Heather Downing
@heatherdown.ing
Software dev & speaker. Developer Advocate @YugabyteDB & Microsoft MVP. #dotNET/APIs/identity/data/AI. Technical, curious and traveling often from KC, Missouri. KCDC crew.
I MADE IT!!! One Million Miles, baby! Delta was so lovely to me today. ATL ✈️ MCI
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I MADE IT!!! One Million Miles, baby! Delta was so lovely to me today. ATL ✈️ MCI
Wrapping up #KubeCon for the week with this great crew! @yugabytedb.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wrapping up #KubeCon for the week with this great crew! @yugabytedb.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Look at our #KubeCon @yugabytedb.bsky.social booth! You can't miss the elephant 🐘 - pick up one of your own to take home!
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Look at our #KubeCon @yugabytedb.bsky.social booth! You can't miss the elephant 🐘 - pick up one of your own to take home!
Opening keynote with @karthikranganadhan.bsky.social showing real demos of his vision for AI + postgreSQL and vector search at @yugabytedb.bsky.social's DSS Day Atlanta
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Opening keynote with @karthikranganadhan.bsky.social showing real demos of his vision for AI + postgreSQL and vector search at @yugabytedb.bsky.social's DSS Day Atlanta
Good morning from the @yugabytedb.bsky.social DSS Day Atlanta at the beautiful Atrium Terrace @ Omni Hotel!
Event starts today at 10am, come join us for all the AI + postgreSQL love. Giving away tons of great stuff with awesome sessions.
Event starts today at 10am, come join us for all the AI + postgreSQL love. Giving away tons of great stuff with awesome sessions.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Good morning from the @yugabytedb.bsky.social DSS Day Atlanta at the beautiful Atrium Terrace @ Omni Hotel!
Event starts today at 10am, come join us for all the AI + postgreSQL love. Giving away tons of great stuff with awesome sessions.
Event starts today at 10am, come join us for all the AI + postgreSQL love. Giving away tons of great stuff with awesome sessions.
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but - DEVELOPERS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
They don't live just in SF.
Brilliant folks everywhere are working remotely and on-site, on software that runs major companies and governments. Forgetting that is short-sighted.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
They don't live just in SF.
Brilliant folks everywhere are working remotely and on-site, on software that runs major companies and governments. Forgetting that is short-sighted.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
a close up of a man 's face with the words " they 're everywhere man "
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " they 're everywhere man "
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November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but - DEVELOPERS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
They don't live just in SF.
Brilliant folks everywhere are working remotely and on-site, on software that runs major companies and governments. Forgetting that is short-sighted.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
They don't live just in SF.
Brilliant folks everywhere are working remotely and on-site, on software that runs major companies and governments. Forgetting that is short-sighted.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Who's in Atlanta next Monday? We are giving away cool things and I'm emceeing for the first time ever so... come hang out with me?
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Who's in Atlanta next Monday? We are giving away cool things and I'm emceeing for the first time ever so... come hang out with me?
I found Granola.ai this week and it's been immensely helpful with my action items after a bunch of meetings that leave my brain right after they end. Pretty happy with it.
Give me more life-coping software suggestions, please.
Give me more life-coping software suggestions, please.
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I found Granola.ai this week and it's been immensely helpful with my action items after a bunch of meetings that leave my brain right after they end. Pretty happy with it.
Give me more life-coping software suggestions, please.
Give me more life-coping software suggestions, please.
In just two weeks I'll be in Atlanta! 🙌 Will you?
Come hang out with me (& Yugabyte) on Nov 10, play with our new vector store, talk PostgreSQL and stay for #Kubecon. We are giving away some pretty useful things for those who come in person only. 😉
Register: www.linkedin.com/posts/yugaby...
Come hang out with me (& Yugabyte) on Nov 10, play with our new vector store, talk PostgreSQL and stay for #Kubecon. We are giving away some pretty useful things for those who come in person only. 😉
Register: www.linkedin.com/posts/yugaby...
Join us for DSS Day Atlanta!
All-star speakers, hands-on labs, live demos, robot raffles, custom tees, great food, and a happy hour to wrap it up.
Learn, build, and have fun with developers… | Yugaby...
Join us for DSS Day Atlanta!
All-star speakers, hands-on labs, live demos, robot raffles, custom tees, great food, and a happy hour to wrap it up.
Learn, build, and have fun with developers, architec...
www.linkedin.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In just two weeks I'll be in Atlanta! 🙌 Will you?
Come hang out with me (& Yugabyte) on Nov 10, play with our new vector store, talk PostgreSQL and stay for #Kubecon. We are giving away some pretty useful things for those who come in person only. 😉
Register: www.linkedin.com/posts/yugaby...
Come hang out with me (& Yugabyte) on Nov 10, play with our new vector store, talk PostgreSQL and stay for #Kubecon. We are giving away some pretty useful things for those who come in person only. 😉
Register: www.linkedin.com/posts/yugaby...
Such lovely people at #HelloStavanger with a properly community vibe. It was a delight to speak about AI with you all!
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Such lovely people at #HelloStavanger with a properly community vibe. It was a delight to speak about AI with you all!
