Stephanie Morillo articles - 40 total
3 Tips for Developers Writing their First Book
Photo Credit: #WOCinTech Chat So you want to write a book? Or maybe you don't — but you've certainly...
What are your thoughts on search engine optimization (SEO)?
Hey all, I'm doing some research on developer experiences and sentiments toward search engine optimi...
Introduction to SEO for Developers
Photo credit: #WOCinTech Chat According to a 2012 research study commissioned by the Pew Research Ce...
What's holding you back from creating as much content as you would like to?
It's almost March, and many people set goals at the beginning of the year when it came to content cre...
What is the best blogging platform for developers?
A question I get from developers who want to start their blogs is what’s the best blogging platform f...
5 Ways Software Developers Can Improve Their Writing Beyond Blogging
This time last year, I placed a bet on the idea that software developers wanted to write more content...
How often do you update your personal website?👀
In today's discuss, I'd like to know: How often do you update your personal website? What types of...
How did you do this year with content creation?
Hi all! With the end of 2020 just a few weeks away, I've started doing my end-of-year reviews. My qu...
An Introduction to Web Analytics
If you’re a developer running your own site, or you have a blog hosted on a blogging platform, you’re...
Have you made recent changes to your workflow to boost productivity?
Hi all, I'm curious: have you made recent changes to your workflow to boost productivity? And if so,...
7 Pieces of Information to Include in Technical Blog Posts
[Image: #WOCinTech Chat] This weekend I asked Twitter, “What are some of your pet peeves when it com...
Why did you decide to pursue a career in tech?
Hi everyone 👋🏽— I've been in tech eight years and one thing is abundantly clear: everyone has a stor...
Managing (Technical) Questions from Business Stakeholders
As technologists, we may see our roles in terms of the things we’re building, creating, and enabling...
What are some examples of open-source projects with great READMEs?
Hey DEV Community👋🏽 What are some examples of open-source projects that have great READMEs? Specifi...
A Brief Introduction to Technical Writing
Image credit: #WOCinTech Chat Technical writing impacts every developer. They consume content writte...
How to Manage Your Fear of Writing and Publishing New Content
This month, two readers of my eBook The Developer’s Guide to Content Creation asked me how to overcom...
How Ruthless Prioritization is Helping Me Stay Focused
I spent the month of June working on my Q3 plan. It started with creating a "parking lot" of ideas: a...
Have you ever, or do you currently, work on an Agile team?
Hi all, As someone who works in an organization that has adopted "Scrum-like" practices but is still...
What's the right word length for a blog post?🧐
This weekend I got a DM on Twitter from someone who read one of my books. They wanted to know if 1,60...
11 Lessons I’ve Learned as an Engineering PM
I’ve been a product manager on an engineering team for the past nine months. It’s the latest chapter...
How can developers and product managers work better together?
Hi everyone! I've been a PM for eight months and am fortunate to have a wonderful working relationsh...
UX Design is More Than Visual Design
Photo credit: uxisnotui.com Last year I spoke to a UX practitioner who worked with open source pro...
Content Strategy for DevRel Teams: A Primer
Business travel has all but disappeared and conferences have moved online in light of COVID-19, forci...
The What, Why, and How of Internal Documentation
Documentation: In tech, we spend considerable time producing user-facing documentation including API...
How do you explain what software development is to friends and family?
When you tell your loved ones that you’re a developer/engineer, what do they think you do? How do y...
Five Ways No/Low-Code Tools Benefit Coders and Non-Coders Alike
Years ago, I was the content manager of a company blog. The blog was built in Jekyll and hosted on Gi...
How Library Science Helped Me Understand Databases
One of my assignments for Knowledge Organization Structures. The project was to redesign the Google...
Are industry-recognized certificates a worthwhile investment?
Earlier this week, I asked this question on Twitter. I wanted to understand why people got certificat...
Do Software Developers Hate Marketing?
Having spent years on marketing teams at B2B startups, I heard the following phrase a lot: "Developer...
Here Are the Three Audience Types Who Engage With Developer Content
A few months ago, I got an email from a reader who wanted to know how to attract an audience to their...