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220 posts
2026
Pricing wars are good for developersOriginalThree TTS providers changed pricing in the same week. The trend is clear and it benefits everyone building with voice AI.Opinion
Building a writing routine that actually sticksOriginalAfter years of inconsistent publishing, a daily writing habit finally clicked. Here is what changed.Developer Experience
Finding the rhythm: first impressions of a new role in a new corner of AIOriginalTwo weeks in, the patterns are becoming visible. What surprised me, what I was right about, and what I'm still figuring out about developer relations in a new AI domain.Developer Experience
Lessons from my first two weeks in a new corner of AIOriginalSwitching from speech-to-text to text-to-speech meant learning a new community, a new set of constraints, and a new definition of quality.Developer Experience
Onboarding at a new company: what I wish I had knownOriginalStarting a new DevRel role after years at the same company comes with a specific set of challenges nobody warns you about.Developer Experience
Voice AI mid-2026: the trends I am watchingOriginalQuality convergence, pricing pressure, open-weight models, and the regulatory shift. The voice AI landscape halfway through 2026.Voice AI
What surprised me about TTS API design after years of STTOriginalAfter years of building with speech-to-text APIs, switching to text-to-speech revealed design patterns I had never thought about.API Design
Working in public vs working in privateOriginalDeveloper relations means producing content in public while the product is being built in private. That tension is harder to manage than I expected.Developer Experience
5 voice AI stories that shaped the start of JulyOriginalOpenAI shipped voice reasoning, Anthropic models returned, ElevenLabs hit $22B, Deepgram went multilingual, and Google taught Gemini to use a computer.Voice AI
Someone Asked ChatGPT to Scream. It Did.OriginalA viral TikTok showed ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode screaming on command. Two screeches, one awkward silence, and a lot of questions about what we just watched.AI