Podcast: Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2024 Preview – Data/Web Content
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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:
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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…
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4 – Video & Audio Content
Alex Merced gives advice on video and audio content. Follow Alex at @amdatalakehouse or @alexmercedcoder