Matt Gardner

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Webhooks are the Gateway Drug for APIs

Ditch the complexity of traditional API integrations and upgrade to webhooks! These simple, yet powerful triggers, enable seamless communication between apps and drive adoption. Stay ahead with our expert insights on leveraging webhooks for success.

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Project Leapfrog: A Modern Approach to Keeping Kubernetes Clusters Up-to-Date

Managing Kubernetes clusters in a fast-paced enterprise environment often feels like walking a tightrope. In this post, I’ll dive into how we’ve tackled this problem head-on.

Why You Should Deploy Your Code on Weekdays Before 4 PM (and Avoid Fridays)

You won't believe how many companies think it's better to deploy on weekends and after hours and how bad this can actually be.

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If you have to use Zoom, use the web client

How to use the zoom web client instead of the sketchy desktop app.

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Finland 2023 - Winter Photos

A small handful of photos from my winter trip to Finland, a beautiful country!

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🎙️ The Most Important Algorithm - The Noob Show Episode 7

In this episode we chat with Steve O'Hara, VP of Engineering at 8x8. Steve is a great story teller with a long history of working on everything from toilet algorithms on ships to flight control systems. He currently focuses on building enterprise Contact Center software for 8x8'

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What is DevRel: for Manager and Engineering Leaders

In this brief post, I'll do my best to explain what the nebulous field of DevRel means to engineering Managers and leaders.

Noob Show: Intentional Ignorance with Greg Koberger

In this episode I chat with Greg about getting into YCombinator, startup life, readme.com, intentional ignorance, escape rooms, and some somewhat controversial but PG topics. Click here to listen now! You can also listen anywhere you listen to podcasts such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Overcast. Here's

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Feliz Navidad: Photos from Mexico

A peaceful Christmas Vacation in Mexico.

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GitHub Universe 2022

A brief summary of GitHub Universe in mostly photos and a podcast!

Interesting Reads of the Week

Here are a few things I've been reading this week: On self hosting email: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.Many companies have been trying to disrupt email by making it proprietary. So far, they have failed.

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August 2022 Reflection

Looking back, connecting the dots seems so obvious.

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Remote Work after the Pandemic

The world feels more open to remote work than before--especially tech. They simply didn't have a choice. Office employees were forced out of their offices and told to work from home. Some companies handled this really well and are thriving with remote work, while others truly struggled.

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How to Measure developer Productivity

Measuring developer productivity is a dark art that no one truly understands but everyone wants to. I've been doing this for over 15 years. Here are some of my thoughts. You may be disappointed, shocked, and surprised.

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Introducing Dev Homepage

There's nothing more frustrating than not knowing what to do next. After recently onboarding hundreds of engineers, it was clear how overwhelming it can be. When you join a new company, you've got all sorts of things to do. Get your dev environment setup, do HR

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Engineering onboarding that sucks less

We announced acquiring a new company with hundreds of engineers from across the globe. Tasked with on-boarding them, I went with the slogan, "Engineering on-boarding that sucks less." It makes sense. Most engineering on-boarding is lackluster and requires a lot of work. This is how we did it.

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Forty Hour Work Weeks

Why are we still so focused on working 40 hours a day? Why continue to "work" till 5pm when you've finished your work?

Tips for Moving to the USA

Moving to the US and want a SSN, Bank Account, a place to live and a car? Here are some tips I've learned from friends and colleagues like you.

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What is DevRel?

I answer common questions when people not in DevRel ask about DevRel.

This is the most exciting laptop I've seen in ages

Today, every laptop is locked down with proprietary tech. They're often built with the mentality of replace it versus repair it. It's inspired the right to repair movement. Repairing stuff is so much better for both consumers and the environment. Framework is a company built from

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How I experience the web today

It always starts with a search and ends up with the bombardment of ads, popups, cookie notices, and the sheer lack of a good user experience. It doesn't feel as exciting as it once did, it feels sort of like the movie Wall-E or that scene in Wreck

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GitHub Code Spaces: You can write code on any device

As long as you have a browser and the internet, you can write code as if it was on a local and powerful machine. For those of us who have access to multiple devices, work in multiple locations, or like to have the freedom to use whatever tech you want,

Tech Weekly - Sunday May 23, 2021

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Tech Weekly - Sunday May 9, 2021

Happy Mother's Day! Elon Musk hosts SNL with doge coin ramping up DogeCoin droped significantly during the airing of Saturday Night Live on May 8th. The weeks leading up to his appearance, DogeCoin had been increasing significantly going from $0.23 USD per coin to over 72 cents

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The Noob Show: Episode 2 - APIs and IPAs

In this episode I'm joined by Greg Koberger, founder and CEO of Readme.com to talk about APIs while drinking IPAs. To subscribe in your podcast player of choice, click here. The podcast was planned for an hour tops, but went well over. This is the first part.