Day 2: Developer Community, Rix, Fireside chat, Personal Branding, Developer Experience

Day 2: Developer Community, Rix, Fireside chat, Personal Branding, Developer Experience

My takeaways in short from day 2

Trunk-based management and other principles to build a developer community by Flo Merian.

  • when building a developer community on Slack or Discord, having fewer channels having broader topics to discuss will lead to better community engagement

How to use Rix as a developer? by Ayodele Samuel Adebayo.

  • Rix helps to breakdown the code

  • We have the option to provide the link to documentation & Rix can help by providing insights

  • Rix is now available as a Chrome extension. Usage: Rix + space (love the ease of use)

Fireside chat by Eric Tang.

  • One must find a mentor who's just a few steps ahead so that it will be a mutually beneficial relationship

Building a Personal Brand by Camila Ramos.

  • Find the role that fits you right, rather than fitting into the role you get

  • to build a personal brand one must maintain consistency in style

Designing Better Developer Experiences by Brandon Strittmatter.

  • feedback from users is vital to the success of the design

Check out the hashnode bootcamp 2023 series to read about my takeaways from the rest of the days of the boot camp.

Cheers!