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Drawn to DevRel with David Neal

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Aug 27

What does it take to succeed in DevRel at enterprises? Small startups? David Neal's career in DevRel has taken him through companies of all sizes including Okta, ActiveCampaign, Asana & Plaid. We'll talk about this & more starting in 30 minutes at 3pm ET (UTC -4). www.youtube.com/watch?v=autn...

Erin and Brian are joined by David Neal, Developer Advocate at Plaid, to talk about his journey in DevRel through companies of all sizes and industry-focus and how to navigate the field today.

Leading in DevRel with Tilde Thurium

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jul 30

What's it take to choose to lead a DevRel team in tumultuous times? We'll ask Tilde Thurium who leads DevRel at LaunchDarkly about this & more. As always, expect deadly serious conversation & absolutely no monkey business. That's the DevRel(ish) way! See u in 30 mins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Fa...

Erin and Brian are joined by Tilde Thurium, who manages the developer relations team at LaunchDarkly to talk about making the career move to manage a team and how creative experience can benefit…

Nick continues his practical deep dive into building sites with Astro by migrating his current web site from 11ty to Astro – converting blog posts to content...

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jul 17

Today's a great day to learn some Astro! Join @nickyt.online starting in just 30 mins as he continues to dive deep into building full-stack sites with @astro.build by converting his own site to use it. He'll be live streaming and coding at 1pm ET (GMT -4) on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLY1...

Astro All Day Long!

Building Desktop Apps with Python & Flet - Part Deux

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jun 24

What do you call someone who is building cross-platform desktop apps with Python while drinking bubble tea? Boba Flet. Today's Boba Flet is ‪@raymondcamden.com‬ (minus bubble tea) who'll be continuing his live coding deep dive into the Flet framework in 30 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyx...

Ray continues live coding with Flet, a Python framework for building multi-platform desktop apps. Flet uses a reactive UI model and simple architecture to si...

CFE.dev offers a large library of recorded sessions on a wide range of development & technology topics live as well as interactive virtual meetups featuring the experts.

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jun 23

New stuff coming soon:

TOMORROW 1pm ET (UTC -4): Ray digs into cross-platform desktop apps with Python using Flet.

JULY 17 1pm: Nick continues exploring the outer reaches with Astro.

SEPTEMBER 25: CodeWord Conference is back & free (of course!)

Keep up with our upcoming events: cfe.dev/events/

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join Nick Taylor live starting in just 20 minutes to explore all things Astro as he migrates content from 11ty to Astro, converts blog posts to content collections, transforms shortcodes into components shares web development tips along the way. youtu.be/18zveZHS_zY

Astro-fy All the Things!

Join Nick for a practical deep dive into building sites with Astro. He'll migrate content from 11ty to Astro, convert blog posts to content collections, tran...

Build Desktop Apps with Python & Flet

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jun 10

Ray is live starting in just 15 minutes to explore Flet, a Python framework for building multi-platform desktop apps. Join him on YouTube. youtu.be/O9YN9gMrPAM

Join Ray as he explores Flet, a Python framework for building multi-platform desktop apps. You’ll learn how Flet brings a reactive UI model and simple archit...

Modern Event Driven Architectures in the Cloud by Joanne Skiles

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Jun 2

Want to better understand serverless event-driven architectures across AWS, Azure and GCP? Check out this session recording from Joanne Skiles that covers practical design patterns and compares messaging systems like SQS, Pub/Sub, and Service Bus. youtu.be/PDvJunu3uiM

Serverless makes building event-driven systems easier than ever—but each cloud provider approaches it differently. This session will explore how AWS, GCP, an...

DevRel Interrupted with Andrew Zigler

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 28

It's time for YouTube's #1 rated show on DevRel and fermentation: DevRel(ish). Are you curious about the strategies and struggles of modern software engineering leadership? Or just in need of a pickle fact? We've got you covered on both. Join us live in 30 min: youtu.be/015Et11hjx4

Erin and Brian are joined by Andrew Zigler, developer advocate and host of the Dev Interrupted podcast, to talk about DevRel and the strategies and struggles...

Register now for MOAR Serverless!! 2025 on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on May 22, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT.

