Eric Koleda

With MCP tools, is there any expectation of backwards compatibility? For traditional APIs making breaking changes in a big deal, but is an MCP client to assume that the list of tools and/or shape of them can change at any time without warning?

Honored to be a part of a panel talk at the Oktane conference in a few weeks, on the topic of Cross App Access (XAA). I'll be on stage with @aaronpk.com, the OG of OAuth, and great minds from Okta and Box. If you want to register to join live in Vegas or watch online, click here ➡️ bit.ly/3JxtPHy

I'll be back at DevRelCon NYC this July, and I'm looking forward to giving my first lightning talk there! I'm oddly passionate about bug reports, and I'm looking forward to sharing my tips, tricks, and enthusiasm with fellow DevRel folks.

Learn more here: nyc.devrelcon.dev/sessions/2508

Minor improvements to copying IDs from the Coda UI As you may already know, way down at the end of the account settings screen is a toggle to turn on “Developer Mode”: When enabled, you’ll see new entries added to certain contextual menus that mak...

Have you used Coda's somewhat-secret Developer Mode? If so, we've made some minor improvements that should make it a bit more useful: community.coda.io/t/minor-impr...

YouTube video by Coda The magic of Coda Packs: Integrations that drive productivity | Webinar

Jess and I had a great time last week talking about "The Magic of Coda Packs", and we could not be happier with the great turnout and questions from the community. If you missed the live event but are still hungry for Pack knowledge, you can watch the recording here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2G...

Making Packs that leverage the new subitems feature Yesterday a Pack developer wrote in with the following question: I am interested to learn, now that Subitems has been released, how can I leverage this in my packs? Is there any documentation availa...

Two weeks Coda launched the much anticipated "Subitems" feature, allowing you to display rows of a table in a nested way. Today I published a quick post on the community outlining how Pack makers can take advantage of it in their Packs: community.coda.io/t/making-pac...

What motivated you to make this move?

How I get more value from developer feedback in three steps Using a Coda doc to help me distill, collate, and disseminate developer feedback throughout the organization.

While Developer Advocates are often measured by what they send out into the world, maybe more important is how they bring feedback back into the organization. In this blog post I share some tips on how to do this effectively and the Coda doc that powers my process.

Kitchen Hot or Not Figure out your design preferences by rating kitchen concepts with your partner.

I put together a quick template for it here: coda.io/@erickoleda/...

My wife and I remodeled our kitchen this summer, which is difficult for two people with no style. To help us get aligned, I created a Coda doc to run a special Kitchen edition of "hot or not". It was a great way to figure out our preferences, and it was fun too!

Screenshot of the Google Calendar API documentation and my commit that added the sample code.

I recently did some work on the Coda Pack (integration) with Google Calendar, improving the sync logic. In the process I referred to some documentation and sample code, which I myself had written 10 years prior. Talk about coming full circle!

Also a quick shoutout to Josh Soileau for his wonderful little app that turns an emoji into a favicon. favicons.joshuasoileau.com

Had to put together a tiny little page today for a project, and had such a joy using Pico CSS for the first time. Didn't require me to learn anything new, and made my page look just non-janky enough to meet my needs. picocss.com

Amazon Shopping Pack, extend Coda with Amazon... - Coda Collaborating with others on an Amazon shopping list is such a pain, and a bunch of links in a spreadsheet is no fun to manage. Using this Pack you can instantl

The Pack uses the Outscraper API under the hood, and you'll need to sign up for the service to use it (their prices are quite reasonable, even for personal use). You can learn more and install the Pack here: coda.io/packs/amazon...

I use a Coda doc to collaborate with my wife on Christmas gifts (of course I do) and I was annoyed with having to copy and paste the details from the Amazon listing. So... I created a new Pack that will automatically pull the name, price, and photo from the link!

Improvements to column names and the CLI in Packs SDK 1.7.5 Our latest release of the Packs SDK allows you to create better sync tables and test more of your code locally. Keep reading to learn how you can leverage these features in your own Packs. Column dis...

You can read more about these new features in my post on the Coda Community: community.coda.io/t/improvemen...

The execute command in the Packs CLI has been extended to support metadata functions, for example those that generate parameter autocomplete values. This change allows you to test more of your Pack locally before you upload it to our servers.

The new displayName field on schema properties allows you to more accurately control the default names of your sync table columns. Now you can ensure that special characters and casing are preserved in the final column name, making it easier for users to read and understand.

We recently released version 1.7.5 of the Coda Packs SDK, which includes some great new features that enable better sync tables and easier testing. Keep reading below for the highlights.

A side-by-side of my actual profile photo and a Pixar version created in Stable Diffusion.

I've been playing around with Stable Diffusion a bit on the weekends, trying to wrap my head around the myriad of options and prompts. My goal was to create a Pixar version of myself. Hard to dial in, but I am pretty happy with this result.