when to speed up or slow down? It all needs to be tested and tested again. Ultimately, what you’re there to do is serve your audience and give them the best experience. According to Pat, the moment a speaker starts thinking about their own stakes, the quality of their speaking tends to go off the rails. If there’s anyone in the speaking world to take advice from, it’s Pat. Reach out to Pat here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-dwyer/ Check out Pat’s website: https://www.patdwyerwastaken.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

    42 min
  2. Episode 233 Allan Knabe, CEO and Co-Founder of apiable.io

    6 DAYS AGO

    Episode 233 Allan Knabe, CEO and Co-Founder of apiable.io

    We’re continuing to kick off the new year with Allan Knabe, the CEO and Co-Founder of apiable.io, an API portal that’s helping to smooth out the creation process. Building an API is harder than it looks, but it doesn’t always have to be such a difficult task. One of Apiable’s key priorities is seamless onboarding for developers, which sets them apart from other similar products. It’s the kind of thing that becomes important to you when you, like Allan and Richard, have encountered enough API portals that are simply repackaged swag documentation. Allan refers to this as part of his overall strategy of going back to basics. Let’s not forget to ask ourselves - what is project management? Are certain features helpful, or just impressive? Is what we’re creating practical? Sometimes the most obvious things are what get forgotten in the startup chaos, and we were delighted for Allan to remind us of them. Reach out to Allan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-knabe/ Check out apiable.io 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

    39 min
  3. Episode 232, Eoin Boylan 2, Head of Engineering at Evervault

    14 JAN

    Episode 232, Eoin Boylan 2, Head of Engineering at Evervault

    Welcome back! We’re bringing in 2025 (and with it a new, exciting lineup of guests) with an oldie but a goldie - Eoin Boylan. Eoin first visited us fireside in 2022, and we are delighted to have him back for an update on all he’s been up to since our first chat. SDK strategy can be divisive, with some business strategies being to avoid the topic altogether - but Eoin, who’s currently working as the Head Engineer at Evervault, finds them to be worth their salt as an investment. Evervault is a data security platform focusing on the payment space, serving as a one-stop-shop for developers. At their core, they remain developer first, retaining the knowledge from their early days, but now applying it to a more specific group of buyers. While we have time, we may touch on the current state of developer knowledge, and how, as useful as it may be, how ChatGPT may be influencing our bidding developers for the worst. Check out Evervault: https://evervault.com/ Reach out to Eoin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoin-boylan/ 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

    42 min
  4. Episode 231 Andrew MacLean (repeat), Developer Relations Manager at DevCycle

    16/12/2024

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

    13/12/2024

    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
  6. Episode 229, Kevlin Henney, Consultant, Speaker and Writer

    10/12/2024

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

    06/12/2024

    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
  8. Episode 227 Jim Bennett Developer Advocate at Pieces For Developers

    03/12/2024

    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
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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 - 2025
  • Episodes
    231
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © voxgig 2024
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    Fireside with Voxgig

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