Have you shipped AI Agentic flows in prod? I have questions for you. 🧐
...mostly: are you happy with it? What were/are the pain points?
...mostly: are you happy with it? What were/are the pain points?
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Have you shipped AI Agentic flows in prod? I have questions for you. 🧐
...mostly: are you happy with it? What were/are the pain points?
...mostly: are you happy with it? What were/are the pain points?
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Noticed the same. Preach 🙌
Adding basic indexes to databases should be part of the developer workflow. It used to be we had dedicated DBAs for such things but that's a rare luxury for a startup. Testing with 100x your current user base is a good way to identify problems like these earlier, too.
October 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Noticed the same. Preach 🙌
Who's coming to #KubeCon? I'll be there! 😃
(I'll be the emcee for our DSS Day as well 🐘 so be sure to sign up!)
(I'll be the emcee for our DSS Day as well 🐘 so be sure to sign up!)
Registration is OPEN for the most EPIC event at KubeCon - DSS Day on Nov 10th!🚀
Discover how distributed SQL powers GenAI apps & explore real-world use cases & best practices that will help you build ultra-resilient, globally distributed systems at scale.💡
events.ringcentral.com/events/distr...
Discover how distributed SQL powers GenAI apps & explore real-world use cases & best practices that will help you build ultra-resilient, globally distributed systems at scale.💡
events.ringcentral.com/events/distr...
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who's coming to #KubeCon? I'll be there! 😃
(I'll be the emcee for our DSS Day as well 🐘 so be sure to sign up!)
(I'll be the emcee for our DSS Day as well 🐘 so be sure to sign up!)
Reddit alternative below with no tracking. 👀
October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reddit alternative below with no tracking. 👀
Thrilled to announce I've joined Yugabyte as a Developer Advocate! 🐘
@yugabytedb.bsky.social takes PostgreSQL and scales it horizontally. I'll focus on developer experience and working with their community.
If you're building with Postgres or vector search, I want to talk to you!
yugabyte.com/ai
@yugabytedb.bsky.social takes PostgreSQL and scales it horizontally. I'll focus on developer experience and working with their community.
If you're building with Postgres or vector search, I want to talk to you!
yugabyte.com/ai
Architecting GenAI and RAG Apps with YugabyteDB | Yugabyte
Discover how YugabyteDB's flexible architecture and future-ready foundation can help you build AI-powered, data-driven applications.
yugabyte.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to announce I've joined Yugabyte as a Developer Advocate! 🐘
@yugabytedb.bsky.social takes PostgreSQL and scales it horizontally. I'll focus on developer experience and working with their community.
If you're building with Postgres or vector search, I want to talk to you!
yugabyte.com/ai
@yugabytedb.bsky.social takes PostgreSQL and scales it horizontally. I'll focus on developer experience and working with their community.
If you're building with Postgres or vector search, I want to talk to you!
yugabyte.com/ai
Wrapping up at @influxdb.com with gratitude.
Working with flight telemetry and real-time data was cool. What really stuck: refining my technical storytelling chops. Grateful for my incredible colleagues. Remarkable talent in this space. Shoutout to all the Influxers! 😀
Next chapter coming soon.
Working with flight telemetry and real-time data was cool. What really stuck: refining my technical storytelling chops. Grateful for my incredible colleagues. Remarkable talent in this space. Shoutout to all the Influxers! 😀
Next chapter coming soon.
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wrapping up at @influxdb.com with gratitude.
Working with flight telemetry and real-time data was cool. What really stuck: refining my technical storytelling chops. Grateful for my incredible colleagues. Remarkable talent in this space. Shoutout to all the Influxers! 😀
Next chapter coming soon.
Working with flight telemetry and real-time data was cool. What really stuck: refining my technical storytelling chops. Grateful for my incredible colleagues. Remarkable talent in this space. Shoutout to all the Influxers! 😀
Next chapter coming soon.
Reposted by Heather Downing
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is pretty good. Never touch ChatGPT anymore. I also appreciate that Claude assumes you’re literate and doesn’t italicize and bullet point everything.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is pretty good. Never touch ChatGPT anymore. I also appreciate that Claude assumes you’re literate and doesn’t italicize and bullet point everything.
Software engineering ability is more about discernment and critical thinking skills rather than just a badge on your profile or a piece of paper.
I'm excited that @infoworld.bsky.social has quoted me on this for the first time.
www.infoworld.com/article/4063...
I'm excited that @infoworld.bsky.social has quoted me on this for the first time.
www.infoworld.com/article/4063...
Model Context Protocol (MCP) certification: When will it arrive and what will it mean?
MCP certification is a hot topic in AI hiring. Here’s what courses are available now, when official certification might arrive, and why it may not solve every problem.
www.infoworld.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Software engineering ability is more about discernment and critical thinking skills rather than just a badge on your profile or a piece of paper.
I'm excited that @infoworld.bsky.social has quoted me on this for the first time.
www.infoworld.com/article/4063...
I'm excited that @infoworld.bsky.social has quoted me on this for the first time.
www.infoworld.com/article/4063...