Brenda Storer
@brendamarie.nyc
One woman show at coquelicot.io, Shopify Theme Partner, UI developer & designer, obsessed with CSS. brendastorer.com
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
Really smart take. I’d put money on it.
Prediction: Companies will dump money into trying to solve tough problems with AI agents. Some solutions will work. Then, when the bill hits, they'll realize "we could use an API/much cheaper algorithms." Many engineers will get their promotions refactoring AI flows to "dumb" integrations
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
Not really a Kendrick Lamar fan, and I loved that halftime show.
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
The only step missing here is when being forced to choose a new password, you get hit with the error message “You can’t enter a previously used password.” 😩
Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care: 1. I have just downloaded your app. 2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account! 3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
Post somebody you’ve been told you look like who you definitely don’t look like.
a woman in a red dress is screaming and saying `` no-not the bore worms ! ''
Alt: Ornella Muti in Flash Gordon screaming and saying `` no-not the bore worms ! ''
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Post somebody you've been told you look like who you definitely don't look like
Erasure is evergreen and has been consistently in my music rotation since 1993. ❤️
I just finished taking the State of JavaScript survey, and am I crazy, or was there no mention of web components? Personally, I use these all the time instead of a major framework. stateofjs.com/en-US
State of JavaScript
stateofjs.com
There are only 2 Gen Xers: Eddie Vedder and Janeane Garafalo
Still getting used to this one but I created a starter pack for Shopify if anyone is interested. Let me know if I should add your name go.bsky.app/Hjw5sfN
Enjoying watching a cybertruck make several failed attempts to parallel park.
To help dev-twitter settle in, I made a quick little thing to help find your people here 🤓 It includes scripts to export your GitHub and/or Twitter follows to a file. And then in a localhost app, it allows you to automate searching & following of your social rolodex ✨ github.com/lukeed/blues...