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rose Dec 10, 2023

Can anyone recommend a good mastodon server for a non-profit? I’m giving advice to a non-profit that uses technology to deliver continuing medical education to developing nations with unreliable internet. I have no idea what would be the best server for them to join. Thank you!

rose Apr 25, 2023

Tim Mak Apr 25, 2023

This is first on Mastodon! Please boost this thread. It’s an important one.

Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Some career news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically reduced the company’s workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

rose Apr 21, 2023

My Mom is laughing extremely hard because I showed her ChatGPT and started my prompt with “Please …

rose Apr 20, 2023

Willy (they/them)Apr 18, 2023

We really missed an opportunity to call logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability LMAO 😹

rose Apr 12, 2023

julia ferraioli Apr 12, 2023

Remember when the mantra was "write boring code"? Can we do that again? Seeing way too many efforts to bring unnecessary complexity to engineering.

rose Apr 1, 2023

Teens: Mom have you found it yet?
Me: Huh, found what?
Teens: Don’t worry you’ll find it.
Me: Where?
Teens: We’re not saying but text us when you do.
Me: … Wait… it’s April Fools Day isn’t it!

rose Mar 29, 2023

I did some writing for the Shopify Engineering blog on What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify.

https://shopify.engineering/what-being-a-staff-developer-means-at-shopify

What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify

A staff developer is an individual contributor who can have the same scope of impact and seniority as an engineering manager.

Shopify

rose Mar 26, 2023

17: I’m sorry I wished all your plants would die… and your fields decay… It was the only curse I knew in Latin…

rose Mar 20, 2023

I’m changing teams at work and have such mixed feelings! Excited to dive into a new area and super sad to step away from working with so many awesome people!

rose Mar 19, 2023

The Long Tail Mar 19, 2023

For the benefit of people who had forgotten that large corporations are inevitably sociopathic:
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/17/google-nixes-paying-out-rest-of-medical-leave-for-laid-off-employees.html?__source=sharebar|linkedin&par=sharebar

Google nixes paying out remainder of maternity and medical leave for laid-off employees

Google's layoffs announced in January included employees who were on medical and maternity leave and who are now at risk of not getting paid out for time off.

CNBC