Friends who know me… What career adventure should I take up next? I’ve learned a lot from asking friends before and hope some of you might help me once again. ✌🏽

the job market recovery is concentrated in startups and mid-market software companies, not big tech which is still trimming and hiring surgically to replace specific exits or plug AI skill gaps if you arent heavily looking at startups in your job search you are missing out

@brittanyellich.com delivering a great @atproto talk at #cascadiajs

New friends and old at #CascadiaJS with @willkle.in @roxyrodbeck.bsky.social and @francescociulla.bsky.social

This talk on compostable APIs by @darius.cool absolutely captivated me! Choosing the right abstraction is often challenging, but I agree that composition is a powerful and effective strategy. Darius described this incredibly well across different examples. #cascadiajs

The most practical CSS talk on color tokens, theming, and color functions by @jdsteinbach.com for us at @cascadiajs.com! I have some refactoring to do to simplify my CSS now. 👏 #cascadiajs

A valuable tool for incorporating accessibility into your workflow is to align your knowledge with the WCAG. I've put together a couple of references to help assist. Designers/ Devs rightbadcode.com/aligning-jak... Content Writers rightbadcode.com/the-wcag-for... #Accessibility #A11y

Introducing Flint: a fast, friendly linter. Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination. Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️‍🔥 www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...

This is going to be awesome!

Curious about web technology coming to Safari? How about field-sizing, position-visibility, random(), scrollbar-color, hidden=until-found, auto-expanding <details>, command & commandfor, Largest Contentful Paint, CHIPS, scrollend event, Navigation API & more! developer.apple.com/documentatio...

Follow Jen for Safari news. 👏

now more than ever, i believe being part of a community is greatly beneficial for career growth. some steps to do this: - show up to meetups - go to conferences - join a discord server

Behind the scenes of a talk recording: Friday: kids off from school Monday: they're off... again?! The week: (traveling for another conf) Saturday: 🥱 Sunday: I'll do it tonight Sunday night: too dark, need lighting Monday: all I hear is leaf blowers outside... ✌🏽Cheers!

I met @toddl.dev at #magnoliaconf and he is a shining example of why I say meet your heroes. 10 out of 10.

I thought a little more about why I love #magnoliaconf so much in such a short time. Here's two reasons: 1. It's a chill, welcoming place, where I could be myself right away. 2. I go to conferences for inspiration, and the talks selected are filled with opportunities to find this.

Not even a full day at @magnolia.boo and this is already one of my favorite conferences. Where else are you going to find @joshuakgoldberg.com dressed as a Tinky-Winky? Seriously though, the speakers, attendees, organizers, MC... they're all wonderful humans. #magnoliaconf

This week for @magnolia.boo I'm excited to unveil a new talk, with a special twist for this spooky event. I've heard wonderful things about MagnoliaConf (formerly MagnoliaJS). Thanks @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social for getting me hyped about it!

I finally full-sent it and dropped my 1st video. 🔗 Link in the comments #100devs #codeJourney

Netflix is the only subscription our family never takes a break from. I watch everything my kids watch. Their favorite shows are the ones that illustrate our differences with kindness & understanding. This kindness & understanding shows up in how they interact with others.

Rayla has claimed this spot as her own. 🙂‍↕️

Having a blast at #CascadiaJS with @israataha.bsky.social @willkle.in and @davekiss.com !

Dear friends on H1Bs, please be careful about leaving and returning to the USA right now. It could cost you $100k. I know my country is in debt, but this is a ridiculously shortsighted way to raise funds from tech giants, by holding their employees hostage www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“This had been the most exciting thing in my career because I can actually maintain an application and not let the tech debt pile up” @brittanyellich.com on using GitHub Copilot at #CascadiaJS She shared a stellar talk on why rewriting is not the answer but we can instead refactor with AI. 💯

@willkle.in had one of my favorite talks at #CascadiaJS: How to Win Developers and Influence Adoption Starting with: be helpful ♥️ 10/10

On my way to #CascadiaJS! I now live 3,000 miles from my adopted “home” conference, but that doesn’t change a thing. Who will I see this time? 😊

If this doesn’t hook you, I don’t know what does! Who will I see at @magnolia.boo next month?

Enjoying this podcast, live with @andrewgilliland.dev and @tdesseyn.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc_3...

I am having a wild year and there’s one person that makes it all possible and worthwhile for me. I hope y’all get to meet her sometime. She’s the kind of person that makes the world around her brighter every day.

