Jordan Violet is an engineering leader who builds developer experience, developer communities, and lately AI-first engineering teams.https://jordanviolet.dev/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/software-as-a-skill/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/software-as-a-skill/Some software can be described instead of written. Dale is a prose linter that is a markdown file and nothing more.Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://jordanviolet.dev/writing/my-experience-with-you-shouldn-t-start-a-community/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/my-experience-with-you-shouldn-t-start-a-community/A reply to David Spinks' thread on why you shouldn't start a community, from someone two years into building one.Sat, 11 May 2024 05:57:53 GMThttps://jordanviolet.dev/writing/general-notes-on-incentivizing-community-members-to-answer-questions-from-their-peers/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/general-notes-on-incentivizing-community-members-to-answer-questions-from-their-peers/How SailPoint's Developer Community reached a point where members solve their own issues.Sat, 11 May 2024 05:56:36 GMThttps://jordanviolet.dev/writing/the-developers-hierarchy-of-needs/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/the-developers-hierarchy-of-needs/Five layers a developer program has to get right, in order: product, content, tooling, community, contribution.Sat, 11 May 2024 05:41:02 GMThttps://jordanviolet.dev/writing/the-developer-relations-capability-maturity-model/https://jordanviolet.dev/writing/the-developer-relations-capability-maturity-model/A five-level model for showing leadership how mature a Developer Relations program is, with SailPoint's path through the first three levels.Sat, 11 May 2024 05:39:58 GMT