Greetings!

I'm Kay, a developer, blogger, teacher, and author from Stuttgart, Germany. My preferred "pronouns" are kay/kay.

I create content about software development. Cloud computing, serverless technology, security, API development, and Web3!

My services include creating blog articles, books, documentation, and more.

Currently, I volunteer as editor-in-chief for the Developer DAO blog. A community for people all around the globe who want to teach and learn about Web3.

I have over 15 years of experience as a developer and have written hundreds of articles on various technical topics. My blog has over 15,000 followers and half a million views.

Testimonials

"I’ve had the pleasure of working with Kay in two companies over the past two years. He is simply an exceptional technical writer. His deep technical knowledge is truly impressive, and he consistently delivers polished, high-quality content across diverse topics for the tech industry.

Kay is exceptionally reliable and communicative. He responds promptly and accurately to any suggestions from editors, PMMs, or product teams, never missing a deadline. His solid and dependable nature makes him a fantastic team member to whom I know I can turn for any technical content need. It’s rare to find the combination of technical knowledge, writing mastery, and professionalism that Kay possesses.

I highly recommend Kay for any technical copywriting work."

—Mili Leitner Cohen, Ph.D., Editor at Gcore

"We've been collaborating with Kay since early 2020. During this time, he has written dozens of articles for us on a wide variety of tech topics. His technical expertise always shines through--he's even helped our clients debug their products along the way! He is communicative, deadline-driven, flexible, and extremely pleasant to work with--a true techie, writer, and a great guy."

—Ofir Nachmani, CEO at IamOnDemand

Awards

DEV.to

Distinguished Author
2019

DEV.to

Distinguished Author
2020

PERMAHACKS

Top Project
2023

Star of the Week on the Off-By-None Newsletter

There is a very long list of people who are doing #ServerlessGood and contributing to the Serverless community. These people deserve recognition for their efforts. So each week, I will mention someone whose recent contribution really stood out to me. [...]

This week’s star is Kay Plößer [...] thank you for your prolific work in sharing, teaching, and developing serverless! 🙌

Clients

Fauna
Serverless Database
(USA)

IOD
Content Agency
(Israel)

LogRocket
Browser Monitoring
(USA)

Merz Academy
University
(Germany)

Moesif
API Analytics
(USA)

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Publisher
(USA)

Packt
Publisher
(UK)

Thundra
Serverless Monitoring
(Turkey)

Dashbird
Serverless Monitoring
(Estonia)

Upstash
Serverless Database
(USA)

Pulumi
DevOps Tools
(USA)

Developer DAO
Developer Education
(Global)

Dev Spotlight
Content Agency
(USA)

Incident.io
Incident Management
(UK)

Akava
Tech Consulting
(USA)

Streamr
Data Streaming
(Switzerland)

Gcore
Cloud Provider
(Luxembourg)

Longview Labs
Permaweb Creator
(USA)

Anchor
Security
(USA)

PDS
Web3 Infrastructure
(USA)

Personal Projects

My React Book

My first book sold over half a thousand copies. It teaches React from basic JavaScript concepts.

My Web3 Course (WIP)

I writing a Web3 course for frontend developers. It's in the spirit of my book React from Zero, learning something new with basic JavaScript knowledge.

Web3 from Zero