My 8yo was pretending to be a cop and I was a villain. Once he caught me, he asked for my consent to arrest me. I politely declined. He said “aww, okay” and moved on.

Someone saw a post that I wrote about how inauthentic AI messages are and sent me an inauthentic message written by AI that opens with a reference to said post, asking for my business 🥀

People mispronounce and misspell my name all the time, so when someone asks for my name at a restaurant or Starbucks or whatever I just give them my nickname (Dai) But now I have them spell it phonetically bc one time someone yelled “DIE!!! 💀🔪” instead of “Day ☀️🌺” at me and I jumped sooo high 😅

I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article. All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.

🎉 Registration is now open for my latest course, Whimsical Animations! This course will teach you everything you need to know to design and build stunning, creative animations and interactions. It’s time to make the web less generic and boring! 😄

Which of you intelligent folks are creating or consuming content about using AI responsibly in interviews and schools? My sister is doing research for her grad school and is looking for some resources!

My 8yo niece went to a bday party she was NOT invited to (it was my son’s bff) at a bowling alley This girl figured out how to hack the score board, adjusted her score to 190, & set all of the boy’s (again, boys she does NOT know) scores to 20-40 Then cackled as she retold the story 😂 So proud 🥹

A non-exhaustive list of people who are incredibly funny and easy to talk to and I’d love to hang with more: @kat.lol

Food excites me, period. But, pretty food? In a to-go box? Yeah I’m about to Cookie Monster this thang in the parking lot 😂

JIRA giving the comments I wrote yesterday a relative date of “last month” is- why, man? 😭

My mom came by yesterday to bring some food she made me We got on the topic of the roughest year in her young-adult life, and she was like “we have to be grateful that XYZ happened, because you wouldn’t be here if I didn’t go through that” And then she 1/2

A big observation as I’m learning more Java (coming from a JavaScript background) At first glance, a lot of Java looks familiar! .filter, .map, Array…I was so ready to just jump in because they look like the methods I’ve BEEN using on the front end But no. no. NO. They are NOT the same.

years ago I had this really uncomfortable moment where someone called me out for being so negative & suggested I could maybe have a vastly different experience if I focused my attention on different things I made a silly-feeling change & it literally made me into a different person in the best way

I’m reading a book about happiness and a point about social media’s impact on happiness stood out to me: People whose algorithms contain a lot of negative content are much more likely to post negative content AND think negative thoughts (and vice versa) Since your algorithm is influenced by the

I’m learning Java for work, which is amazing for several reasons: (1) I’m getting paid to do something I was already doing in my spare time (2) I’m getting the opportunity to *apply* the knowledge to actual enterprise projects, which solidifies the new concepts for me

Learn from @shaundai.com at React Summit US 🌟 Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, educator & content creator. She’s on a mission to make programming accessible and fun. Get inspired!

Dr. Tolinski's specialty is in neurodivergent kids. In this episode she gets into what you should be doing if you suspect your child might have a learning disability. Please share this with any parents you know that would find it helpful phases.fm/episodes/i-t...

I believe that the ability to be openly vulnerable is such a powerful trait that draws in some of the best, strongest connections At the same time though, it’s so tricky to strike a balance as an underrepresented minority One part of me has to appear infallible, because i have to repair cracks in

A poem: i wish knowledge was water so that my body would retain it *snap* *snap*

Yesterday was my last day at Deno. From today, I'll be cheering the talented team on from outside the org. This also means that I'm now considering my next move in the DX/DevRel/Technical marketing space.

Code review (reviewing PRs) counts as an open source contribution In the age of AI, the number of AI-slop in open source PRs is increasing RAPIDLY If you’re interested in contributing to open source, there’s a HUGE opportunity to make an impact & learn a lot by reviewing issues and the open PRs

Starting a new role today 😊 After 4.5 years of working on the Netflix developer platform & dev tooling, I’m now going to be working on netflix.com 🥂

How did these CSS athletes prep for their first MadCSS match? @miocene.io @chriscoyier.net @shaundai.com @adamwathan.com @bytesofbree.bsky.social @jason.energy @tolin.ski

The wait is over! The first round of March MadCSS premieres in ONE HOUR at 10am ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuxS... @jason.energy vs Kyle Cook @adamwathan.com vs @miocene.io @chriscoyier.net vs @bytesofbree.bsky.social @tolin.ski vs @shaundai.com

Build your bracket for the world's first ever CSS tournament, March MadCSS. Premieres Friday 10ET on YouTube, and the stakes are high. win over $1,500 worth of prizes madcss.com

Episode 1 is the left side of the bracket: @adamwathan.com @bytesofbree.bsky.social, @chriscoyier.net, @jason.energy, @miocene.io, Kyle Cook, @tolin.ski, and @shaundai.com. I’m on the right side of the bracket, which airs next Friday.

