Pulled together a mini-campaign for Netlify this week and I’m pretty proud of it. It’s called What She Built. A 5-part spotlight series on women shipping real projects with AI. Day 1 is live featuring Zeng and newmom.help.

I’m running point on Netlify social today. Something cool is launching. If you want the play-by-play, follow along! 🛰️

“Push your ideas to the web.” That’s the ethos behind Netlify—and what @biilmann.blog digs into with Scott Hanselman on Hanselminutes. They cover AI, developer workflows, and why the future of the web is still human first. 🎧 hanselminutes.com/1017/push-yo...

The web thrives when it’s open. 🌍 We’re supporting frameworks like @tanstack.com & @astro.build with @cloudflare.social—keeping them strong, independent & community-driven. More from @biilmann.blog → www.netlify.com/blog/support...

I’ve got room for 1–2 more clients. I help tech startups + open source projects with content, social, and podcasts. If you need someone who can cut through the noise and get results, let’s talk. #Marketing #Tech #Podcasts

A man turned a potential job lead into harassment. Then strangers blamed me for it. So I wrote it all down. This one’s for every woman who’s been told to stay quiet. I won’t. Read the full story here: exhotmess.net?p=271 #MeToo #LinkedIn #Harassment #Boundaries

I wrote again: exhotmess.net?p=265

I’ve been quietly working with Leapter as their content and messaging partner, and today, I finally get to share one of our first big public wins! Follow us! There's so much more to come. 🔥🐸

Just once, I’d like to experience “generational wealth” instead of “generational guilt.”

Burned out? Stuck? Tired of pretending to care about sh*t that doesn’t light you up? My chart says: Welcome to your Uranus opposition. Please lose your mind responsibly. I wrote about it. It’s raw, witchy, and might just hit where it hurts: exhotmess.net?p=256

I’m finally writing about my family’s estrangement. The gaslighting. The rewriting of history. The silence that hit harder than the yelling ever did. They called me “crazy” when I stopped performing. I call it waking up. exhotmess.net?p=252

We almost danced to Ed Sheeran. But then remembered: We’re the cat-in-the-sawdust type of couple. New blog post: On love, weird songs, & wanting every freckle... exhotmess.net?p=244 📸 Featuring: a very relevant cat.

I wrote a new blog post about what happens when the crisis ends, but your nervous system never got the memo. I keep scrolling, refreshing, trying to “stay ahead” But it’s not ambition. It’s survival mode. This is about anxiety after the anxiety: exhotmess.net?p=238

Not everyone’s gonna get it. You’re not too much. They’re just not your people.

Are we really going after the ellipses too now?

When you try using AI to make something cute for your wedding and it turns into an existential crisis wrapped in a coloring book. New post: exhotmess.net?p=204

A lot of people talk about playing small. But not enough people talk about why. Enmeshed families teach you that your choices don’t belong to you. That love = control. That shrinking keeps you safe. I wrote about the plane I never boarded—and the permission I thought I needed. exhotmess.net?p=193

Freelancing from a hospital room. Smiling through Zoom calls with 37 tabs open and a partner fighting to get well. I’m tired. I need steady work. I wrote about it. exhotmess.net?p=167

To the ones grinding on a Sunday…🥂

When your trauma makes you a better marketer but nobody wants to talk about that part.

Some days, it feels like you’re throwing effort into a black hole. No applause. No feedback. Just…crickets. And yet, you keep showing up. That’s the part no one claps for. That’s the part that builds everything. If today’s one of those “black hole” days, I see you. You’re not alone.

My partner is home. Crutches. 60 pounds down. I’m running on fumes and folding laundry between job apps—but we made it through the worst. If you’re someone who’s been rooting for us, thanks. If you feel like sending dinner vibes, I’m @exhotmess on Venmo. No pressure. Just deep, messy gratitude.

Burnout doesn’t always look like crashing. Sometimes it looks like obsessively tweaking a Canva graphic for two hours because you can’t face the next task. Ask me how I know. 🫠 #CreativeLife

If your content sounds like ChatGPT wrote it… Someone probably skimmed it, shrugged, and kept scrolling. Want engagement? Write like you talk. Want trust? Write like you mean it.

Hot take: We don’t need more tools. We need better instincts. Marketers obsess over AI, funnels & frameworks—and forget the human on the other side. Marketing = empathy, clarity, timing.

Some days I’m a brilliant strategist. Some days I’m a sad sandwich in yoga pants. Both versions still know how to grow a podcast and rank your content on page one. Balance. 🧘‍♀️💻 #MarketingLife

Check out some personal essays I’ve been writing on the side at Exhotmess.net!

