--- title: Coffee and Open Source Conversation - Carter Rabasa description: A conversational podcast episode features Carter Rabasa, head of developer relations at Box, discussing his path into tech starting with a childhood Tandy 1000... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/coffee-and-open-source-conversation---carter-rabasa-8bi5ovfyz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Coffee and Open Source Conversation - Carter Rabasa | daily.dev og:description: A conversational podcast episode features Carter Rabasa, head of developer relations at Box, discussing his path into tech starting with a childhood Tandy 1000... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/coffee-and-open-source-conversation---carter-rabasa-8bi5ovfyz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8Bi5OVFyZ.png og:image:alt: Coffee and Open Source Conversation - Carter Rabasa og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Coffee and Open Source Conversation - Carter Rabasa **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 63 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conversational podcast episode features Carter Rabasa, head of developer relations at Box, discussing his path into tech starting with a childhood Tandy 1000 computer and games like Robot Odyssey, then moving into a wide-ranging discussion about how AI agents are reshaping developer relations, product design, and documentation strategy. Rabasa describes Box's push toward a 'headless' platform experience for agents, an anecdote where a coding agent discovered an undocumented Box feature (tasks) on its own, and how his team treats AI assistants (like Box AI and Mintlify-powered docs) as the first line of self-service support. The conversation touches on 'agentic telemetry' as a richer signal than heat maps, the shift away from copy-paste tutorials toward prompt-driven workflows, and the increased pressure AI has placed on developers to deliver faster. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Rails Business Podcast \(again\)](https://daily.dev/posts/rails-business-podcast-again--qogcsfxdb) · RUBYLAND · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Retrofit or reimagine? 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