Taking a moment to share how much I loathe #Microsoft powerpoint. Why in the year of our lord 2025 and GenAI era is this still in business?

Maybe it’s the sleep deprivation or shared kindness or existential state of the world… But telling inquiring folks that you’re here for a funeral really comes with some upgrades. I really do love people so much. 🥹

the season finale of Leet Heat is live! to celebrate 12 episodes of spicy bites, we asked @marktechson.com to take the spiciest bite in the studio and... well, just watch full episode: codetv.link/lh/s1e12

In the meantime you can support our work here if you don’t already.

The stories that I have lived this morning. Cannot wait for this week to be over. Always keep a sense of humor, be kind to strangers, and keep it moving.

Over-discussed: "use AI to vibe code an app/idea" Under-discussed: "ship a product that customers love [because it solves a persistent pain point, is delightful to use, and just works]" Without the latter outcome in mind, you're mostly wasting time with the former...

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JS Conf US is happening again! This is a big deal, it has not occurred for some time. I'm thrilled to keynote and speak alongside folks I deeply admire: @devdevcharlie.com @evanyou.me @aysegul.bsky.social, more My talk is on fundamentals! We'll go deep into plaforms and systems, using my drawings

Marketers and the never ending, whack-a-mole, new deck requests. 😅

Picard leadership tip: Resources are always limited. Time, expertise, material, energy. Don’t prioritize foolishness when you have been tasked to solve real problems.

It’s good to remember there are still people out there doing the right thing.

AI was supposed to make us more efficient. Instead, it’s fragmenting our workflows, bloating our calendars, and burning out high performers. I wrote about the false promise of AI productivity and why we’re actually working harder than ever: afterburnout.co/p/ai-promise...

Trying to ship all of these projects, while also writing a bestie's eulogy for this week? Definitely ready for this week to be over.

SF/Bay Area testers: I’ll be in town next week ✨ If you're around, come hang out! @tristanlombard.bsky.social and I are hosting a lowkey meetup for some irl connection. Come solo or bring a friend! 📍 San Francisco 📅 Thursday, Aug 14, 6–8pm partiful.com/e/vC4tmRhHB3...

hosting a panel today on accessibility and AI over on the @torc.dev linkedin! idk what either of these things mean but fortunately, these amazing ladies do! come hang!! www.linkedin.com/events/73570...

Final call to join this year's GraalVM Community Summit!🐰 This event will bring together core contributors, JDK and cloud vendors, and maintainers of popular libraries and frameworks. Drop us an email by the end of the week to participate: www.graalvm.org/community/su...

During the global panini, like many, I left SF and moved to KCMO. Bestie and I watched every film, made tons of chili, and talked about bad relationships (have known them since grad school in NYC). Now years later, they are getting married and I couldn't be more excited.

Live view from Salesforce HQ and discussing the future of Well-Architected program, as well as some hands on exercises and good vibes. Major shoutout to @janeenm.bsky.social and community for bringing us all together. #TrailblazerCommunity

Life hack to destress your day? Stop trying to be the smartest person on calls.

Hey SF/Bay Area quality engineers! We’re hosting a little summer social on Thursday, August 14th at 6pm. Join us for craft brews, new connections, and great conversations. All are welcome. partiful.com/e/vC4tmRhHB3... #SoftwareTesting #SanFrancisco

Some folks really chose violence in my inbox on Sunday. 🤣 Thank baby Jesus for Yerba mate today. Amen. 🙏

It’s here! The 2025 Speakers + Agenda are now live! Check out the sessions and start planning your Forcelandia experience: forcelandia.com/2025-session... And if you haven’t registered yet, what are you waiting for? Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/forcelandi... #TrailblazerCommunity #KeepCodeWeird

So @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social set out to see how the "Community Notes" approach is working for Meta. Answer? Not so great. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

60 years of #GratefulDead

Really interesting post with sources here: layoffnation.substack.com/p/the-ai-mir...

Happening today in SF and excited about it.

Wrote something a little different for tomorrow’s After Burnout newsletter. I hope you’ll like it. Get it in your inbox tomorrow: afterburnout.co

In the presentation below, Kenyan writer, #Lit festival founder, and language teacher Lorna Likiza mentioned that Zimbabwe has 16 official languages since the adoption of the 2013 Constitution. Zimbabwean Sign Language (ZSL) is one of the 16 official languages. #LangSky #BlackSky #Signing

I'm giving live, paid, secure coding training at NDC Manchester, AI & Security in Manchester, UK, December 1 & 2! Secure Coding & API Hardening: Hands-On Secure Design, Development, and Threat Modelling Learn more here: https://twp.ai/9PUjP7

When founders DM me on the weekend and unpaid labor. Nope. Rates went up to $200 PH this weekend. Let it be known.

Mistress Isabelle Brookes really did deliver. @crmtom92.com @louiselockie.com @vanessa.ba had to share #Oasis

Surprise, surprise. “…DOGE burned taxpayer dollars was with its Deferred Resignation Program…In total, the chaotic program wasted some $14.8 billion by paying some 200,000 federal employees not to work for up to eight months.” www.thedailybeast.com//elon-musks-...

Love watching OpenAI and Anthropic accuse each other of ToS violations like two data hoarders pretending they didn’t both loot Wikipedia (and everyone else) at 3am.

My therapist is a blend of Tina Turner, bell hooks, and that grandma at the party dropping lived truth bombs with a lit cig. Today was about normalizing detachment from people and that while we do not want to use people, people should be useful to each other. She's brilliant and I love her so.

GitHub Copilot is the most frequently mentioned AI tool by software devs as per The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 survey: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pragma... My deepdive with Thomas about lGitHub in this recent podcast episode: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/github

Needed this bop today. #TGIF youtu.be/woLfAvD5iXI?...

Shoutout to the Friday 6am team call organizers and those that remember the importance of working in timezones where your engineers live. 🇮🇳 And #TGIF.

For anyone that gave it their all, had organized community fundraising calls, swing county letter writing campaigns, and found joy in a last minute candidate? Watch at 15:00 minute mark. The work continues and this interview is a reminder that the work doesn’t stop.

When all you know as poor white trash kids is homophobia and racism… And yet decades later you choose love. Sister and fiance meeting IRL tho. 🥹

I should add that it also helped me figure out why my main Class was failing at 0% code coverage

Please join me, @bsky.app community and celebrating @erikachestnut.bsky.social’s birthday! We are a better software quality and engineering leadership community because of you.

Curious to see how this impacts hiring in 2025, especially for tech R&D departments... www.cbh.com/insights/art...

I need to start using the line "I would reject that premise entirely" on client status update calls. Unhinged rebuttals, but man, the word play is wild.

A really nice breakdown of the differences and overlap between Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters Attribution is hard, especially when there is a lot of nuance. Via @bleepingcomputer.com

Came back to SF and the sweetest #TrailblazerCommunity gift from @salesforcestacey.bsky.social. Thank you so much and so thoughtful. 🥹

When you take 2 days off. #SoloConsulting

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