# Alex Patterson — Executive DevRel & Interactive Speaker Kit

> Senior Solutions Engineer at Sanity.io, Founder & Host of CodingCat.dev, and Google Developer Expert (GDE) architecting structured content systems, MCP agents, and edge-native web apps.

## Core Positioning & Agent Endpoints
- [Executive Speaker Hub](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/): Single-page interactive speaker kit, bios, headshots, and speaking ledger.
- [MCP Server (No Auth Required)](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/mcp): Streamable HTTP Model Context Protocol server (`POST /mcp`, `GET /mcp`) with 6 tools and 4 resources.
- [Programmatic Speaker Kit JSON](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/speaker-kit.json): Complete JSON payload of bios, headshots, talk abstracts, and speaking ledger.
- [Full LLM Context](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/llms-full.txt): Complete inline text of all 6 bios, talk abstracts, headshots, and speaking history.
- [Agent Instructions](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/AGENTS.md): Capabilities, endpoints, rate limits, and authentication policy (`none`).
- [Agent Skill (SKILL.md)](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/.well-known/agent-skills/speaker-kit/SKILL.md): Reusable skill instructions for AI agents.
- [OpenAPI 3.1 Specification](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/.well-known/openapi.json): Machine-readable REST & MCP API specification.
- [Tutorials, Blog Posts & Podcasts](https://codingcat.dev): All educational media lives exclusively on CodingCat.dev.
- [DevRel Activity Ledger MCP](https://devrel.codingcat.dev): Full DevRel activity ledger.

## Credentials & Metadata
- **Senior Solutions Engineer @ Sanity.io** (https://www.sanity.io)
- **Founder & Host @ CodingCat.dev** (https://codingcat.dev)
- **Google Developer Expert (GDE)** (https://developers.google.com/profile/u/codercatdev)
- **AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner** (https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
- **Location**: Grand Rapids, MI (GRR / DTW)
- **Education**: WMU CS & Business
- **Booking Calendar**: [https://codingcat.dev/book](https://codingcat.dev/book)
- **Speaker Inquiry Email**: mailto:alex@codingcat.dev

## Official Speaker Bio (Medium, 3rd Person)
Alex Patterson is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Sanity.io and the Founder of CodingCat.dev, where he hosts technical deep-dives and podcasts with engineering leaders across the web ecosystem. Recognized as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Alex specializes in bridging enterprise content architecture with modern AI workflows—replacing brittle vector RAG swamps with compiled knowledge bases and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. A Computer Science and Business alumnus of Western Michigan University (WMU) based in Grand Rapids, MI, Alex brings nearly two decades of production engineering experience spanning enterprise ERP/manufacturing systems to modern edge runtimes on Cloudflare Workers and Astro.

## Ready-to-Run Talk Abstracts
- **From Naive Vector RAG to Compiled Knowledge: The Five Layers of Agentic Context** [KEYNOTE] — Most enterprise AI agents fail in production not because the model is weak, but because teams dump every PDF, wiki page, and Slack thread into a single vector database and force the LLM to resolve conflicting claims at query time. In this keynote, we dissect the five distinct layers of agentic context—Situation, Records, Memory, Process, and Canon—which move at different speeds and have different owners. You will see how pre-compiling structured datasets and documentation into human-verified topic outlines served over Context MCP slashes token costs, surfaces contradictory claims before deployment, and lets fast, inexpensive models outperform frontier models running on uncurated RAG. (Tags: Sanity, MCP, Agentic AI, Context Engineering, Architecture)
- **Zero-Touch DevRel: Building Autonomous Content & Activity Pipelines with MCP, Sanity, and Cloudflare D1** [WORKSHOP] — Developer advocates and solutions engineers spend far too much time manually copying metrics, formatting syndication posts, and updating speaker kits across half a dozen dashboards. In this hands-on workshop, we build a production Model Context Protocol (MCP) server hosted on Cloudflare Workers and D1 (modeled after devrel.codingcat.dev) paired with Sanity event-driven Functions. Attendees will wire up OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, AES-256-GCM encrypted credential vaults in D1, and conversational Sanity MCP tools so a single prompt can log GDE/community impact, syndicate technical content, and update a live portfolio with zero CMS friction. (Tags: MCP, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare D1, Sanity, OAuth 2.1)
- **What the F*ck is Firebase Now? Navigating Data Connect, Genkit, and Modern App Hosting** [TALK] — If your mental model of Firebase is still a NoSQL realtime JSON tree from 2018, you are missing a massive architectural shift. Firebase has evolved into a deeply integrated Google Cloud and AI application platform featuring relational PostgreSQL via Firebase Data Connect, full-stack framework deployments with App Hosting, and type-safe AI flows powered by Genkit. Drawing from years as a Firebase Google Developer Expert (GDE), Alex cuts through the marketing noise to show what works in production, where the sharp edges live, and how Firebase stacks up against modern edge runtimes. (Tags: Firebase, Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, Genkit, GDE)
- **3,000 AI Images for $1: Dockerless Serverless GPUs & Edge SSR with Astro** [TALK] — Commercial image generation APIs charge 3–4 cents per generation—a pricing wall that kills creative developer tools and event experiences. What happens when you combine an ultra-fast Astro SSR edge application on Cloudflare Workers with dockerless serverless GPU workers that scale to zero? In this session, we break down the real-world architecture, cold-start benchmarks, and unit economics of generating up to 3,000 AI images per dollar without writing a single Dockerfile. (Tags: Astro, Cloudflare Workers, Serverless GPUs, Web Performance)

## Recent Speaking Ledger
- `2026-10-08` — **Google Developer Experts (GDE) Summit North America** (Las Vegas, NV, USA) [Speaker / In-Person]: "Agentic Context & Compiled Knowledge Bases over Model Context Protocol"
- `2026-09-18` — **Sanity Enterprise Architecture Briefing** (San Francisco, CA, USA) [Keynote / In-Person]: "The Five Layers of Agentic Context: Why Canon Only Turns When Someone Signs Off"
- `2026-07-24` — **Cloudflare Edge & AI Builders Workshop** (Austin, TX, USA) [Workshop Host / In-Person]: "Hosted MCP Servers with OAuth 2.1 & Encrypted D1 Credential Vaults"
- `2026-05-28` — **Google I/O Extended Grand Rapids** (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) [Keynote / In-Person]: "What the F*ck is Firebase Now? GenAI, Data Connect & App Hosting"
- `2026-04-11` — **Beer City Code** (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) [Workshop Host / In-Person]: "Full-Stack Content Operating Systems with Sanity, Astro Islands & Cloudflare Workers"
- `2025-11-12` — **Google Developer Experts Global Summit** (Remote, Global) [Speaker / Virtual]: "Automating DevRel Telemetry & Community Impact Reporting with MCP"
- `2025-08-15` — **Kansas City Developer Conference (KCDC)** (Kansas City, MO, USA) [Speaker / In-Person]: "Edge-Rendered Web Architecture: Moving Beyond Monolithic React Frameworks"
- `2025-03-20` — **Firebase & Cloud Builders Summit** (Remote, USA) [Workshop Host / Virtual]: "Reactive Data Streams & Authentication Patterns Across Web Frameworks"

## Optional
- [Authentication Policy](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/auth.md): Public read-only access (`auth: none`).
- [Pricing & Rate Limits](https://dev.alexpatterson.dev/pricing.md): 100% free public endpoints.