Alex Merced Podcasts

Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast

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Alex Merced has worked in education, technology and marketing and now he wraps up all that experience in his current role as a Developer Advocate. In this podcast, Alex Merced shares his experiences and advice on branding, marketing, building trust, communicating and more to a technical audience with the occasional interview with other dev rel/dev advocacy professionals about their experience. Find all Episodes Here: https://host.alexmercedpodcast.com/series/devadv/If you like marketing or technology, this is a podcast for you. If you are a dev rel or dev adv in the data space, I recommend see...

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Alex Merced Podcasts

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Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems 27.01.2026 13:55

Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling 16.01.2026 21:33

Alex Merced talks about how his optimism about the Agentic AI tool and poses the question, if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them for it, ask yourself how much further you can now run with AI. Follow Alex on Social: AlexMerced.com The Data Lakehouse Community: https://www.datalakehousehub.com

2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg 23.12.2025 19:00

Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org

Guide to Getting Started in DevRel and Developer Advocacy 20.11.2025

Alex Merced, Head of DevRel at Dremio discusses his advice for getting started in the developer advocacy and developer relations field. Follow Alex by going to AlexMerced.com

#8 – Bluesky and Mastondon for DevRel and Dev Advocacy 30.10.2024

Alex Merced talks about Bluesky and Mastodon

7 – Building Momentum in the Speaking Circuit 30.03.2024

Alex Merced discusses tips for dev rels and dev advocates to build their public speaking momentum. Follow Alex, find links at AlexMerced.com

2024 Preview – Data/Web Content Video 09.01.2024

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6 – The Starlight Docs Framework for Creating Community Knowledge Bases 19.10.2023

Alex Merced discusses how he’s used the starlight framework to give gifts to the communities he serves:

5 – Docker and Dev Education 23.08.2023

Alex Merced discusses using docker for dev education, here is a link to the resources he mentions. In just a few commands, you can have everything you need to practice ingestion and querying with popular data software. Just install Docker and then run the commands in the image. You can also follow the directions in […]

4 – Video & Audio Content 08.05.2023

Alex Merced gives advice on video and audio content. Follow Alex at @amdatalakehouse or @alexmercedcoder

3 – Good Media Apps & Generative AI 12.04.2023

Alex Merced discusses how to use mobile apps and generative AI to be a prolific and effective content creator.

BONUS: The Big Picture at a Tech Company (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales) 23.03.2023

Alex Merced discusses the different departments at a tech company and how they all fit together to create success. follow alex on twitter Web -> @alexmercedcoder Data -> @amdatalakehouse

2 – Blogging as a Dev Rel or Developer Advocate 10.03.2023

Alex Merced discusses thinking through what you are going to write as a developer advocate or dev rel.

1 – What is Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy? Who am I? 23.02.2023

Alex Merced discusses: