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Salma Alam-Naylor

I write code for your entertainment.

I'm a live streamer, software engineer, and developer educator. I help developers build cool stuff with blog posts, tutorial videos, live coding and open source projects. I work at Sentry.

Latest news and activity

6 Sep 2023

Thoughts on AI Coding Tools - (Chat GPT, Co-Pilot, Whisper) - Live Q&A

My friend Erin wanted some opinions on generative AI coding tools. So I went live on Twitch to have a chat.

YouTube

23 Aug 2023

Fireside chat with VoxGig

I sat down with Richard Rodger to discuss live streaming on Twitch, building community, and learning in public.

Podcast

16 Jul 2023

5 reasons you should hire me as your next developer experience engineer

Netlify announced a company-wide restructure in July 2023 and my role was impacted. As a result, I’m excited to be looking for my next role as a Developer Experience Engineer. Here are five reasons why you should hire me.

Blog

13 Jul 2023

Can ChatGPT build a WEBSITE?

I tried using ChatGPT to create websites and here's what happened.

YouTube

25 Jun 2023

How I deploy my website using my Apple Watch

I love a good party trick, and one of mine is being able to deploy my website using my voice and my Apple Watch. Here’s how I do it using a serverless function and build hook on Netlify, and an Apple Shortcut.

Blog

19 Jun 2023

The best light/dark mode theme toggle in JavaScript

Learn how to build The Ultimate Theme Toggle™️ for your website using JavaScript, CSS custom properties, local storage and system settings. No framework required!

Blog

15 Jun 2023

TechMids: Fake it, don't make it. How serverless can level up your front end game and unlock your full stack potential

As a front end developer you're juggling countless skills. Responsive design, building for accessibility, browser support, page performance — it's a lot. And if you want to go Full Stack™️, it can be a challenge to find the time and brain space to learn how to scale and secure a back end on top of building the app itself. So how can you unlock your full stack potential without the pain? You fake it, don't make it! (The back end, that is.) In this talk, you'll learn how serverless and edge runtimes are empowering front end developers to be more productive than ever, and how we as front end devs, can leverage this modern tooling to do things we only ever dreamed of.

Event

31 May 2023

How I got my first dev job (in 2014)

I've told this story a million times, and now I've immortalised it on YouTube.

YouTube

18 May 2023

A/B test CMS authored content with Netlify Edge Functions

Learn how to run an A/B test using content from your CMS and Netlify Edge Functions.

Blog

14 May 2023

How to split traffic and A/B test different page layouts on the same URL

Learn how to split traffic for A/B testing between different page layouts while retaining the same user-facing URL, using Netlify Edge Functions.

Blog