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S1E11 Have developers lost their sense of community? with Anil Dash

S1E11 Have developers lost their sense of community? with Anil Dash

Update: 2024-12-09
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Anil Dash, VP of developer experience at Fastly, joins the show to talk about the decline of community in software circles, the value of following your passions as a developer, what he learned working with Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow and Glitch, and the evolution of developer tools.


6:00 Going from hobbyist to professional developer


11:00 The decline of software communities


18:00 The importance of following your passion as a developer


29:00 Working with Joel Spolsky


47:00 Adapting to a more corporate role and the pitfalls of 'founder mode'


53:00 Anil's Priority Zero: Making Fastly tools more accessible to developers by focusing on the experience


Anil's recommendation: Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz

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S1E11 Have developers lost their sense of community? with Anil Dash

S1E11 Have developers lost their sense of community? with Anil Dash

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