Cat HicksFeb 27

I enjoy when using tech tools on my extremely femme-gendered hobby projects makes them feel out-of-genre important

What an interesting way to trigger some stereotype incongruence and realize how much "tech weight" we give things just by all these relatively shallow signifiers

Show threadCat HicksFeb 27
Look at that font. She must have a hacker brain
Show threadCat HicksFeb 27
Are there things that make work "look Technical" to you? Are there secret signifiers you have become aware of? I love hearing people notice these things
Show threadGlyphFeb 27
@grimalkina off the top of my head: monospaced fonts, dark mode, hosting things in source control, customer service with issue trackers rather than ticketing systems, Markdown (sort of, that gets complicated), command-line instructions or aesthetics
Show threadAbhijit Menon-Sen
@glyph @grimalkina Dimensioned drawings and laboratory glassware, especially condenser coils.
Feb 27 at 5:57pmWeb