ornella

@Ornella
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Burkinabè & French Born in NYC
Software engineer and occasional doodler
Probably posting some art stuff and code stuff but mostly random stuff.
Sitehttps://ornella.xyz
HomebaseAmsterdam
2022 is having the thought “is this an allergic reaction or am I contaminated with the latest global pandemic” at least once a month

After lots of exploration and doubts, I have circled back to the conclusion that I write software to make money. The things I do with the money that i make by coding make me happier than coding does.

Coding is the most enjoyable way I’ve found to make money. If I am trying to challenge myself intellectually, at least at this point in my life, I find it more enjoyable to do that with humanities than tech tbh. And I’m gonna make myself comfortable with that fact again!!

My fave blog post of the moment. Need to pin this somewhere https://0x539.lol/may-contain-hackers/
May Contain Hackers

"Shoot a web3 developer" – the speaker, my acquaintance Ella, is being provocative, but it touches a nerve. It's day 3 of MCH2022, one of the northwestern european hacker camps (along with Chaos Camp, Electromagnetic Field, BornHack) which used to be in a four-year rotation, but are now all trying to

Incompletenesses

I am feeling so so loved and supported. I’m not even going through anything difficult — but I notice how my friends and family take care of me, especially in everyday ways, like watching Pixie, cooking for me, driving me places, or making sure I’m included in group convos. I can’t be thankful enough.

I’m very lucky to have found them, especially after only one year in my new city.

Man Dutch people are blond. I think it’s accurate to say I have seen more blond children in the last year than I previously had in my entire life
I’ll get over it lol just need an unplugged … 5 days. Put me in rice
Me 6 weeks ago: I want to learn some hardware and understand machines better
Me right now: I think i hate machines
Euro hacker music is intense
Nothing like seeing a wii and a psp in the retro gaming section of the computer museum to make me feel old #mch2022
I really like the new earthgang album at least sound wise