🎙️ I've been on the PodRocket podcast by @logrocket.bsky.social recently, talking some more about useCallback, useMemo, "the latest ref pattern" and the React Compiler:

Hey y'all, my favorite conference, @magnolia.boo , needs sponsors. It has the best food, supports an under-served community, and as the inaugural costume contest winner, I can say it has the best costumes! Sponsorships start at $500, so send this to your company: drive.google.com/file/d/1p2bg...

Seriously one of the best Discord communities I’ve seen.

👻 Don't miss out on the spookiest tech event of the year! Get your tickets for MagnoliaConf 2025 today! https://www.tixtree.com/e/magnolia-conf-453fc7ea2496

There's a ridiculous number of good conferences happening this fall, not just in Europe, but across North America. In-person events are back. 🥳 Here's a handful I recommend👇🏽

The @cascadiajs.com schedule is live! 🤩 There's so many great speakers and topics, and the ⚡️Lightning Talks are better than ever. I'll be giving my first lightning talk at a conference too! If you're on the fence, I've got a discount code to share - just reply or DM me. ✌🏽

New on the pod: I talk with @willkle.in about his path from developer to DevRel, social anxiety & public speaking, and surviving burnout. We also dig into the importance of diverse communities and separating your work from your identity. #devrel

Tomorrow on Community + Code you'll hear from @willkle.in about burnout, overcoming social anxiety and finding community. Subscribe in your favorite caster of pods. communitycode.dev #podcast #devrel #community youtube.com/shorts/4lI1I...

Why is no one talking about this PR that brings multi-threaded linting to eslint itself 🤯 Tried it out on the @sentry.io codebase and it yields an instant 35% time reduction with `--concurrency=2` in CI 🔥 This is fantastic 🚀

🥳 My first speaker announcement of 2025! This one is special. CascadiaJS 2018 was one of my favorite conference experiences and I've attended every year since. Next month I return to Seattle, and again I'll speak on something core to my development career.

The CFP portal is thirsty for your abstracts. I can hear it crying at night. Feed it. FEED IT YOUR BRILLIANT IDEAS before it starts consuming StackOverflow answers for sustenance. https://forms.gle/ceZAHzkcxXZGCo5U9

CFP for Magnolia Conf 2025 is now open! submit your talk by August 15(ish)! if you're part of an underrepresented group in tech, we especially want to hear from you! https://forms.gle/ceZAHzkcxXZGCo5U9

Playing with dev tools, buying domains, and building a new website for developers... This is my kind of Saturday morning. 😎 Also making my MacBook Air sweat, but it's so portable and perfect for these couch sessions.

2025 Conferences have been mapped out. March: attended React Paris by @BeJS_ 👏 August: sponsoring fintech_devcon 💸 September: TBA 😏 November: TBA 🥳 Feel free to guess the TBAs! Hint: in both cases there are 2 or more amazing conferences happening AT THE SAME TIME 😭.

📣 Web browser pro-tip: CMD+Shift+A on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+A on Windows This is the search menu for tabs you have open. It also lists the most recent tabs you visited in order. I started using this similar to CMD+Tab on Mac (switch applications) to bounce between tabs. 🪄

The latest episode of @communitycode.dev is available wherever you cast your pods now! 🎉 This week, I chat with @sereedmedia.bsky.social about the @thewpcc.bsky.social and sustainable contribution in open source. You won't want to miss it! communitycode.dev/episodes/epi...

Alright, what are your favorite hackathon prizes under $100? What kind of Lego sets or keyboards are we liking? What else have you seen?

My toxic trait is sending kudos to people in the moment and making them wonder if I am real about it or not. I thought about not doing it, being more "normal." I'd rather share something positive and take the risk. Life's too short.

I'm fixing docs where tech appears incorrectly, like: IOS, IFrame and ReactNative. Why does that small change feel so satisfying. Oh, and I learned iFrame can render as IFrame because of a CSS property. Who knows what property does that? 😏

Release day excitement! 🚀 Today, my team is shipping a big update to our dev portal, and the energy is awesome. I found a team with an amazing culture—no stress, just pure positive vibes and incredible teamwork.

Just refreshing my email for the 10th time today wondering about a CFP I'm excited about...

In the aftermath of return to office there are still places that embrace our individual needs and trust us to do our best work. Imagine looking up and being reminded why you work your hardest.