76 | Content Creation and Cloudinary with Colby Fayock

Colby Fayock joins the show to talk about his developer background, experience as a Content Creator, and his role as a Developer Advocate at Cloudinary.SponsorsDaily.devdaily.dev is where developers grow together. It provides a community-based feed of the best developer news, helping you stay up-to-date. daily.dev aggregates hundreds of sources every few minutes and creates a personal feed for you according to your interests, whether it’s web dev, data science, or Elixir. Anything you might be interested in, it has the content for you.Check out daily.devHashnodeCreating a developer blog is crucial in creating an online presence for yourself. It’s proof of work for your future employer. Hashnode makes it easy to start a blog in seconds on your custom domain for free. It’s fully optimized for developers and supports writing in Markdown, rich embeds, publishing from GitHub repository, syntax highlighting, and edge caching with Next.js blogs deployed on Vercel. On top of these, Hashnode is free from paywall, ads, and sign-up prompts.Hashnode is a community of developers, engineers, and people in tech. Your article gets instant readership from their growing community.Check out Hashnode, and join the community.Show Notes00:00:00 - Intro00:00:58 - Colby's Intro and Background00:03:01 - Colby Background and Content Creation00:06:16 - Wordpress Development and Why It's Still Relevant00:09:23 - Favorite Wordpress Hosts00:11:50 - Security Concerns with Wordpress as a Headless CMS00:12:57 - Headless eCommerce00:16:26 - Thought Leadership and Being an "Influencer"00:18:05 - Creating Accessible Content00:21:48 - How We Plan Content00:22:35 - Updating Outdated Content00:25:45 - Colby's Role as Developer Advocate at Cloudinary00:28:17 - Cloudinary Features00:32:24 - Cloudinary and Wordpress Integration00:39:50 - Colby's Astro Brand Explained00:40:57 - Community Shoutouts00:41:42 - Colby Rant on Moving Past Your Initial Barrier to Entry