Episode 347: Son of Beagle

This week we discuss how to measure DevRel, the legacy of Sun and a few thoughts on Markdown. Plus, we determine the TAM for trackballs… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Measuring Developer Relations (https://www.swyx.io/measuring-devrel) What if Sun called it Cloud? 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