OpenSauced, Developer Advocacy, and AI with Brian Douglas

Brian Douglas, Founder and CEO at OpenSauced, learned to code while pursuing his MBA and stayed up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies by tuning into podcasts and blogs.

Brian’s passion eventually caught the attention of Netlify, where he joined as an advocate. Later, he became the first advocate at GitHub, building out a developer relations team. Brian shares insights into the open-source world and the challenges faced by maintainers. He introduces his current venture, OpenSauce.pizza, which aims to improve GitHub insights and provide valuable knowledge about open-source contributions and tech debt. Brian mentions plans to expand the platform's support to include other Git host providers like GitLab and Bitbucket.
In this episode, Brian talks to Robbie and Chuck about his journey from developer to developer advocate, the importance of developer experience, and his current project, OpenSauce.pizza, focusing on GitHub insights with plans to expand to support other Git host providers.

Key Takeaways

• [00:31] - Introduction to Brian Douglas.
• [01:59] - A whiskey review: Teeling Whiskey Wonders of Wood Single Pot Still.
• [08:42] - Tech hot takes.
• [15:03] - How Brian got into developer advocacy.
• [25:39] - Brian talks about OpenSauced.
• [32:15] - Future plans for OpenSauced.
• [37:09] - Chuck asks Brian to teach him how to Dougie.
• [38:06] - Brian explains how to start a podcast.
• [42:40] - What Brian is most excited about with AI.

Quotes

[21:08] - “Everyone complains about how many Spidermans have we seen or Batman origin stories we’ve seen, but it’s the same thing on the web.” ~ Brian Douglas

[26:53] - “We want to move away from the big brother-like tools that exist.” ~ Brian Douglas

[39:11] - “My thing is, just do it. If it doesn't work out, use all that to start a new one.” ~ Brian Douglas

Links

• Brian Douglas Twitter
• Brian Douglas LinkedIn
• Github
• OpenSauced
• Little Caesars
• Teeling Wonders of Wood Single Pot Still
• Jameson Irish Whiskey
• World Drinks Awards
• Josh Goldberg
• Tailwind CSS
• Angular
• React
• Netlify
• Jamstack Radio
• Supabase
• Firebase
• Google
• Flutter
• Apple Vision
• Apple
• Microsoft
• Netflix
• GitLab
• Chris Coyier
• Pizza Hut
• Spotify
• GitHub Copilot
• Alexa
• Stack Overflow
• RenderATL
• SXSW
• Ember
• Sauced Newsletter

Connect with our hosts

• Robbie Wagner
• Chuck Carpenter
• Ship Shape

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• Whiskey Web and Whatnot

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