Colby Fayock joins the show to talk about his developer background, experience as a Content Creator, and his role as a Developer Advocate at Cloudinary.

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Show Notes

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:58 - Colby's Intro and Background
00:03:01 - Colby Background and Content Creation
00:06:16 - Wordpress Development and Why It's Still Relevant
00:09:23 - Favorite Wordpress Hosts
00:11:50 - Security Concerns with Wordpress as a Headless CMS
00:12:57 - Headless eCommerce
00:16:26 - Thought Leadership and Being an "Influencer"
00:18:05 - Creating Accessible Content
00:21:48 - How We Plan Content
00:22:35 - Updating Outdated Content
00:25:45 - Colby's Role as Developer Advocate at Cloudinary
00:28:17 - Cloudinary Features
00:32:24 - Cloudinary and Wordpress Integration
00:39:50 - Colby's Astro Brand Explained
00:40:57 - Community Shoutouts
00:41:42 - Colby Rant on Moving Past Your Initial Barrier to Entry