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First run experiences for developer tools

A bad first run experience is likely to be indicative of the overall quality of the application. What first run experience do developers expect?

Status update - 2021-09

Console status update - September 2021: advertise page, website improvements and subscriber growth.

App packaging - another thing developers must care about

Developers must own their packages - Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Alpine, Arch AUR, Homebrew, Nix, Flatpak, Snap - otherwise someone else will, and that is not a good situation.

On removing APIs - Linux status bar, GNOME system tray and ElementaryOS AppIndicators

Removed GNOME status icons? Where are the ElementaryOS status app indicators? Removing APIs without common alternatives may be a bad idea.

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How to communicate your brand to developers (Launch Series Part 2)

You've got the framework for your brand in place, now it's time to share your brand with the world. This guide explores some of the practical things you can do to communicate your brand to developers during the early stages of your product launch.

Status update - 2021-08

Console status update - August 2021: some time off.

How to build a brand for developers (Launch Series Part 1)

Many founders fail to define their brand's positioning until it is too late. In the first of the Console Launch series we set out a simple framework for how to build a brand for developers.

Automated website performance testing with GitHub Actions, k6 and Cloudflare Workers

Speed is a key feature of all the best developer tools so the Console website needs to be fast. How we use k6 inside GitHub Actions to run performance tests on every commit.