This week I focused solely on developer onboarding again, as it is our main focus right now.
Gitpod to the Rescue
One of our main problems is the time it takes for a developer to reach their first AHA-moment with ur product. Better known as the Time-To-Hello-World (TTHW).
This is why I focus on documentation and tutorials a lot.
But we also have a rather unique problem. We automate the operating system (OS). And every OS is different. Linux sometimes needs libraries to be installed first. macOS display management is inconsistent and also you need to give permissions to our product first. Add to that the sheer amount of variations and you got a lot of users dropping out of frustration -> BAD.
Gitpod offers a remote cloud environment where we can control the environment completely and eliminate nearly all of the problems described above! I got it working with the help of the fabulous Gitpod community. Check them out, you will not regret it :-)
Also there will be a separate post about our setup. I can not wait to write it ;-)
Content - Getting Structure into the Process
At the moment we produce one piece of long form content every week. The streak is continuing since six weeks and we got content lined up for the rest of the year.
However, the process for publishing and distributng it through social media is basically non existent. Add to that content syndication and the chaos is perfect.
Therefor we looked into Hubspot and found out, that we could handle everything through this tool. From setting up a calender to creating shortlinks with tracking. I am relieved we as a team managed to sort this out, as it added a lot of communication to our daily doings.
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👋 Geoff here, I'm the author of gitpod.io/blog/workshops-as-code. Even though I am no longer at 'pod I still stand by everything in that blog post that as a teacher/instructor 'pod (and now also GitHub Codespaces since it's now available) is the best thing since sliced bread when you are in a situation of where there's a classroom of people who want to learn without having to jump through setup hoops.