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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • May 28, 2025

WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Moving into DevRel, The death of search APIs, Building with empathy and more

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Dayana Mick Forero

Are closed search APIs and AI overviews destroying the open web? Discover why building with empathy and battling toxic gatekeeping are more crucial for developers than ever.

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#1 about 8 min

Leveraging educational backgrounds for developer relations engineering

How teaching skills transfer to software engineering by identifying user pain points and improving documentation.

#2 about 2 min

Funding challenges for women in technology communities

The decline of corporate support and scholarships for diversity and inclusion groups in programming.

#3 about 6 min

Enduring challenges of responsive design in web development

Why developers still struggle to provide optimized mobile experiences for dashboards and basic input fields.

#4 about 5 min

Evaluating user retention metrics versus tool effectiveness

High time-in-app metrics indicate success for social platforms but reveal friction in developer tools.

#5 about 8 min

Impact of AI search overviews on web publishers

The deprecation of search APIs and the shift toward closed LLM ecosystems threaten content discoverability.

#6 about 6 min

Balancing AI workforce automation with engineering quality

Over-relying on artificial intelligence for immediate cost reduction leads to technical debt and rehiring cycles.

#7 about 9 min

Overcoming technical gatekeeping and internal power structures

Recognizing opaque legacy code knowledge as a power dynamic helps junior engineers combat imposter syndrome.

#8 about 7 min

Destigmatizing public job seeking and platform networking

Utilizing open-to-work indicators demonstrates professionalism and streamlines recruitment efforts despite industry arrogance.

#9 about 8 min

Embracing rejection and creating enduring technical content

Continuously publishing documentation and thoughts builds long-term authority and helps future developers.

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Experience requirements and empathy in developer relations

Angie Jones Angie Jones +3 · World Congress 2024

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Addressing developer burnout and the impact of artificial intelligence

Pauline Pagliaro Pauline Pagliaro · World Congress 2025

3:01 min

Countering persistent harassment against marginalized groups in tech

Brenda Romero Brenda Romero · World Congress 2024

2:08 min

Adapting developer relations in the era of generative AI

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

2:36 min

Preserving developer communities in an AI era

Jen Looper Jen Looper · Europe 2026 Virtual

5:18 min

Addressing psychological safety and ethical risks of AI adoption

Vera Slavnić Vera Slavnić · Europe 2026 Virtual

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