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Kedasha Kerr

Kedasha Kerr

Developer Advocate | GitHub

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Kedasha Kerr is a Developer Advocate at GitHub. She began her career as a software engineer at Northwestern Mutual, where she held various roles including Associate Software Engineer and Software Engineer II on the internal designs systems team. As a developer advocate and technical content creator, she excels in demystifying complex technical concepts into digestible, byte-sized information.

She is passionate about helping others learn about the tech industry and loves sharing her experience as a software developer. You can find her online at @itsthatladydev

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Cloud Development
  • DevOps
  • Front-End Development
  • Career Growth
  • Containers
  • ai
  • GitHub
  • Github Copilot
  • Building Your Brand
  • ruby
  • python
  • LangChain

Top 10 Tips for using GitHub from the Command Line

At GitHub we deploy hundreds of times per day, with a diverse array of developers spread across the world. Many of our developers are hard core Linux nerds, while VS Code in the browser is cool - we also love a killer command line experience. While our engineering teams have traded useful git shortcuts for years, what about all the non-git things you do with GitHub?

In this session, GitHub Developer Advocate Kedasha will share her favorite tips on how to use gh within your regular dev workflow and also from GitHub Codespaces to speed up your day. She will also showcase some fantastic community extensions that make using the command line a lot more fun and customizable.

There's an Action for that! Exploring the possibilities of GitHub Actions

Did you know that you could order a pizza and send a text message with GitHub Actions? While Github Actions is the perfect tool for automating all aspects of your software workflows and deployment processes, you can also use actions to automate and streamline a variety of tasks. Whether you're looking to compress images for the web, generate semantic release notes or check if your team member is awake - there's an action for that!

This talk explores how to get started with Github Actions, novel ways developers use actions to increase their productivity, and future enhancements the GitHub team is working on.

Dive into the world of GitHub Actions with me and explore how you can harness the power of automation to make your unique workflow more efficient, effective, and enjoyable.

Render Atlanta 2024 Sessionize Event

June 2024 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

GitHub Universe 2023

Topic: Take your command line skills to the next level with GitHub Copilot in the CLI

The command line is a powerful tool, but it can be frustrating. You have to remember complex syntax, flags, and commands and often resort to searching online for help. What if there was a better way? In this talk, you will learn how to use GitHub Copilot for CLI, an AI-powered terminal tool that helps you with shell commands in natural language. You can accept, reject, or modify suggestions and GitHub Copilot will learn from your feedback. Join this session to learn how GitHub Copilot can take you to the next level when using the command line, so you can be more productive.

November 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

All Things Open 2023

Topic: There’s an Action for that! Exploring the possibilities of GitHub Actions

Did you know that you could order a pizza and send a text message with GitHub Actions? While Github Actions is the perfect tool for automating all aspects of your software workflows and deployment processes, you can also use actions to automate and streamline a variety of tasks. Whether you’re looking to compress images for the web, generate semantic release notes or check if your team member is awake – there’s an action for that!

This talk explores how to get started with Github Actions, novel ways developers use actions to increase their productivity, and future enhancements the GitHub team is working on.

Dive into the world of GitHub Actions with me and explore how you can harness the power of automation to make your unique workflow more efficient, effective, and enjoyable.

October 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Devops Day Chicago 2023

Topic: How to Write a Tech Blog
As technical professionals we are learning a new concept almost everyday - so why not blog about it? Technical blogging is a great way to not only accelerate your career and stand out from the crowd, but it is also a great way to give back to the community that feeds you.

In this quick talk, Kedasha Kerr, Developer Advocate, will show you how you can write a tech blog on any topic and provide you with a framework that will have you writing in no time.

August 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

KCDC 2023 Sessionize Event

June 2023 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

JuneteenthConf 2023 Sessionize Event

June 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Philly ETE 2023

Topic: There's an Action for that! Exploring the possibilities of GitHub Actions

April 2023

Kedasha Kerr

Developer Advocate | GitHub

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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