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Speaking Advice: Matt Pocock

5d ago · 5 min read · swyx here: I recently hosted the inaugural AI Engineer Europe and Matt Pocock was a standout speaker, crossing 1m views across talks and workshops in <2 weeks. I asked him to write a post on how he sp

DX @ Anthropic: Sowing & Reaping

5d ago · 2 min read · Thariq has been on an absolute tear over the past year and a bit writing about his insights from his perch in the Claude Code team. They help millions of users understand not just Claude Code, but age

DevRel like a High Schooler

Dec 7, 2025 · 4 min read · It was a pleasure to rejoin Jack Bridger for a third time on Scaling Devtools, where I usually try to cram as much devrel metathoughts per minute as I can. Nominally the pod was about how DevRel is So Back, but informally I’ve been sharing a bunch of...

DevRel is -Unbelievably- Back

Oct 13, 2025 · 3 min read · There’s no easy way to put this: one year on from my ZIRP DevRel article, it appears that reports of DevRel’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Philip van der Merwe got in touch to give me an update on my own DevRel Death chart and… oh my… Search...

Why you can't just hire creators "who can understand and explain technology in a compelling way"

Sep 15, 2025 · 4 min read · Devrel twitter has been very excited about one of our own going viral for a simple observation: In many ways, you have to marvel at how this should be framed up in the Hall of Fame as the perfect professional industry tweet: It is short, fortune co...