About this episode
Tejas has worked in developer relations for years at companies like Vercel, Spotify, Xata, and G2i, and is now an independent educator and content creator. He's a mentor, keynote speaker, and angel investor, and we're exited to talk tech! He's super interested in edge computing, Qwik, and React. He and Carl talked about why he's starting a company, not letting fear of failure stop you from trying, investing, and about keeping the focus in devrel on relationships.Why are you starting a company [00:00:35]DevRel and community are immeasurable [00:03:30]Extractive relationships in DevRel and community [05:58]Swag and broken trust [00:06:50]Transactional relationships [00:09:07]Fear about trying something new [00:11:28]Trying something new; an exercise in empathy [00:17:13]Carl's past failed company [00:18:25]New web technologies you're excited for [00:21:34]Zod and tRPC, type safety on network calls [00:22:27]Chronological Snobbery and jQuery [00:24:18]React as a middle aged man [00:26:02]React compared with Qwik's design goals [00:28:27]
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:35) - Why are you starting a company
(03:30) - DevRel and community are immeasurable
(05:58) - Extractive relationships in DevRel and community
(06:50) - Swag and broken trust
(09:07) - Transactional relationships
(11:28) - Fear about trying something new
(17:13) - Trying something new; an exercise in empathy
(18:25) - Carl's past failed company
(21:34) - New web technologies you're excited for
(22:27) - Zod and tRPC, type safety on network calls
(24:18) - Chronological Snobbery and jQuery
(26:02) - React as a middle aged man
(28:27) - React compared with Qwik's design goalsc
