So What is DevEd Anyway?
This is a short interstitial episode featuring some past notes from the DevEd Test Kitchen that elaborate on some thoughts I've had about what DevEd means and why it's critical for product adoption. Listen to Episode
Kamran Ayub
Provide directions to your backyard docs BBQ
Imagine getting invited to a friend-of-a-friend's house and then when you get there, there's no indication of where to go. Do you knock? Go through the house? Around back? Do you need to 'beware of dog'? Oh CRUD, did you forget to bring dessert?
A developer opens the door to your house and finds...
A dirty pile of landing pages lying on the floor? Dried copy stuck to the ceiling? An evil onboarding cat – HISSSSSS (BAD kitty, NO)? Stale docs milk in the fridge? Here's the thing... Awareness is great and all, but if your developer house isn't in order,
5 ways to watch your GitHub topic to see what's new in the community
I mentioned last week that your community can curate your product's GitHub topic. I also made a side comment that you could watch it to spotlight new community projects. However, watching topics is not as easy as it sounds. I'll go over 5 ways you can
Mini case study: Bubble Academy's no-code Responsive Game
Bubble.io is a no-code platform for building apps. Recently they introduced a new engine that lets you design responsive pages that adjust based on device dimensions. In order to introduce the idea to users and get them acquainted with the way it works, they built a game – which is
Have you curated your GitHub topic for your product?
On GitHub, topics are used in the Explore section of the site. Topics can be used by developers in your community to "tag" their repositories – and it's very likely if you have any ecosystem at all, people have added a topic for your product (they just
