Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast

About Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast

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 seeking an invite to the discord community started by https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikikobazeley/ If you're just looking to connect with other tech folks I have a few slack channels I run for Web Dev (DevNursery.com) and Data (DataNation.click) Also, make sure to subscribe to my other podcasts: Web Dev 101 Datanation Select * From Data.Lake; Gnarly Data Waves Web & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced

Publisher

Alex Merced Podcasts

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Feb 2023

Latest episode

27 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jan 2026

   Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

   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

2. 

   16 Jan 2026

   Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling

   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

3. 

   23 Dec 2025

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

   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

4. 

   20 Nov 2025

   Guide to Getting Started in DevRel and Developer Advocacy

   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

5. 

   30 Oct 2024

   #8 – Bluesky and Mastondon for DevRel and Dev Advocacy

   Alex Merced talks about Bluesky and Mastodon

6. 

   30 Mar 2024

   7 – Building Momentum in the Speaking Circuit

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

7. 

   9 Jan 2024

   2024 Preview – Data/Web Content

   youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder youtube.com/@alexmerceddata twitter.com/alexmercedcoder twitter.com/amdatalakehouse

8. 

   19 Oct 2023

   6 – The Starlight Docs Framework for Creating Community Knowledge Bases

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

9. 

   23 Aug 2023

   5 – Docker and Dev Education

   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 […]

10. 

    8 May 2023

    4 – Video & Audio Content

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

11. 

    12 Apr 2023

    3 – Good Media Apps & Generative AI

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

12. 

    23 Mar 2023

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

    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

13. 

    10 Mar 2023

    2 – Blogging as a Dev Rel or Developer Advocate

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

14. 

    23 Feb 2023

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

    Alex Merced discusses:

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