Heidi Waterhouse

Heidi is a developer advocate at LaunchDarkly. She is passionate about clear communication, humane workplaces, and conference speaking. In her spare time, she sews dresses with pockets.

Twin Cities, MN Joined on Mar 8, 2017 https://heidiwaterhouse.com

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Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly

Feature flags, technical writing, and devopsishness

How to be a dev advocate, and a lot about deployment variations.

Swagger API documentation

Ask me about conference speaking, tech writing mentoring, or feature flags.

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Heidi Waterhouse

Oct 5 '21

When you stare into the blank page, it stares back at you

#docsfordevs #personal #writing #book

6 min read

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Heidi Waterhouse

Aug 30 '21

In which I am cranky about the urban/rural divide

#bestpractices #industry #life #personal

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jun 8 '21

Lady Conference Speaker: Home Studio Edition

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespeake #personal #speakerresource

9 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

May 24 '21

Semantic meaning is everywhere

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespeake #speakerresource #speaking

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Mar 23 '21

Your DevRel pipeline

#devadvocacy #industry #devrel #pipeline

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 8 '21

Extremely Online People

#devadvocacy #industry #life #uncategorized

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 8 '21

The University of YouTube

#life #speakerresource #speaking #teaching

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 8 '21

From the editorial scrap heap

#personal #writing #chaosengineering #disasterplanning

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Dec 1 '20

Sharpen the axe with personas

#bestpractices #tools #writing #audience

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Oct 26 '20

Ergonomics in my middle ages

#life #wfh #a11y #ergonomics

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Aug 21 '20

Talking about my internalized ableism

#life #personal #ableism #pride

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 28 '20

Location, location, location: A perennial discussion

#industry #life #wfh

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 13 '20

Book Review: Project to Product, by Mik Kersten

#bookreview #industry

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 9 '20

Lady Conference Speaker: Now More Than Ever

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespeake #speakerresource #speaking

7 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jun 26 '20

Circles of Care in the workplace

#life #carework #ethics

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse for LaunchDarkly

May 21 '20

#ToggleTalk:

#community #devops #toggletalk #monitoring

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse for LaunchDarkly

May 19 '20

#ToggleTalk: Workflows and Team Handoffs

#community #devops #toggletalk #workflow

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

May 19 '20

Lady Conference Speaker: What to Wear to a Webinar

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #speaking #webinar

10 min read

Heidi Waterhouse for LaunchDarkly

May 7 '20

Tea, Not Coffee: DevRel in a Pandemic

#devrel #covid19

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Apr 30 '20

A Day in the Life of DevRel

#devadvocacy #industry #life #uncategorized

8 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Mar 27 '20

That’s not funny

#life #personal

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Mar 12 '20

Work from home, the Heidi Way

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #life #wfh

8 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Mar 7 '20

Nevertheless, Heidi Waterhouse Is Technical

#shecoded

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse for LaunchDarkly

Mar 2 '20

Tell stories, win prizes! Trajectory Conference Contest

#conference #featureflags #trajectoryconf #featureflag

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Feb 19 '20

Conference Organizing: It’s your party

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #industry #ladyconferencespea

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Feb 6 '20

Word of the Year: Equipoise

#devadvocacy #life #2020 #fountainpen

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 27 '20

10 reps, 3x a day: Burnout recovery and PT

#burnout #devadvocacy #life #physicaltherapy

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 20 '20

2020 Technology Forecast: Stickers

#devadvocacy #industry #ladyconferencespea #stickers

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 6 '20

What I learned about my brain from playing 300+ hours of Stardew Valley

#life #add #adhd #burnout

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Dec 6 '19

Like butter across too much bread

#devadvocacy #life #burnout #devrellyfe

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Sep 16 '19

Lady Conference Speaker Food Problems

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #conferencefood #conferences

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 28 '19

What did you think was going to happen?

#life #parenting #philosophy #resiliency

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 20 '19

BuJo Pig

#life #tools #add #adhd

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 20 '19

Lady Conference Speaker Headshot

#ladyconferencespea #speakerresource #speaking #conferences

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 15 '19

Book Review: Strategic Writing for UX by Torrey Podmajersky

#bookreview #technicalcommunicat #ux

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 15 '19

The Lead Developer (London): 12/10 Good Doggo: The Power of Positive Transformation

#speaking #talkwriteup #video #autonomy

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jul 9 '19

Satiety

#devadvocacy #freelancing #life #advice

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

May 21 '19

Conferences, Inclusion, and Money

#ladyconferencespea #speaking #conferencespeaking #conferences

5 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

May 13 '19

1-inch stickers, big inclusion

#devadvocacy #industry #stickers #devrel

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

May 13 '19

I’d like to introduce you to…

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #industry #ladyconferencespea

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Apr 7 '19

Book Review: Academic Slide Design by Ann E. Fandrey

#bookreview #ladyconferencespea #speaking

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Mar 27 '19

Stateful Acres Home for the Chronically Unique

#industry #architecture #cloud #hardware

7 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Feb 28 '19

Lady Conference Speaker: Speaker Bios

#bestpractices #ladyconferencespea #speaking #bio

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Feb 8 '19

Break Orbit, Not Systems – LaunchDarkly’s First Conference

#devadvocacy #launchdarkly #conferences #technologyconferenc

3 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 28 '19

A Parable of the Polar Vortex

#bestpractices #life #minnesota #releasepreparation

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 29 '19

The Year That Was 2018

#devadvocacy #launchdarkly #life #speaking

16 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 29 '19

Choose Your Own Deployment

#devadvocacy #launchdarkly #speaking #talkwriteup

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 17 '19

The Art of Booth

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #launchdarkly

8 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 17 '19

“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” —Rachel Zoe

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #speaking

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 17 '19

My favorite talk of 2018

#industry #talkwriteup #conferencetalk #video

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 11 '19

The naming of cats… or feature flag patterns

#launchdarkly #featureflags #featuretoggles #glossary

2 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Jan 3 '19

On the Origin of the Speciated Conference

#devadvocacy #industry #launchdarkly #speaking

4 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Dec 28 '18

Speaker’s Hierarchy of Needs

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #speaking

9 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Dec 27 '18

Help, I need somebody!

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #launchdarkly #speaking

6 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Nov 15 '18

On a jet plane…

#devadvocacy #ladyconferencespea #speaking #developeradvocate

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Nov 15 '18

Book Review: Accelerate

#bookreview #devopsdays #review

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Oct 9 '18

This job is all the best parts of going to college

#devadvocacy #life #speaking #career

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Aug 23 '18

Stickers, A Love Story

#bestpractices #speaking #tools #uncategorized

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Aug 9 '18

Saying No, or If This Then Not That

#bestpractices #devadvocacy #speaking #cfps

1 min read

Heidi Waterhouse

Aug 9 '18

Lady Conference Speaker: 14 Travel Tips

#devadvocacy #life #speaking #advice

1 min read

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