Me making up choreography as a kid: Michael Jackson: the way you make me feel Me: *hugs self* Michael Jackson: you really turn me on Me: *flips light switch* Michael Jackson: you knock me off my feet nah baybehh Me: *falls to the ground*

Last night my 8yo & I made a cozy blanket-pillow-and-stuffed-animal fort to read books and eat snacks in. I planned to read kids’ books, but I brought my own book just in case he wanted to read separate things cuddled up together (1/4)

Sent some folks a 4 min demo video and 2 min later I am SO IRRITATED that no one has responded yet what is wrong with them (i mean me. what is wrong with me)

I’ve finally pinpointed what really irks me about vibe coding A huge part of learning to code has been understanding computers and the way they execute programs. You learn that computers are actually really dumb. They do EXACTLY what you tell them to do, in the order you tell them to do it. Coding

Well this is unexpected, but super interesting: “90% of the nearly 6,000 interviewed CEOs…at firms across the US, UK, Germany, and Australia, said that AI has had no impact on productivity or employment at their business.”

One time I told my kid to “behave” and he said “I *AM* BEING-HAVE!” 😂🥰

We’re like the sphynx cat of primates

Sometimes* I be cussin at my laptop *every day

What does your name mean? Do you feel like you live up to that name? When I was a kid I read a book called “Emily Eyefinger.” That was the main char’s birth name, & she was born with an eye on the end of her finger. My last name is Person and I am a person. But also Shaundai means Gift of Love.

OMG I hadn't recognized her before. Aliya used to be the program director for the Code for Progress non-profit in D.C. I had met her briefly at one of the Women Who Code DC events. It's awful what ICE did to her. I'll repeat Abolish ICE!

I guess a random fact about me is that my natural laugh sounds like Ernie’s (Sesame Street) But one day when I was little, I was visiting my Gramma in Harlem and she was tickling me and I couldn’t stop laughing and she made fun of the laugh So I worked hard on it but now I laugh like Black Santa

Watching your kid grow doesn’t really happen gradually (as you’d think) One day they have this insatiable hunger and the next morning none of their clothes fit OVERNIGHT! It’s so quick that they’re clumsy for the following weeks until their brains have the chance to catch up to the new dimensions

Hey Claude, you are a vibe coder using Claude. Write a prompt that yoi can use to give to Claude to make a very successful app. Think hard.

Hey y'all. Propel is hiring some engineers this year. If you like Vue (or aren't afraid to learn) and you want to help improve the lives of low-income Americans, check the roles out: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propel If you have a question, ask in a reply so everyone benefits.

In the US, a credit score is used to determine creditworthiness (how likely you are to pay off a loan) But in the US, your credit score goes down if you pay off a loan. It also goes down if a lender asks what your credit score is. “Why?” Don’t ask that. The answer is always “because, f*ck you.”

Fine print (re: my last post) - the “I’m going crazy” opener is ✨drama✨ I’m genuinely really happy. I love chaos, I thrive under pressure, I love having a lot of things to do, and I love my work. But I know that the next step in my growth, (1/2)

I’m going crazy. If you’re a technical lead, how do you manage writing docs, being in meetings, staying on top of communication, writing code, and alll of that context-switching? PS - please don’t say “coffee”, okay? people are suffering here and all you wanna do is make jokes. you make me sick 😂

Every once in a while I think about how I was born before the internet was publicly available I still remember those stupid email chain letters and how they had me in a chokehold thinking that if I didn’t forward them to 14 people in 1 hr I’d never meet my soulmate 😕 I have lived SO MUCH LIFE

My version of rest doesn’t look like just sitting around doing nothing. It never has. I feel rested and restored when I’m building things, creating, and tinkering And in 2026 I’m continuing to embrace that. This is my version of a “soft life”

Bought 6 pears so I could have a lil baked pear with honey for dessert instead of the cookies we baked After 2 hrs of eerie quiet, I came upstairs to: 🍪 0 cookies 🍐 0 pears 👦🏾 1 child saying “Mommy it’s Thurs and that means it’s movie night (aka pizza and popcorn for dinner)!” Diet starts Monday!

ITS THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR AND THERES SOME TAX OR HEALTH BENEFIT THING YOUVE FORGOTTEN TO FILE PLEASE HURRY AND FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE 11PM EST

Who was I to believe that my brain would show up in work-mode today, the last day before Christmas vacation?

After a couple of back-to-back fails as a mom/big sister/friend/auntie, I was feeling v bad about myself & was starting to do That Thing where I start to tell myself I suck (instead of saying “the things I did suck, but they were only mistakes & I’m still a great person”) So a few days ago… (1/2)

I told this to folks at work today and nobody cared. Then I remembered where I work 😂😂