Here's a fresh example of umami content. This is the first episode of a fake show created for Pluralsight's rebranding effort, produced as an Office-style mockumentary ("fake company, real problems"): I've watched the whole series and I love it. The videos are
You will probably hear me (or see me) use the term "developer learning experience." An experience leaves an impression on us. If I go to a restaurant and the food comes out cold, I will experience a negative impression of the restaurant. A developer learning experience is any
When you build a structure, you need to spend time on getting the foundation right. I know this first-hand building my office in the backyard. The reason is obvious though: you can't build anything without a foundation. And you can't cut corners. Building a level foundation
DevEd with umami needs to be visible. I've created an open source repo following the conventions of other Awesome Lists where you'll find all the DevEd I can get my hands on that fit the criteria of having umami (aka being awesome). GitHub - kamranayub/awesome-deved:
One lesson I learned early in my video course career was to avoid embedding small details in my audio recording that could change in future updates. Obviously, some things can't be avoided like major APIs but small things can be – call it "micro debt." Some examples
A couple of days ago I talked about identifying assumptions underlying your current DevEd strategy. Here's one you might have: "Our DevEd content is only for developers." Is this true? Nope. Even though we say "developer education," your audience is technologists – and they all
