At DevGuild: Developer Evangelism, James Ward, then a developer evangelist at Salesforce, walks through seven mistakes from ten years of evangelism, from only kind of knowing your product to never buying the beer.
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Generationship Ep. #60, The Killer App for AI with Vasanth Mohan
On episode 60 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Vasanth Mohan of SambaNova about when faster AI agents actually mean better work. They explore why token consumption and code volume are poor substitutes for business value, how inference latency interrupts productive workflows, and why engineering taste still matters. Sometimes the most valuable thing an engineer can produce is less code.
Agent-Led Growth: The Next Loop for Developer Relations
Longtime DevRel leader Timothy Jordan on Agent-Led Growth: agents now read most of the web before humans do, and sticky headers, JavaScript-rendered content, and missing markdown mirrors make that slow and expensive. A framework for making your product readable to the agents that evaluate and recommend dev tools, plus a14y, the open source project behind it.
Open Source Ready Ep. #26, The Economics of AI Coding with Quinn Slack
In episode 26 of Open Source Ready, Brian Douglas and John McBride sit down with Quinn Slack. They explore how Sourcegraph built Amp, why unconstrained coding agents represent a major shift, and why AI economics make traditional SaaS pricing impossible. Quinn also breaks down the rise of open source models, the future of developer tooling, and why ads might be the key to making AI accessible to everyone.