Erika Heidi

Brazil

Dev+Ops technical writer and open sourcerer 🧙🏼‍♀️ Developer Experience Engineer at Chainguard. I love to create and build things, and to share what I learn in the process. Passionate about open source, Linux, and PHP 🤗♥️👩‍💻

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Building StlFactory - a platform for generating custom 3D models

In this DEV article, which was a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge, I share about my latest project built with Copilot. I built a platform called StlFactory for small 3D print shops and individual users to create customized STL models to print at home. The inspiration was "Canva", but for creating 3D models. I built a platform called StlFactory for small 3D print shops and individual users to create customized STL models to print at home. The inspiration was "Canva", but for creating 3D models.

Blogpost / 06-17-2026

Mitigate Software Supply Chain Risks in GitHub Actions

Prerecorded session for MS Build 2026 where I share five key strategies to mitigate software supply chain risks in GitHub Actions.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-03-2026

Securing CI/CD with Chainguard

In this webinar I talked about recent software supply chain incidents in GitHub Actions, proposing strategies to mitigate risks leveraging Chainguard solutions.

Video/Podcast / 04-23-2026

Panel: Platform Engineering to the Rescue - A Practical Guide to Zero-Day Preparation

I was one of the panelists at Platform Engineering Day EU 26 (Co-located KubeCon event) alongside Hannah Foxwell, Justin Cormack, Sal Kimmich and Josh Bressers where we discussed practical preparations for the next Zero Day.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 03-23-2026

How I'm Using GitHub Copilot to Streamline Content Publishing

In this blog post I share how I'm using GitHub Copilot and Copilot Agentic Workflows to facilitate publishing new content on my personal blog, sometimes directly from my phone at the gym.

Blogpost / 02-25-2026

Making a Karaoke App with GitHub Copilot and Laravel Boost: 2-week update

In this video, I share an update after a couple weeks working on a new side project where I'm evaluating using GitHub Copilot with Laravel Boost for fast application prototyping. I also share my opinion about Claude Opus vs GPT Codex Max models after having tried both.

Video/Podcast / 12-23-2025

Building a Karaoke App with Laravel Boost and Copilot: One Week Progress

In this post I share my experience in the past week building a Karaoke app using Laravel and Copilot. Is it really possible to develop an app like this in such a short timeline? The TL;DR is: yes, if you kinda know what you’re doing.

Blogpost / 12-13-2025

Running Open Source LLMs on a Raspberry Pi 5 with Llama.cpp

Shared a project I built using a Raspberry Pi 5 to run open source Llama.cpp LLM tool, with open source LLM models (Gwen3-VL) for building a homelab AI chatbot and an ALT descriptor for images. These are running on hardened OS image and hardened containerized environment, scanned for zero CVEs.

Blogpost / 11-14-2025

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