The gems you sometimes find on online marketplaces 🔥

In 2026 I want to talk to lots of Dutch devs and devs in NL. I want opinions on what students should learn to become great software developers. Opinions from people doing the job is incredibly important. I might even organize a borrel at Rotterdam University 👀

Why is he like this?

This is the coolest thing that I got my hands on in a long while. It's a Tux Droid from 2007 in mint condition. I love it.

Survivorship bias in IT with @louella.dev at #JFall 👍

🎉 Last day today! Contributed to a .NET Foundation member project this Hacktoberfest? Fill out the form and get your official .NET Foundation Certificate! 🏅 👉 hubs.li/Q03JhjVs0 #Hacktoberfest #dotnet #OpenSource

I should post on here more often

Are you ready for Hacktoberfest? We at the .NET Foundation are! Join us this October, contribute to open source, and earn a digital .NET Foundation certificate. For more information and the full rules, visit our website! dotnetfoundation.org/community/ha...

Let's go! #mvpbuzz

For the Dutchies 🤩 A group of female students and alumni are organizing a Women in Tech night in Rotterdam. It's also open for folks that are not teachers or students. We have a speaker, a panel and of course enough room to network Sign up here: shorturl.at/1rxrb

Thanks C# 😎

Are you ready for Hacktoberfest? We at the .NET Foundation are! Join us this October, contribute to open source, and earn a digital .NET Foundation certificate. For more information and the full rules, visit our website! dotnetfoundation.org/community/ha...

We are having a great time at our #Java speakers BBQ / unofficial speaker dinner! 🍖 with @coduinix.bsky.social @maritvandijk.bsky.social @ammbra1508.bsky.social @jlengrand.bsky.social @johanhutting.bsky.social @balarawool.bsky.social @louella.dev

Tonight I'm going to attempt to click something together with SharePoint and Power Apps. Wish me luck 🤞

Proof I use my 3D printer: a keychain display. I pick up a keychain for my grandparents in every big city. They love to tell everybody that sets foot into their house about how their granddaughter is an international public speaker 😍😆

So I had a lot of issues with the projector screen today and yesterday at my talks and I just got this. Thank you kind stranger 😂

KCDC is a wrap and my experience of the Midwest of the US has been wonderful. So thank you all for being so kind and welcome. And a special thank you to the people that came to my session, gave me feedback and asked questions. I really appreciate it.

Hey folks. I got questions after my session about structs vs. records. I found this great cheat sheet by Matthew Champion. Check this out! mattjameschampion.com/2023/09/22/c...

There's always something new to learn about C#, looking forward to this session by @louella.dev ! @kcdc.bsky.social #kcdc2025

It's the one and only @louella.dev talking about modern C# at @kcdc.bsky.social! #kcdc2025

I know nothing about baseball, but I saw that there's a MLB game going on in Kansas City while I'm there 👀

I said "f it" a couple of days ago and booked flight tickets from Amsterdam to Tokyo for in October. I can't wait to visit all the Pokemon centers and just be a (respectful) nerd for 9 days straight over there.

It's a timezone bugfix day today

Got asked 3 times after my talk if I make video content because my explanations are so good. Honestly? I can't handle watching my own face or hearing my voice while editing. Just being real.

Being back in a quiet office after attending Code Europe and WeAreDevelopers almost back-to-back feels really strange. Where are the free drinks and food? Where are my friends?????

I always think "oh yeah let's add StyleCop to my C# project" 5 minutes later I regret all my decisions because of the 26 different warnings.

3D printer in da house

I don’t think I’m that great of a speaker, but hearing that people enjoyed what I shared and want me back really means a lot. Whether it’s conferences I’ve spoken at inviting me again or organizers who saw me at one event asking me to speak at theirs, I’m genuinely grateful.

So I have two GitHub accounts (lovelacecoding and LouellaCreemers). I'm considering moving everything to LouellaC so that I can archive lovelacecoding. Switching back and forth between accounts with git is a pain, and having an empty GitHub activity grid annoys me.

This year I'm going to be speaking in Africa and North America for the very first time. I really want to try and speak at conferences in Australia and / or Asia in 2026. Go big or go home, right?

I'm considering visiting Vancouver in October. It's been on my to-visit list for a very very long time.

So excited for WeAreDevelopers next week! I'll be giving a session about PyGame and how you can build a 2D game with it 🎮.

First in my family to earn a degree, and now my younger sister starts her bachelor’s this fall. I couldn’t be prouder! Looks like I’m officially her go-to uni guru for the upcoming 4 years though🤣

07/13 - PragVue afternoon will be opened by @louella.dev. Are you aware of the European Accessibility Act (EAA)? Do you know what does it mean for you and your websites? Do you comply? We will find more about the "a11y" with the Microsoft MVP Louëlla. Join us via pragvue.com

Colleague started calling me the CSS wizard. We use Bootstrap. There is no magic. Only class names.

The NLJUG Speaker Academy is here to help you take the stage. We’re kicking things off with our first session on 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 30𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 18:00 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭 (food & drinks included) Want in? Reach out via [email protected] #java #speakersacademy #speaker

The Tech Expo at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is today. If you're in or around Rotterdam and want to meet some cool IT / software students somewhere between 14:00 and 16:00, please hit me up.

Update Conf Krakow has come to an end 💔. Next up: guest lecturer talk next week at a Dutch university about how I went from student to speaker ♥️.

😍 We love to share dev's knowledge as speakers: Mabrouk Mahdhi, @bronwenz.bsky.social, Konrad Kokosa, @kajetanduszynski.bsky.social, @louella.dev, Tomáš Herceg with the community. #QandA #UCK25 #UpdateConference #discussion #networking

The new Hunger Games book has a character named Louella. It confuses me every time I read it. I've never seen my name in any media before.

It's Eurovision week, y'all

I made a thing and brought back Clippy - combining my nostalgia for 1990s UI with the ability to run local LLMs. Download it at felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/

I found back my childhood. These Nintendo's were well loved by me as a kid.

I've been really trying to learn how to write backend code more efficiently lately. DSA, Clean Architecture, and how to use that within the C# language.

If you're using some kind of Jetbrains IDE and you do not know about Local History, then you're missing out. This feature is a life saver.

It's becoming "working from my garden" weather again. I love it.

Hi, yes I'm still here. COVID knocked me out once again. But now I'm back!

I just read a few facts about frogs. They were ribbiting 🐸

Balatro hit Xbox Game Pass, which is a poker game with lots of chaos. I'm honestly obsessed.