Written by Lorna Jane
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on Sep. 10, 2021
I'm building a docs-as-code site at work at the moment (you can peek if you like https://developer.aiven.io) and working with ReStructuredText in this setup is new to me. One thing I really missed was the concept of front matter, which I'm not sure is even official or documented but seems to be rea…
Written by Lorna Jane
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on Aug. 18, 2021
I've been doing a lot of database stuff lately, and not much PHP, so when I returned to make my first Laravel project for a while, I had to check the docs to remind myself how some of this works. I noticed that the default approach to database credentials is still to use separate credentials for th…
Written by Lorna Jane
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on Aug. 8, 2021
How do I ensure that I keep my attendees' attention when I'm presenting virtually? I don't. I have seen a few tactics for holding people's attention during virtual events. One is to require everyone present to perform a particular action such as typing a message or clicking an icon, several times…
Written by Lorna Jane
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on Jun. 13, 2021
As a newcomer to Sphinx, I found many things confusing, but the table of contents or "toc" configuration was the thing that almost made me change my mind and pick a different platform! I now have a setup that works pretty well, using Sphinx External TOC, so I thought I'd share my setup. What I real…
Written by Lorna Jane
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on May. 24, 2021
I think that Developer Relations is a fabulous career, and I'm often asked how I got started, or how someone else could get started. There are a lot of people hiring for Developer Relations roles just now (including me!) so here are my tips. There are so many different Developer Relations roles (ca…
Written by Lorna Jane
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on Apr. 26, 2021
There are some excellent articles around about what a Developer Advocate does, but have you ever wondered WHY we do what we do? I tried to articulate this when chatting with another developer lately, and I'm still thinking about it! So I thought I'd write it down to share a little more widely why I…