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2024 was my first year leading the Developer Experience teams at Capital One UK and what an incredible experience it’s been to work with such a great team and the individuals that make it. We kicked off 2024 focused on making a difference to the developer experience and set in motion the journey to

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I identify as "network engineering curious".

A curious person implements a chess program in an unlikely place: on your printer. #creativity #curious #tech #why-not

Later Brussels!

Just so I’m understanding this. The same people who screamed about Hilary’s email server are cool with Elon walking in hard drives and connecting to systems with thousands of government employees Personal identifiable information….

There's an axolotl on the pink stairs

You know what really grinds my gears is that when recruiters want something from you, you can't respond as quick as they'd like. Yet, when you want something from them (after telling you now is not the right time) they ghost you... fuck me huh

happy belated(?) new year, lol

Tomorrow I'll be standing up in front of a room of software developers talking about how to make pretty designs 😅 Looking forward to it #NDCLondon !

ditto bulbasaur is a pure being

[pitching my book about a near future dystopia that I revised to be realistic]: okay imagine the United States about two years ago,

There are widespread reports of a server issue currently going on. downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ea-servers

The Tesla dude and Boeing working together to make a plane for a fascist leader is full of the best possibilities. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Quote this w/ ur favorite selfies ya? (Faves from the last few months that have yet to be posted) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I love this for them. I hope they're all wiped out.

I can't make this one, but the first one was great so you should go if you can! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Does the new deal w Colombia address this at all ? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Made me chuckle!

Using Vim has definitely messed up my sense of "end of editing, confirmation" muscle memory. I always think "ESC" is what to press when done writing a post, editing a calendar event, etc. Most programs it just cancels the entire action.

Hey gang. In one week's time, I'll be taking to the Janson stage at #FOSDEM to talk about how #OpenSource helped the UK's Covid tracing app. https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4411-lessons-learned-open-sourcing-the-uk-s-covid-tracing-app/ I'd love to see you all there. It's a big room, so please bring a friend!

Happy New Year if it’s not too late. I like to keep celebrating the fresh opportunities of a year changing until we hit February. In each of my interactions this month I have been discussing …

@coldclimate It's not morality. It's protecting my peace. If that happens to be morally correct then so be it. The number of organizational changes the past two weeks has been wild.

Pride, Steelcon, and a break from therapy

Catching up on my notes 📰Lifenotes #44: July 2024 https://carol.gg/blog/lifenotes-44/

having bad object permanence is rough when I’m doing personal travel to a city a lot of friends live in but I don’t have an immediate thread to remember who is here

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abolish het marriage

It's extra annoying that the country is being run by several guys who couldn't make it through an interview for a regular job because they're too weird and don't know how to do anything

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Lots of UK folk don’t know that medical cannabis is legal but it is through private clinics. There are obviously requirements & it’s heavily regulated (you’re not allowed to smoke, only vape) & you have to have had two other treatments for your condition that didn’t work. It can be pricey & things go out of stock if they’re popular & there’s lots of trial and error. But I’ve had success with it. I’m on it for pain but I get strains that are also effective for my ADHD.

My one and only superpower as an open source maintainer is the phrase “Sorry for the trouble!”

My team actually likes Gherkin and is pumped that I suggested we use and implement it. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

My boss set up a Slack bot that sends me weekly reminders that I’m doing a good job and not getting fired. It may be the nicest thing any boss has ever done for me. 😅

Not my circus, not my monkeys: good luck with all that My circus, my monkeys: I am running a successful monkey circus Not my circus, my monkeys: I am running a successful monkey-rental service My circus, not my monkeys: oh no, oh man

To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Didn't feed it enough fossil fuels and now it's in a huff