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The Vonage Dev Discussion: How AI is transforming software development
Welcome back to the Vonage Dev Discussion! Recently, members of the Vonage Developer Relations team...
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Liz Acosta
Film student -> Marketer -> Engineer -> Developer advocate ... just your typical DevRel journey! Lover of plants, pizza, pugs, and Python.
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#vonage#api#discuss#beginners
The Vonage Dev Discussion: Defining what an API is
This week we kicked off the first in a series of office hours. Our office hours are a judgment-free...
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#security#discuss#python
The Vonage Dev Discussion: Making mistakes
Nobody is perfect! Even the most seasoned developers have made mistakes – it’s all just part of the...
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#dotnet#architecture#discuss
The Vonage Dev Discussion: Builder pattern
Have you ever heard of the builder pattern? 🧰🏘️ In software development, the builder pattern is a...
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#discuss#opensource#womenintech
The Vonage Dev Discussion: Open source
At Women+ in Open Source Day, I got to try my hand at making a contribution to Apache Spark. While I...
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#music#discuss#api
The Vonage Dev Discussion: Music
Hey developers! We want to hear from you for a series we’re calling the Dev Discussion. What is the...
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#ai#python#testing
Don’t Make Assumptions About Assertions: Even with AI you still have to write your unit tests
This blog post talks about why making assumptions about assertions makes not one “ass,” but two –...
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#codequality#sbom#sonar#dependencymanagement
A New Era of Code Quality: Beyond bugs and into legal license compliance and risk management
In the interconnected world of software, few applications are conjured into existence entirely from...
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#codequality#sbom#dependencymanagement
A New Era of Code Quality: Beyond bugs to supply chain security and dependency health
In today’s interconnected software landscape, most applications don’t just spring up from thin air....
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#ai#vibecoding#bestpractices#cursor
Passing the Vibe Check: Navigating the changing development landscape
In February 2025, OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” on social media. In...
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#codequality#bestpractices#sonarqube
Code That Won’t Cost You: Coding best practices for any language to increase code quality and reduce developer toil
Bad code is not only hard to read, it can cause expensive incidents. According to the Uptime...
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#devrel
The DevRel Digest February 2025: DevRel You Should Know for 2025
In November and December of 2023, I didn’t know what to write about for the DevRel Digest. When I...
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#testing#unittest#python
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Tests With Fixtures
Okay so I really just wanted to reference Daft Punk. With their December 2024 limited...
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#devrel
The DevRel Digest November 2024: If You Content It, They Will Come
Content for a dream DevRel content program According to the 2024 State of DevRel report,...
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#career#devrel
If this resonates with you, then you might like working with me
Me and Gary dressed up as Wednesday and Pugsley Addams for Halloween -- get it?! Let's...
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#ai
Build an AI-Powered Anomaly Detection Application for E-Commerce Analytics
Learn how AI can be used to prevent stricter buyer return policies This cookbook recipe...
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#devrel
Nominate a "DevRel You Should Know" for 2025
November 2023, I featured a list of DevRel You Should Know nominated by the Developer Relations...
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#devrel
DevRel v3.0: Return of the Developer Advocate
From Apple to Twilio and beyond: What are the questions this latest iteration of Developer Relations should be asking?
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#devrel
Developer Relations and the Hero’s Journey
“So how does someone with a film degree end up working in tech?” The story of developer relations and the hero’s journey.
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#devrel#documentation#devex#education
The DevRel Digest August 2024: Choose Your Own Adventure Documentation
What a developer wants, what a developer needs One of the things I love most about my work...
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#devrel#contentwriting#writing
The DevRel Digest July 2024: Content That Developers Won't Be Allergic To
Writing for developers When I was a much younger human, I dreamed of being a professional...
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The DevRel Digest June 2024: One Whole Year of the DevRel Digest
Happy first birthday to the DevRel Digest! One year ago, I decided to start writing the...
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#devrel#documentation
The DevRel Digest May 2024: Documentation and the Developer Journey
A bump in the road of my own journey I confess – a lot has been going on in my life...
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#python#tutorial#beginners#testing
Mock It Till You Make It: Mocking in Python's unittest
Something a little different Remember when I was job searching and I would have given...
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#devrel
The DevRel Digest March 2024: Must Be the Season of the Queen
A Season of Wands It’s been more than a month at my new job and I continue to feel...
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#devrel
The DevRel Digest February 2024: The DevRel Renaissance
The DevRel Renaissance: A Star is (Re)born The subject line of the latest issue of Avocado...
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#discuss#devrel#music
DevRel Discussion
Happy Monday to those who celebrate! 😂 This week's DevRel Discussion is a fun one: What is...
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#devrel#contentwriting
The DevRel Digest January 2024: DevRel and Dev Marketing and No More Random Acts of Content!
When the Wheel of Fortune Sets Its Sights on You In tarot, the Wheel of Fortune is the...
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#devrel#ai#discuss
DevRel Discussions
A theme I've noticed in DevRel is the discussion about what kind of role AI will play in the practice...
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The DevRel Digest December 2023: DevRel You Should Know Part Two and Reflections on 2023
2023 Was Not the Year I Was Expecting The first time I said this was 2016. I spent that...
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