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Cat Herding 101: The Things That Really Go Wrong For Beginning Programmers
We had a super awesome intern working with us over the summer (I often referred to her as “my” intern, which wasn’t 100% true, but as the one on the team who had done a lot of mentoring before, I felt...
View ArticleAn Unpopular Opinion: Am I a Good Feminist?
Last week I helped out at an #ILookLikeAnEngineer event. There have been lots of write ups about the event, but I think my favorite, and not coincidentally the most critical I’ve read, was from...
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Work From Home Friday: Playing Around With Node
Time to add another weekly to the mix. At my office I generally work from home on Fridays because it was a tradition before me and who am I to break a tradition? At my last job it was Thursdays, but...
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Engineering Block? – Having Time to Work on Your Own Projects Is a Privilege
Confession: I haven’t touched code outside of work in weeks. I’ve spent most of my free time recharging. Snuggling cats, hanging out with friends, being a slug on the couch and binge watching tv. All...
View ArticleWork From Home Friday: Don’t be Afraid of Rebasing
Little late today, I was busy working/running around/watching paint dry, so I’ll keep this brief. I’ve mentioned before that git can be like a game save, it protects your butt if things go wrong and...
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If Your Only Tool Is a Hammer Then Every Problem Looks Like a Nail
Light on content again today. I’m having a bit of writers block I think. The life is boring but nice, so I don’t have as many existential crises to share with you. As a bit of a carry on to my dialogue...
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Work From Home Friday: Emacs Maybe?
So most of my nerdy friends have already lost their shit over emacs. I’ve avoided it with my tiny little Sublime bubble of comfort, but then more of them switched and suddenly I felt left out of the...
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Flexbox: Tables of the Future?
This post was originally written for my work engineering blog. Check us out and see some interesting articles from my coworkers at goats.scripted.com. The greatest CSS gif of all time What is flexbox?...
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Accessing accessibility: Some SEO-friendly tips
This post was originally written for my work engineering blog. Check us out and see some interesting articles from my coworkers at goats.scripted.com. According to the 2012 U.S. Census, almost 60...
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It’s That Time Again
Time for me to announce I’m starting a new job! My time at Scripted was wonderful. I learned some really good life lessons and understand myself more as an engineer and a person. I’ve discovered I’m...
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Sabbatical, Day 0 – Deciding to be a bougie tech worker
I aspire to use really generic stock photos for this entire “sabbatical” series. For real, this was labeled as “women in tech.” They’re looking at couches. Today was the last day of my most recent...
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