Alex Lakatos is a reformed JavaScript person. Currently a Developer Relations Manager 🥑 @ Fidel API by day, Speaker and Mozilla Reps Mentor by night.
A little while ago, whitep4nth3r reached out on Twitter asking for support from men for a better future. I didn’t know why, but I signed up head first, because who wouldn’t want a better future? I didn’t know what sparked the plea, but I could have guessed. Men being assholes, live on stream. I was watching her stream again today, when “THAT guy” striked again. Somehow, a dude thought it would be…
I absolutely hate it when web pages ask me for permission to send notifications. Most often, the same web pages ask me for an email as well. That’s incredibly spammy. I understand their “Marketing” department is struggling, but this really isn’t the way to go. Browser notifications are all kinds of spammy, the same way push notifications on the phone are. I’ve been…
I’ve given over a hundred talks in the past few years . Why? Because I think it’s perfectly OK for me to be terrified, but it’s not OK for me to stay that way. My biggest fear? Same as you, same as everybody else. I was afraid to speak in front of people. A hundred talks later, I’m still terrified every time I go on stage . How did I ever get on stage, though? Well,…
Bash is great and all, but it’s not something I’ll pick up in a day. I was looking for something a little bit more convenient to write scripts in. While looking, I’ve stumbled upon this little utility from Google called zx . And it’s a better way to write scripts using JavaScript. I thought I’d give zx a try. It comes with a bunch of things out of the box, like chalk…
Hi, my name is Alex, and I’m an… Advocate. A Developer Advocate. With Developer Advocates being one of the most sought out commodities on the market this year, I thought I’d write up the answer to one of the questions that I answer frequently in my DMs - mostly because I read this thing from @swyx . How did you break into Developer Relations? If I knew what I did exactly to end…
2020 was kind of shit. Go on, it’s OK to admit it. But when I look in the mirror, 2020 was a lot healthier for me than usual. I’ve seen quite a few 2020 reviews this past week. It’s the fashionable thing to do. Hence this is my first yearly review. I’m going to try to use this as a sort of guide for next year. Now, whilst most reviews I’ve read highlighted the things…
How big is your Developer Relations team? I’m betting it’s small, same as mine. Unless you work for Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Twillio or Vonage(The Artists Formerlly Known as Nexmo), it’s pretty hard to justify a double-digits DevRel team. And that’s OK; not everyone needs 70 people to do Developer Relations. It wouldn’t hurt though. Probably that’s why…
Congratulations, you’ve just got a job as the first Developer Relations person in a company. It’s your job to build a Developer Program. Where do you start? When you try googling that, you’ll discover Google isn’t always your friend. Fear not though, I’m here to help. I’ve been in the same boat this year, and I’ve had to figure it all out. I’ve joined the team behind…
Exactly 10 years ago today, I was starting my first job in the software industry. I’ve spent my career being a Software Developer in Test, Performance Engineer, Lead & part-time CTO, JavaScript Developer, Contractor, Entrepreneur, Developer Advocate & Manager. I’ve also worked for companies on 4 continents, on products that were used by hundreds of millions of people. You could say I did a bit of…
I’ve recently moved my personal website to Hugo , and it’s been mostly a pleasant experience switching over from Jekyll. I got tons of improvements in build time. But what didn’t work so well for me was the Hugo documentation . It all relies on the idea that you’ll install Hugo, create a new site, and then add a theme. Here is where the problem starts. I didn’t want a…