Jess Rose

@jessie
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She's a little intense about open source computer things, cats and languages.

She's sorry, but not as sorry as she should be.

Co-foundedhttp://badwebsite.club/
Devrel forhttps://commonvoice.mozilla.org
Learning nowIndonesian, embroidery
Learning nextukulele, Tajik

Love to wake up and find that formerly useful tools have released new AI features that nobody wants, nobody asked for and can't be turned off.

How fun and chill.

Will of the people. We’re doing it gang. $10. Two stickers. Shipped worldwide. In a few weeks time.

👉 http://rknight.me/shop/training-data

Working with multilingual speech corpora + having a partner who really likes the Pitch Perfect movies = discovering that there's a Japanese a cappella corpus!

https://tomohikonakamura.github.io/jaCappella_corpus/

jaCappella Corpus / jaCappellaコーパス

Japanese a Cappella Vocal Ensemble Corpus / 日本語アカペラ重唱コーパス

jaCappella Corpus / jaCappellaコーパス
Posted a photo of my vacation rental's quirky electrical setup to a specialized hobbyist community and have been treated to some informative but not relaxing screaming in response.
In Tajikistan, land of soft breads and exciting dairy options. I should have studied more Russian for this trip. It is 40c. I am having the best time.

Career question: are there frontend developers beyond senior level in small to mid-sized companies? (Which are not agencies)

#frontend #career #developer

Can't explain why, but the lack of context for this ring on auction makes me sure this ring is 100% haunted

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/mellors-and-kirk/catalogue-id-srmel10247/lot-8a17e0cf-12b6-4693-a067-b30700d4e53b

A blue stone ring, in gold, indistinctly marked, 2.4g, size L Good condition

Bid Live on Lot 28 in the Fine Art, Antiques & Collectors Sale Auction from Mellors & Kirk.

Was talking to two separate folks recently who have glue-work type roles, they sit in teams as expert resources and float around to fix or unblock things as needed with quite a bit of autonomy.

Other folks who have similar jobs, can you tell me about what you do and how you got into it? Asking for me, selfishly.

Can't remember if I put this out there, but it can't hurt again anyway. This was Julie's origin story for #FFConf: https://ffconf.org/articles/2025-the-origin-story-of-ffconf-by-julie/ - looking back on those days in 2009 that lead to our 16 year old event.
FF Conf 🌟 UK web conference since 2009

FF Conf - the UK's best JavaScript and Web conference in Brighton.

Oooh, got hit with a blob of formless anxiety all of a sudden, wild because we live in such chill and uninteresting times. Love this for me.