Tracy Lee joins the Compressed.fm to discuss the integration of AI in development, the evolution of documentation practices, and her role in leading community projects and tech innovations.

Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.

Attend their Upcoming Conference - April 30 - May 1, 2024 in San Francisco. Amy and James will be there in person.

00:00:00 - Introduction and Overview
00:00:38 - Sponsor: Postman

• PostCon - April 30 - May 1, 2024

00:01:59 - Guest Introduction: Tracy Lee
00:06:02 - Tracy Discusses Upcoming Talks at CityJS and CascadiaJS
00:10:51 - Challenges with Documentation in Development

• Material Design (v3)
• Divio’s Documentation System

00:17:08 - The Value of Asking Questions and Community Support

• Episode 169 with Cory Miller, Not Knowing Everything
• Code Stackr on YouTube (videos specifically on GitHub CoPilot alternatives)
  • This VS Code AI Coding Assistant Is A Game Changer!
  • I Cannot Believe How Good This VS Code AI Coding Assistant Is!
• Prompt Engineering Guides
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
• Image Prompt Engineering
  • DallE
  • Google Doc with Examples

00:24:05 - Balancing Professional and Personal Life

• Template for Annual Planning Spreadsheet

00:26:41 - Picks and Plugs

• James:
  • Pick: KitchenAid mixer
  • Plug: Learn Build Teach Community and Deals for Devs project
• Tracy:
  • Pick: Tonies
  • Plug: This.Dot and their engineering leadership resources
  • This Dot Labs is Hiring
• Amy:
  • Pick: Kidamento camera
  • Plug: Two Week Build
• Bekah:
  • Pick: Coconut cashew crisps from Aldi
  • Plug: Virtual Coffee resources on open source

00:31:15 - Closing