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Using Mastodon over Twitter

I've been on a Mastodon server since November 6, 2022, just over a month now. I find it vastly different to Twitter. One example is that I posted asking for Hindi-language music: Looking for good music with lyrics in Hindi. I love Natacha Atlas and Rachid Taha, but

Lessons learned

Happy, well-rested people are the best people to work with. So use your vacation days and rest If it can be null, it will be null. So don’t let it be null. Be kind to yourself like you would be kind to a friend. Check on your people to

Learning a new coding language

When I start learning a new coding language, I work through the same set of exercises each time. They are my coding kata, problems I know the answers to in several languages now, where the goal is to get the same results each time. Exercises in ascending order of difficulty:

New Mac build

I got a shiny new Mac laptop for work use this week, and was thinking about the stuff you put on a machine to make it useful. This is my current set of necessary-for-work software: Homebrew (to get everything else) ChromeFirefoxGit (to get code in progress) Node.js (to get

St. Louis Techies Project

The St. Louis Techies Project aims to highlight people in tech in the St. Louis area. This year, for International Women's Day, the global Women Techmakers group has the theme of "telling our story." We want to tell your story! This is my story, also available

Agile Transformation

My employer lets take one day a year as a "Day of Caring" to be used at a non-profit organization of our choosing. I did mine with an associate pastor of Life Community Church in Columbia IL. I've spent two and a half years immersed in

Goodbye FitBit, Hello Garmin

I've had a FitBit tracker on my wrist for about two years, first the Flex, then the Charge, which was a Christmas gift from Husband last Christmas. Less than seven months ago I had a brand new Charge, what I currently have is a Charge where the adhesive

What NOT to say to your QA

It's a feature, not a bug. But why would you even do that? QAs are just failed developers. My code is perfect, I don't write bugs. You're not supposed to do that in the app. It's a design error, not a bug.

First speaking event complete

Last night I spoke at LaunchCoderGirl, an all-women group learning how to code. I spoke about what QA does in an Agile software development environment. People laughed at most of the places I wanted them to laugh, and when I was done there were several questions, then people wanted to

2014 round up

My 2014 resolutions were: 1. I will not stab anyone in 2014 (just one more year...) 2. Get my second degree brown belt and make a run at 1st degree. 3. Finish book #2 and write book #3 for NaNoWriMo I have not stabbed anyone this year, fulfilling my annual

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