Explaining to my kid that St*phen M!ller’s Vanity Fair portrait was not the best of the bunch — “his isn’t so bad” — and was designed to make him look like Goebbels was not on my 2025 bingo card. This is why art is important.
emily freeman
@emilyfreeman.bsky.social
Co-founder and CEO, Freeman & Forrest. Bestselling author of DevOps for Dummies and international keynote speaker. I’ve led Community, DevRel and Product Marketing at AWS, MSFT, and startups. I was editingemily on Twitter.
Have you tried to get a 10-year-old to pack for a two week trip or would you prefer to get a root canal because I can tell you where I’m landing.
God I hope it’s the rapture tomorrow. That would solve so many problems.
Shoutout to meetings so stressful your Oura ring thinks you’re exercising. 😂
I wish I loved anything as much as some of y’all love Diet Coke.
Every time I see a video of a panda I just think, You’re not even trying to survive.
OH: “Darling, you’re at a Renaissance Fair. It’s… all nerds.” 😂
Me: “I have a story.” My daughter, sarcastically: “Bless us with your stories.” Me: 😑
A food item came out slightly off of what my daughter wanted. Me: “Maybe you’ll discover you love it.” *tries it* Her: “I did not discover that….Not at all.”
LPT: If you would like to lose weight, start a business and then you will just not have time to eat.
Freeman & Forrest is a year old! It's been a wild, incredible journey and we've learned so much. I'm remembering an executive we pitched early on who called us a "small business for shitty little companies." Anyway, we've paid technical content creators $1.7M. I'm proud of that. fnf.dev/one-year
5 Big Numbers from 1 Big Year at Freeman & Forrest
With one full year under our belts, here are a few of the numbers from this year that we’re most excited about.
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“I get marshmallows. I’ve had a hard day.” — my child
I have somehow assembled one of the best teams I could possibly have. A couple things I’ve found work: I hire kind, low-ego humans. These are people who can learn, accept feedback, admit mistakes, and grow as a team. I strongly favor weird backgrounds.
Funniest quote of the day: “Courts operate in two areas: law and equity. Equity is vibes.” It’s been a weird morning.
Me: “Sorry, I curse a lot.” Them: “I’m from New Jersey.” Me: “Thank fuck.”
The Democrats are a great example of what happens when you prioritize minimizing negative feedback vs. prioritizing visibility. Being visible is 80% of the battle. So what if some people don’t like you? Stop prioritizing people you’re never going to win over anyway.
come work with me! @oxide.computer is currently hiring for a whole bunch of different engineering roles, up and down the stack — from distributed systems to electrical engineering!
Oxide Computer Company@oxide.computer · last yr.You're not seeing double! New engineering positions are posted for the second week in a row. Come join the team! oxide.computer/careers
We’re gettin’ the band back together. ❤️ Still some of the absolute best humans I’ve ever worked with and I’m *thrilled* about what we made this week! Massive thanks to @vogueandcode.bsky.social @soucoup.com @ashley.dev @sethjuarez.com @microsoft.com
I know this runs counter to a lot of advice but… Do not try to improve on the things you’re awful at. You’re probably always going to be bad at them. Instead focus on the things you’re good at. Rise to the absolute top at those things. The rest either doesn’t matter or can be outsourced.
it’s gonna be interesting to watch bsky.app/profile/veri... to see who the @bsky.team is giving verification to.
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How my brother says no: “That will have to be discussed.” 😂
TFW my team says, “I’m going to be Emily for a minute and say this injects too much human error into the system.”
a man with a mustache is saying `` i 'm really proud of you ''
Alt: a man with a mustache is saying `` i 'm really proud of you ''
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I’m genuinely concerned about people who just watch the map on flights. Like… are we good or does this flight need to be an impromptu therapy session?