The Last Tech Podcast

In this conversation, Peggy Rayzis , founder of Scale Advisors , discusses her experience in developer marketing and education. She shares insights on marketing to developers, the importance of understanding their pain points, and the value of education and community building. She shares her experience at Apollo and how they grew their community by being genuinely helpful. Peggy also talks about h...

In this episode, Eve Porcello speaks to Shruti Kapoor, an educator, speaker, and software engineer at Slack. They talk accessibility, creating your own content, and DEV JOKES! Follow Shruti at https://x.com/shrutikapoor08

In this episode, Eve Porcello interviews Max Stoiber, the co-founder and CEO of Stellate, about his career and the adoption of GraphQL. Max discusses his journey in the tech industry, from creating popular open source projects to working at companies like Gatsby and GitHub. He explains how GraphQL has evolved over time and the problems it solves, including improving performance, enabling better co...

In this conversation, Eve Porcello interviews Shaundai Person , a salesperson turned engineer at Netflix. They discuss Shaundai's journey from sales to engineering, the importance of soft skills in addition to technical skills, and her experience working at Netflix. Shaundai also talks about her TypeScript course, TS for JS Devs , and upcoming conferences.

Marisa Morby , a multi-hyphenate professional with a background in HR, UX research, and design, discusses her journey in the tech industry and her passion for sustainability and nature. She emphasizes the importance of storytelling in research and design, advocating for the user, and creating compelling narratives to drive product development. Marisa also shares her experiences in theater and cook...

In this episode of the Last Tech Podcast, Eve Porcello interviews Ceora Ford , a keynote speaker and developer advocate at Auth0 by Okta. Ceora shares her journey into developer relations. She discusses her transition to roles at Apollo GraphQL and Auth0, the implementation of passwordless authentication, and how she uses building projects and giving talks to learn new technologies. Ceora also emp...

In this conversation, Jason Lengstorf talks to Eve Porcello about his journey from growing up in Montana to starting an agency and eventually transitioning to working as an engineer, teacher, and content creator. He talks about the challenges he faced, including burnout, and how he made life changes to prioritize his well-being. Jason also discusses his music career and the genre of music he playe...

In this conversation, Eve Porcello interviews Cassidy Williams , a software engineer, developer advocate, tech executive and advisor, teacher, live streamer, and podcaster. Cassidy discusses her work on BrainStory, an app that helps users talk out their ideas. She also talks about her workshop series, Process Over Goals, which focuses on developing effective workflows. Cassidy shares her experienc...

Summary In this episode, Eve Porcello interviews Rizèl Scarlett, a staff developer advocate at TBD. They discuss Rizèl's job at TBD and the projects she is working on, including improving payments and identity verification. Rizèl shares her motivation for joining TBD and her experience at the Resilient Coders Bootcamp. They also talk about the importance of developers being teachers and how Rizèl...