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TTRPG and Writing

After a (very) long hiatus from gaming I recently got back into Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) and it has reignited some of my creative writing as well. Tips, tricks, and stories abound! Come along for the adventure!

Perforce Puppet

Dig into this new section about Perforce Puppet with news and FAQs and tutorials on one of the leading Enterprise infrastructure automation tools on the market.

DevRel and Technical Product Marketing

As a professional creator in DevRel and product marketing, I like to share my thoughts on what I’ve been learning about, how to improve your DevRel craft, and how to connect and help your community. Being in DevRel is honestly one of the most satisfying career tracks I’ve had!

Sitecore

I lived/breathed/wrote about Sitecore for over a decade, even if I have now moved on to another community. Over that time, I have covered quite a few topics. Jump into this section if you want to see my collection of news, guides, and community content from over the years!

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    Tech Salaries: All that goes up, must come down

    This content was originally posted as a thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StCyrThoughts/status/1458802830484119561 Some folks are mad about this tweet by @laurieontech but it is important to understand what happened in our field’s history. I saw this as I was starting into tech. Telecom companies drastically cutting staff after years of booming, causing an abundance of available, Read more

  • 4 speaker tips to focus on your camera while recording a video

    4 speaker tips to focus on your camera while recording a video

    I’m not sure about everybody else, but since we’ve switched to doing a lot of virtual events I have really noticed how easily distracted my eyes are while I’m presenting. It’s important for engaging with your audience to make eye contact with the camera, but keeping focus on the camera while going through a presentation Read more

  • An exciting day for me as the Developer Portal launched!

    An exciting day for me as the Developer Portal launched!

    My team has been working on this one for a while, so I was really proud of the work done here to build a great experience for developers. It’s just the first version, but there is a lot we can do to make it easier and better for developers to connect with each other, find Read more

  • Building a timeline with Polywork

    Building a timeline with Polywork

    So a little while back, a member of the DevRel community made me aware of a new social platform called Polywork. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, or how to best use it, but I decided that for me I wanted to use it as a way to track a timeline Read more

  • How do I get a notification when my Vercel deployment fails?

    How do I get a notification when my Vercel deployment fails?

    My team was working on a project together and getting lots of ‘bot’ emails from our GitHub integration to Vercel. At least, we were getting emails when the build and deploy succeeded to Vercel. But what about when the deployment fails? Everything looked fine locally, the site was working, but after a few days of Read more

  • I’m fine. How are you?

    I’m fine. How are you?

    “Hi there, how are you?”“Fine, how are you?”“Fine, thank you.” I’ve seen this play out as some sort of passphrase to start a conversation. It seems people can’t get started without the secret social handshake. But nobody wants to hear the real answer to that question. I’m a little tired of saying “I’m fine”. But Read more