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I'm in tooling and permissions and access hell right now...
A post by Amara Graham
What even is a developer experience audit?
A walkthrough of a DevEx audit using awareness, enablement, and engagement as a guide

Let's talk about redaction
What it is, what it isn't, and how to do it

Building PoCs with Codex and GitHub Copilot while they try to adjust my PoC requirements along the way
But Amara, you didn't include MY favorite AI!

Admit it, you have a favorite AI (just like you have a favorite coworker)
A short rant on the Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot experience

It's just me, slamming my hands on a keyboard, asking the AI to fix the code it generated within the same discussion it claims it has no access or context.
A post by Amara Graham

Sibling Rivalry? How to Make Kestra Tasks Talk to Each Other
Looping is super powerful, but what's the syntax for accessing the data I want?


CVEs are vulnerabilities(!!!) and part 2 of my Notion automation
I made you a video and a blog featuring vulnerability tracking, Notion, Gemini, and Kestra.

Building a Self-Triaging CVE Checker with Gemini, Kestra, and Notion
Check CVEs and create an action plan with a little help from AI
Reflecting on "dead" communities, engagement, and AI
Is the community dead, or are your contributions lacking engagement? Are you an active participant?

What's in a flow?
"That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet" - Or the blog where I show and tell workflows in increasing complexity with their components.

Workshopping my "Anatomy of a Kestra Flow" video idea
Help me decide what should go into this video!

What should I do and learn in 2026?
Maybe it's not about skills, but tactics.

What even is orchestration?
Defining orchestration, how it relates to automation, and how you might think about possible use cases.

Wrapping up my first Kestra flow
Refactored and refined my way to closing our my first workflow! With learnings for you!

Tips and tricks for your Kestra flows
Build your best Kestra workflow by following practical tips.

More adventures in building a first flow with Kestra.io
We left off on our adventure a bit stuck in the mud with the Google Calendar API.

My First Flow with Kestra.io
My thoughts and experience building a small PoC with Kestra.io.

Get started with me & Kestra.io
New job (!!!), so let's learn orchestration with Kestra.io together


Moving Config Docs From YAML to Markdown
It's possible it wasn't the most efficient, but it got the job done.

Moving DevEx from DevRel to Engineering
The hard (and hidden!) truth on reorgs

Software Development and Transformational Leadership
TIL I'm a transformation leader for my DevEx Team


How are you preparing for the new year?
How are you setting yourself up for a fantastic start to 2023?

What is your favorite way to learn?
How do you prefer to learn a new language, product, or tool?

Bing Webmaster Tools De-indexed My Docs Site and Increased My Cognitive Load
Optimizing your web presence for Google isn't just anti-Bing, it's anti-nearly-everything-not-Google.
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