Joel Hans
Developer Relations Lead
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Hans is a Developer Relations lead and technical copywriter with 14 years of experience translating deep-tech concepts into compelling content for developer and DevOps audiences. He blends an MFA in creative writing with hands-on experience building docs sites, CI/CD pipelines, and sample code—work that includes significant documentation and UX improvements for the widely used Netdata monitoring project. Joel has helped open-source and open-core startups scale developer trust through narrative-driven messaging, technical leadership essays, and embedded advisory work that upskills product and marketing teams. Based in Tucson, he pairs literary instincts with infrastructure literacy—Kubernetes manifests, JWT auth, and GPU model deployments—so content actually maps to engineers’ workflows. Clients and PMM/DevRel leads repeatedly hire him for the rare combination of coder fluency and editorial craft.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Arts - BA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Bachelor of Arts - BA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (16)
css10
markdown10
markdown-it10
documentation10
devops5
data-visualization4
data-visualisation4
alertview4
alertdialog4
data-visualizations4
alertifyjs4
alerts4
kubernetes3
kubernetes-pods3
dockers3
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
netdata/netdata
Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
X-Ray Vision for your infrastructure!
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:287 reviews, 186 commits, 464 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the documentation of the Netdata project, focusing on improvements to the documentation site. Their work involved styling enhancements, including CSS modifications and implementing features like search functionality. The user also restructured the documentation, created new guides (e.g., for installation and getting started), and addressed broken links. The user's contributions reflect a strong focus on user experience and information architecture within the project's documentation.
observabilitynotificationsgrafanaprometheusdashboard
better-internet/radworks-docs
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:25 reviews, 173 commits, 94 PRs in 10 months
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