Jay Miller is a Staff Product Advocate at Aiven based out of Atlanta, GA.

Jay is also the Founder of Black Python Devs, a non-profit designed to help make the Python Community more accessible to Black and other racially diverse people.

Presentations

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I'm afraid of the Database

As an app developer, my goal is to serve my users. I may love my tech stack, but secretly, I am terrified of the data layer.

These days we have more and people building apps and the database is only given the thought of a prompt or simple setup. The database should be loved and enjoyed, not feared. In this talk, I'll share how approachable PostgreSQL can be for app developers using the tools that we know and love, like ORMs and AI.

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Maintaining and Contributing Code Easier with Devcontainers

It's easier than to develop open source projects in a rich world of packages, modules, and tools. But this isn't always great. Maintainers are challenged with making their projects easy for them to manage while also ensuring that folks have all the necessary tools needed for developers of a wide range of skill levels.

Devcontainers are a great way to take your development environment and make it replicatable for contributors but locally and via the web. This talk looks at how to develop devcontainers of varying complexities so contributors have everything they need to submit that next PR. 

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