
Community Pulse
Community Pulse is the spot for Developer Relations and Community professionals who are looking for information on building technical communities. Community Builders and DevRel veterans Jason Hand, Mary Thengvall, PJ Hagerty, and Wesley Faulkner interview experts in the field of Developer Relations and Community Leadership on a broad range of topics related to building community.
Latest episodes

Apr 5, 2024 • 47min
Live Streaming (Ep 88)
With the exception of speaking at conferences, much of what we do as DevRel professionals is behind-the-scenes. However, with live streaming, we’re able to not only learn in public, but bring our community members into the experience.
While this can be intimidating, and lead to questions like “what if I make a mistake?” - or - “What if I don’t know all the answers?” - or - “How do I make sure I come across as knowledgeable while I’m also learning?” it can also be a great way to create engaging content that helps your community learn alongside you.
Checkouts
Laurent Bugnion
Learn Live - the show I produce for Microsoft
GalaSoft - my website with my blog, past presentations and future appearances
Darko Mesaros
AWS Community - Livestreams
rup12
Wesley Faulkner
Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts
Jason Hand
“Use Gemini AI to improve productivity while using Datadog” @ Google Next
Datadog On Data Science
Mary Thengvall
The Roaring Days of Zora Lily (and everything by Noelle Salazar)
Timeshifter - app for avoiding jetlag
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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Darko Mesaros and Laurent Bugnion.

Mar 22, 2024 • 13min
After Pulse: DevRel Wins
PJ and Wesley expound on stories of success, what it takes to get to a "win" and reflect on their conversation with Ole and Kevin.
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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Mar 8, 2024 • 46min
DevRel Wins (Ep 87)
The podcast discusses success stories in Developer Relations and Community teams, including innovative project launches at Spotify, storytelling techniques for DevRel content, navigating career decisions post layoffs, insights on layoff recovery, and music recommendations for perseverance.

Dec 22, 2023 • 41min
2023 Year in Review (Ep 85)
Our Community Pulse hosts take a look back at 2023 - the episodes, the patterns, and our observations.
Checkouts
PJ Hagerty
Go see live music and support your local musicians!
Baldur's Gate 3 deserves to be Game of the Year
Jason Hand
The Midnight Library
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Fourth Wing
Mary Thengvall
Kindle Unlimited subscription - $11.99/month for unlimited ebooks and audiobooks!
Wesley Faulkner
Tesla is having issues producing 4680 cells for Cybertruck, sketchy report says | Electrek
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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Nov 30, 2023 • 19min
After Pulse: 2023 Compensation & Culture Survey
Mary, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation of the Common Room survey and what it might mean for the industry moving forward.
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Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Nov 22, 2023 • 47min
2023 DevRel Compensation & Culture Survey (Ep 84)
The podcast discusses the results of a survey on DevRel compensation and roles. They emphasize the importance of aligning metrics with community activities and discuss changes made based on feedback. The hosts invite the audience to attend an upcoming event and share personal experiences about music, books, and travels.

Oct 20, 2023 • 24min
Thoughts from DevRelCon (Ep 83)
The podcast discusses the challenges and obstacles faced by modern dev rel practitioners, the importance of creating association and values in the DevRel industry, the problem of scope creep in DevRel, the need for specific and direct terminology, the cultural aspect of using UTM codes in developer relations, and the confusion between developer marketing and classic marketing.

Sep 8, 2023 • 18min
After Pulse: DevRel Hot Takes
Are you ready for even more hot takes, strong opinions, fun and a little bit of snark? Join Wesley, Jason, and PJ as they continue the discussion. You won't want to miss it!
Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Sep 7, 2023 • 52min
DevRel Hot Takes (Ep 82)
SJ Morris discusses checkouts, Wesley Faulkner talks about Isaac Asimov's 'I, Robot,' PJ Hagerty mentions Baldur's Gate 3 and Sunny Day Real Estate, and Jason Hand covers reliable machine learning principles applied to ML in production. Other topics include the relationship between Dev Rel and marketing, leadership and representation in Dev Rel, code of conduct and checkouts, and exploring scenarios and risks in 'iRobot.' They also touch on video games, music, and the importance of embracing passion.

Aug 18, 2023 • 18min
After Pulse: Defining Your Role Before Someone Else Does
Don't miss our hosts as they delve back into their takeaways from their conversation with Angie and Evan about the importance of clarifying and concentrating on your role.
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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
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