Posts tagged with "musings"
- Appreciating Mary Cassatt now that I am a mom
I've always loved Cassatt's art, but it hits differently now that I have kids of my own. - Do not give up your brain
It's tempting to just let tools think for you, but you still need to be able to think for yourself and stay sharp. - Toodles, 2025
2025 is over! Let's recap. - I like when apps are "finished"
Sometimes the software we see out there doesn't need to be further updated. Sometimes it's just good enough! - I have become more of a writing utensil snob
I really like nice pencils and pens and it's not a problem, I am totally in control? But I probably have too many now. - My inbox is so full
My chores and tasks are piling up... and so are my emails. - Coming up with blog topics
Here's a few questions I ask myself before I start blogging. - Vibe coding is boring
Vibe coding gets the job done, but there's no thrill in the build. - The Abilene Paradox
What happens when you compromise too much? - Lasagna and a root beer float
What is the food and drink that represents you? - Goodbye to an 11-year-old Issue
An old feature request on a repo has me in my feelings! - Non-determinism and ownership
Humans and LLMs are both non-deterministic, probabilistic entities when it comes to work... but humans actually are held accountable for mistakes. - I am back at work and it feels weird!
My maternity leave is over, I'm back at GitHub, and I'm ready to go. Kinda. - A moose playing Go in a park while drinking boba
I like to test AI image and video generation tools with this prompt. It's very effective. - This is probably the most I will ever pretend
Anything can be anything! Until the next game starts, of course. - Tools using tools
Developer experience is changing, because humans aren't the only ones doing development work anymore. - I (don't?) want to say yes to everything
Saying yes to ideas and requests is fun, but isn't always strategic. - We should have more friction in our lives
Our world of instant gratification and convenience has made us impatient and... kinda lazy. - Think less, ship more
I do too much thinking about what I want to make, and not enough actually making the thing. - Making my startup come back to life
I hacked together tools to make my app live once again! - Adios, 2024
2024 is over, let's recap. - The beautiful sentence that is the web
A metaphor for the building blocks of web development. - It would be cool for 2024 to just calm down
Why is everyone so dang busy? Stop that! I am tired! - I have become a minor writing utensil snob
I like nice pencils and pens! But only a totally reasonable amount! - Noticing the little things
The small details in everything, from code to life itself, are worth noticing, if we choose to. - Doing things that don't scale is about finding value
When you do more manual work, it can be slow, but more valuable than you think. - 33 of my own joke concepts that have never seen the light of day
For my 33rd birthday, please enjoy some partially written jokes - The what and the what now: note-taking
Sometimes we take notes just to have notes, rather than for a purpose. - Being forced to upgrade
Planned depreciation of hardware is annoying when you don't need a new device. - Haunted by my own projects
Sometimes the new and shiny thing is way more fun than the thing that I genuinely want to ship... later. - I fell asleep in a driverless car
I tried out the Waymo driverless car service and it was pretty nice. - Time containers
I keep busy, because I know no other way! - Voice lessons taught me that I should be... true to myself
How karaoke preparation turned into self-discovery, through singing lessons! - Analog girly
I like being able to do things without relying on the algorithms and connections in the world! - Getting paid is weird and sometimes hard
I should make more money, right? - Being funemployed, and all that jazz
What is a girl to do when her startup goes kersplat? Why, she blogs about it, of course! - Greetings, future billionaires
Sometimes I am floored by how much money some people have. - Nice keyboards make me want to write blogs
I don't actually have anything to say, but I want to type on my keyboard right now - Seattle and the internet
The internet today reminds me of when I used to live in Seattle. - I love reading fantasy again
Brandon Sanderson books have brought me back to loving a good adventure story! - Kind of annoyed at React
Just a little ranty rant about my fave JS library, ya know. - I miss human curation
Where are my internet friends? And where are their weird blogs? - Cassidy Williams... who is she
Cassidy Williams, this one, here, is the real one, don't listen to the others! - Buh bye, 2023
2023 is over, let's recap. - Ideal fishing spots
Sometimes our success is pushed to the side when the conditions aren't right, but that's okay. - Open standards, trust, and Google
We should build and use software that uses open standards, and be careful about the companies in which we place our trust. - Turning todos into tadas
Learning to focus on what I did do, rather than what I didn't. - Memorize quotes
Memorizing quotes is probably one of my favorite easy 'life hacks'. - Loving and hating the streak
I have a love/hate relationship with my GitHub streak. - The small, private wins
Sometimes I can't really share what I work on, and I just gotta deal with that and be happy! - See ya, 2022
2022 is over, taking a lil look back on how it was. - My language brain is... broken?
I think in one language when I hear another, and... I have no idea why. - Moose facts
I learned a lot about moose and need to tell people, namely you, about them - Feedback is awesome
I love getting feedback from people. You learn most from it. - Crushing the Impostor Syndrome
Sometimes you don't feel like you're good enough, and that you're fooling everyone. You're not alone. - I can't see!
I have an eye disease! I love drawing, though. - Hum de dum
I'm so bored!!!!!