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 27

Support for remote MCP servers is growing fast and Cloudflare built tools to make creating them easier, including authentication, transport, and authorization. Check out this session recording from Dina Kozlov at Moar Serverless to learn more. youtu.be/pzpCMW2AV3E

Building and Deploying Remote MCP Servers by Dina Kozlov

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 22

We're getting ready to kick off Moar Serverless in just a few minutes. We've got a full day of free, virtual sessions about cloud, serverless and AI. Join us live starting at 11am ET (UTC -4).

MOAR Serverless!! 2025

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 19

Ray's back and continuing on the topic of desktop apps using Tauri, a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps. He'll be live starting in just 10 minutes starting at 1pm ET (UTC -4) youtu.be/IhYt7rS3Nd4

Desktop Apps Redux!

Ray returns to continue building cross-platform desktop apps with Tauri, exploring its API integrations, packaging workflow, and front-end options. He’ll sha...

Set Sail for Server Islands

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 16

Astro's new Server Islands help you improve app performance by deferring rendering of a server component, meaning you can cache the static page while still on-demand rendering the component. Learn more about them with Nick starting in just 30 mins at 1pm ET (UTC -4).

Join Nick as he explores Astro Server Islands, a powerful new way to bring dynamic interactivity to your sites without sacrificing performance. Learn how thi...

Ray is back after a brief hiatus. This episode he takes a detour from learning React to look into building desktop apps using Node.js and Python. In this fir...

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 12

We're counting down the days to Moar Serverless! The speakers and schedule are set including talks from Cloudflare, Netlify, Honeycomb, Sentry, LocalStack and more. Plus, it's all 100% virtual and 100% free. Grab your ticket today and join us live on May 22! cfe.dev/events/moar-...

Moar Serverless virtual conference May 22

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · May 5

Ray is back, starting in just 15 minutes! After a brief hiatus, Code Br is back to look at building desktop apps using Node.js and Python using Tauri 2.0. youtu.be/9w44gTVJtbA

Building Desktop Apps!

The Power of Play in DevRel with Bryan Robinson

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 30

Play is important for developers. It is where we experiment with new ideas, build our creative muscles and often where we find our motivation. We'll be chatting about this and more with Bryan Robinson in just 15 minutes. Join us live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/ORY4AsX...

Erin and Brian are joined by Bryan Robinson to discuss the importance of play in building skills and creativity for developers and how this impacts the pract...

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 29

Did you miss the Virtual Coffee Conference? There were some awesome sessions on coding, careers and community. Don't worry. We're publishing a new session from the event every day. You can follow along on this YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 25

We're going live in just 2 hours for Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference. We'll have 15 speakers across 16 sessions including Abbey Perini talking about leaning into your strengths and where ADHD traits can be a benefit when you’re coding. Join us on YouTube: youtube.com/live/EvDJpN-...

Abbey Perini - Coding and ADHD: Where We Excel

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 24

It turns out that building a GitHub Copilot extension is easier than you thought. Join Nick Taylor this Friday at Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference as he walks you through the steps live. For full schedule details see: cfe.dev/events/virtu...

Nick Taylor - Let's Create a GitHub Copilot Extension

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CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 23

Work hobbies are a way to pursue your interests, rekindle your spark at work and repurpose your idle time into career growth. Join Alicia Bendz this Friday at Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference for her lightning talk to find out how. Full schedule details here: cfe.dev/events/virtu...

Alicia Bendz - Work Hobbies: Turning Idle Time Into Career Growth

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 22

Accessibility is important not just because 1 in 4 users is living with disability but also because it can improve the user experience for all of our users. Join Micha Rodriguez for her talk this Friday at Code & Coffee: A Virtual Coffee Conference. Full day schedule here: cfe.dev/events/virtu...

Micha Rodriguez - Accessibility is for Everyone

CFE.dev @cfedev.bsky.social · Apr 21

We're excited to be partnering with the folks at Virtual Coffee for their first conference! There will be a full afternoon of 15 talks and panels by 16 speakers including closing out the day with a Frontend Friday Feud filled with debate around CSS topics. Find out more here: cfe.dev/events/virtu...