Bio
Heidi is a developer advocate with LaunchDarkly. She delights in working at the intersection of usability, risk reduction, and cutting-edge technology. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to developers about things they already knew but had never thought of that way before. She sews all her conference dresses so that she’s sure there is a pocket for the mic.
My Talks
Fear of the Bus: Devops and Docs
Move fast and don't break anything!
Devops is under a particular kind of pressure that could be solved by better documentation, but they don't have time to DO documentation. This is a proposed so...
Quartered: Being a shared Agile resource
What do you do when you're only part of a person?
As a tech writer, I am a resource to several teams.
This is a from-the-trenches accounting of how to know when your loyalties are divided and how...
Quartered: Being a shared resource on an Agile team
What do you do when you’re only part of a person?
As a tech writer, I am a resource to several teams.
This is a from-the-trenches accounting of how to know when your loyalties are divided and how...
Self-Documenting Coders: A Writing Workshop for Devs
Being able to use language effectively saves so much coding trauma. You should learn to file good bug reports, write up problems, and describe what you're doing. I'll teach you in less than half a ...
The Kids Are Going To Be 200 OK
Infosec is like sex ed. If you wait until kids need it, you have waited too long.
Schools don't, peers can't, we have to.