Developer Relations — resources

roadmap.sh: https://roadmap.sh/devrel

Books

  • The Business Value of Developer Relations (Mary Thengvall) — the foundational book on why DevRel exists and how to measure it.
  • Developer Marketing and Relations: The Essential Guide (SlashData / Caroline Lewko & James Parton) — practical playbook for reaching and growing developer audiences.
  • The Developer’s Guide to Content Creation (Stephanie Morillo) — concrete, repeatable process for shipping technical content.
  • Trust Me, I’m Lying (Ryan Holiday) — sharp view of how media and attention actually work; useful skepticism for any advocacy role.

Courses / practice

  • DevRel Collective — the largest community of DevRel practitioners; Slack, resources, and shared playbooks.
  • Write the Docs — the canonical community and guide for documentation and technical writing.
  • CommonMark — learn the Markdown you’ll write docs and posts in every day.
  • Speaking.io — Zach Holman’s practical guide to preparing and delivering conference talks.