I just published my first real blog post in 15 years. It’s about a wedding program, a Facebook troll, and what happens when you spend too long trying to be “professional enough” instead of honest. exhotmess.net/blog/what-th...

When you shrink yourself to be palatable for clients, platforms, or the algorithm…You don’t just lose your voice. You start forgetting what it ever sounded like. I stopped writing for years because I was afraid of being “too much.” Now? I’m risking being exactly that.

Balancing personal crisis and professional ambition is wild. One minute I’m scheduling podcast interviews and optimizing SEO. The next, I’m crying in a hospital parking lot. Just a reminder: your resilience doesn’t have to look cute to be real.

Your booth is flashy. Your devs are brilliant. Your podcast? Sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom stall. Fix it. 😘

Not at KubeCon. Yes, I’m salty. Also, yes, I’m for hire. If you’re thinking, “This booth/panel/party needs sharper content + chaotic good energy,” Hi, I’m Mandy. 🌀 Podcasting 🌀 DevRel-ish stuff 🌀 Community + content Boost if you miss me.

New guide: Build a distributed data warehouse with Bacalhau + DuckDB. Run SQL on regional data (EU + US) without moving it—ideal for privacy, compliance & edge use cases. Covers partitioning, querying, trend analysis, anomaly detection & more. Read it: blog.bacalhau.org/p/distribute...

Reminder: Your podcast doesn’t have to sound like a potato in a wind tunnel. You deserve audio that slaps, not sloshes. Need help? I’ve got 10,000+ hours of editing behind me and zero tolerance for mediocre sound. Let’s clean it up, cut the cringe, and make your show actually bingeable.

🎯 S3 Partitioning just got smarter! Wrangling big datasets from S3? Bacalhau 1.7 auto-partitions + retries jobs with zero hassle. → Object, date, regex, substring? ✅ → Shared + partitioned inputs? ✅ Process 1000s of files—no custom logic. 🔗 blog.bacalhau.org/p/bacalhau-v...

Bacalhau 1.7 is here and the auth game just leveled up 💥 → Basic Auth (bcrypt optional) → API Tokens → SSO via OAuth 2.0 (Okta, Google, Azure) Full walkthrough, sample configs, curl examples, and why this matters 👇 🔗 blog.bacalhau.org/p/bacalhau-v...

New blog drop: Partitioned Jobs in Bacalhau v1.7 🎉 Split your job across nodes. Retry failures. Speed things up. Big data doesn’t have to mean big pain. Check it out 👉 blog.bacalhau.org/p/bacalhau-v... #distributedcomputing #bacalhau

Big news: Bacalhau 1.7 just dropped! We’re talking a smoother dev experience, richer job feedback, and fixes that make a difference. If you’re building on decentralized compute, this one’s for you. Read all about it: blog.bacalhau.org/p/announcing... #opensource #decentralizedcompute

Check it out! I just published a new post on Bacalhau’s blog, diving into a big question facing data teams today: Is the traditional Modern Data Stack really the most scalable and cost-effective approach?

The Modern Data Stack is evolving—scalability shouldn’t mean soaring costs. 🚀 Our latest #Bacalhau post explores how decentralized data processing helps teams scale efficiently & cut cloud costs. Read more 👉 blog.bacalhau.org/p/the-modern... #DataEngineering #ModernDataStack

For those unfamiliar, Dead Code is a podcast hosted by your truly and produced by @therubyrep.bsky.social. Every week, I interview people in tech, trying to shine a light on the good ideas that our short-sighted industry has forgotten or is sleeping on.

At the end of the day, your job will replace you in a week, but your nervous system is stuck with you for life. Take care of it.

Every podcaster’s journey: Record ➡️ Cringe at your own voice ➡️ Edit out 50 ‘ums’ ➡️ Panic about launching ➡️ Repeat. Sound familiar?

What’s the worst piece of marketing advice you’ve ever received? Mine was ‘just go viral.’ Cool, thanks.

not gonna stop using that em dash — 😘

Thinking about launching a podcast but overwhelmed by the details? Drop your biggest question below, and I’ll help you out.

🚀 Welcome to WPConcierge on Bluesky! 🖥️✨ Helping small businesses thrive with expert WordPress support, custom solutions, and Big Business Tech with a Small Business Touch. Follow for tips, resources, and insights to keep your site running smoothly—so you can focus on growth!

People love to say ‘just be yourself’ until you do, and then they’re all like, ‘wait not like that.’

Reminder: Your brand deserves a podcast that doesn’t sound like it was recorded in a tin can. Need help? I’m your person.