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Jessica Garson
@jessicagarson.bsky.social
Leading the DevRel team at Tailscale. Previously Twitter. Makes music as Messica Arson.
As someone who has been part of the open souce community for a while watching @acemarke.dev demystifying the life of a maintainer of a large open source project is great. One of my favorite talks I’ve seen lately.
Hi, I'm Mark Erikson
The obligatory About Me page
acemarke.dev
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I'm at @allthingsopen.bsky.social , and speaking this afternoon at 2:45 about "Maintaining a Library and a Community"! I'll be tag-teaming with @jessicagarson.bsky.social talking about "DevRel When Things Fall Apart".

Wearing my usual avatar name badge - come say hi if you see me!
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tonight! Hope to see you there.
We’re in town for #AllThingsOpen, and we’re keeping the fun going with a Tailscale community meetup tonight at 7pm (Mon. Oct. 13)! Join us for a casual hangout with Tailscale users, homelabbers, and networking enthusiasts.

Don't forget to RSVP buff.ly/S8sxSaS See you there! 👋
Tailscale Community Meetup Raleigh
Tailscale Community Meetup Raleigh
buff.ly
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The Tailscale team will be at #AllThingsOpen next week! Stop by and see us on the 4th floor outside of the main stage. We are bringing tons of stickers, swag and friendly faces to discuss all things #zerotrust. 🔒 🚀 @allthingsopen.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Next week, I'll be speaking about crisis communications at All Things Open, one of my favorite conferences. My talk is entitled: How Do DevRel When Everything Is Falling Apart: How to Handle Uncertain Times With Confidence.
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I just published a new blog post on assessing the quality of an LLM application using Ragas metrics and Elasticsearch

www.elastic.co/search-labs/...
Ragas & Elasticsearch: How to evaluate LLM applications - Elasticsearch Labs
Learn about Ragas and how to use it with Elasticsearch to evaluate LLM applications.
www.elastic.co
August 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Elastic{ON} NYC is approaching, and we'd love to feature some great developer-focused talks there. We currently have an open CFP for this.

sessionize.com/elasticon/
ElasticON 2025: Call for Speakers
ElasticON is Elastic's free, one-day event series happening around the world. See which cities are coming up and submit your talks to join the communi...
sessionize.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This past week has been incredible! I had the chance to speak at Nebraska.Code about OpenTelemetry and being a keynote speaker at one of my favorite conferences, PyOhio. It was great to connect with so many new and old friends.
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@bnb.im is one of my favorite people in DevRel. You should hire them!
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I've already announced that I'll be keynoting one of my favorite conferences, @pyohio.org, but I'll also be playing a special noise set at the opening reception!

PyOhio has always been a place where I felt I could be authentically me, and I'm so grateful to have communities like this in my life.
July 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Jessica Garson

@jessicagarson.bsky.social's talk is: Quality Code Samples Make Everything Better

...which is true! Whether code is for proof-of-concepts, systems, and/or user docs -- better samples beget happier devs.

See schedule, information, and more on: squiggleconf.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Check out Elastic Developer Advocate @jessicagarson.bsky.social 's implementation guide for Better Binary Quantization! Learn how BBQ compresses vectors, making semantic search for text or similarity search faster and more efficient: https://go.es.io/4l4AMNO

#ElasticSearchLabs
Better Binary Quantization (BBQ): How & why to implement - Elasticsearch Labs
Learn how to implement Better Binary Quantization (BBQ) into your use case and why you should.
go.es.io
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Join @jessicagarson.bsky.social ‬ from @elastic.co at DevRelCon July 17-18, 2025

Jessica will speak about "Individual Contributor’s Guide to DevRel Crisis Management."

🤩 Save $150 on your DevRelCon ticket using code: devrelnyc25

nyc.devrelcon.dev

#devrelcon #devrel
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I have a new blog post for We ❤️ Open Source that walks you through how to create a personalized running plan with Agno, Elasticsearch, and Notion

allthingsopen.org/articles/ste...
Create your customized running plan: A step-by-step guide using Python, Elasticsearch, and Agno | We Love Open Source - All Things Open
When working out, deciding what workout to do next to achieve a specific goal can be challenging. This blog post will walk you through creating a four-week workout plan as... Read More
allthingsopen.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Hot out of the studio, new pod drop 🔥 @10xinsights.bsky.social

@spoole167.bsky.social and I chatted with @jessicagarson.bsky.social from @elastic.co about the OSS → closed → OS journey, licensing, & making music from code 🎵

#OpenSource

open.spotify.com/episode/6EcE...
Ep. 3 From Search to Soundwaves: Elastic's Journey with Jess Garson
10x Insights · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Thank you to Jessica Garson (@jessicagarson.bsky.social) for speaking at @osn2025!
April 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@sachinfrayne.bsky.social and I wrote an implementation guide for Better Binary Quantization. We dive into how BBQ compresses vectors, making semantic search for text or similarity search for images, videos, and audio faster and more efficient.🔍✨

www.elastic.co/search-labs/...
Better Binary Quantization (BBQ): How & why to implement - Elasticsearch Labs
Learn how to implement Better Binary Quantization (BBQ) into your use case and why you should.
www.elastic.co
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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🎉🎵Announcing #PyOhio 2025's Second #Keynote Speaker: Jessica Garson!!🎶🎉

Jessica Garson
@jessicagarson.bsky.social
is a Python programmer, educator, and artist. She currently works at Elastic as a Senior Developer Advocate.
April 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Had the best time at @pytexas.org this past weekend speaking and working the Elastic booth. Thanks for having me!
April 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Today on our Speaker 📣 Spotlight 💡 we're highlighting @jessicagarson.bsky.social who will be presenting Introduction to OpenTelemetry with Python.

Join us April 13 either in-person or virtually to watch. Get your ticket today pytexas.org/2025
April 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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From my RAID talk last month. @zachkrall.com
@jessicagarson.bsky.social @elevenlabs.io Thanks for the invitation.
March 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just wrapped up three NYC meetups in three days. On Monday, @zachkrall.com and I hosted our creative tech meetup, RAID, and it was amazing to see the community grow. Yesterday, I spoke at the Elastic NYC community, and tonight, I had the chance to speak at React NYC.
February 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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thank you for coming to my ted talk !!

ty @zachkrall.com @jessicagarson.bsky.social for having me 🙏 & a speaker lineup of refreshing voices outside of the typical nyc ai demo circuit

i'll post a written form soon, maybe via a s*bst*ck?

pics by sabina cabrera & @tangert.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM