NOLA Vieux Carré Hack n’ Life n’ Lagniappe

There’s another type of get together that I’ve been thinking of that I’m really excited about. This experience, I was fortunate enough to experience a few years ago in New Orleans. To add a little context to this, I lived in New Orleans for a good while and grew up about 45 minutes from the... Continue reading →

5 Ways to Learn & Improve Your Programming Language Use

Posed the question, What to write when starting to learn and programming language? I started an answer to the question in this video. But read on for more extensive list and details! I’ve written up this article. It started last week when I wrote up “Top 5 Ways to get the coding basics down!” This... Continue reading →

WTF is “Developer Focused”?

I always hear a lot about companies being developer focused. Maybe it’s a bit of cynicism but I never expect much from this goal. Few companies have been effectively developer focused, they just dream of it. I asked myself recently, and would love others’ feedback. What exactly does it even mean to be developer focused?... Continue reading →

Dev Rel Thoughts, Observations, and Ideas

Dev Rel = Developer Relations First, I’ve got a few observations that I’ve made in the last 6 months since joining DataStax (which I joined ~10 months ago) about a number of things. In this post I’ve detailed some of the thoughts, observations, and ideas I have about many of the aspects, roles, divisions, organizational... Continue reading →