Tessera

Had to wait a couple minutes to get into an airport lounge and the man behind me went on and on about “being treated like second class citizens with Priority Pass” and is now asking his companion if she preferred this line or the one at the Vatican ?????????

Martin Woodward@martin.social · 11mo ago

Have I mentioned recently that my team is really, really cool?

Happy Friday! WebP support has been now been added to your GitHub repos 🎉

In honor of / inspired by #WCUS, I wrote my first personal blog post in 4 years :) helen.blog/2025/08/acce...

Accessibility in the age of AI - Helen Hou-Sandí

I find myself most recently the engineering manager for accessibility at GitHub – an honor and immensely fulfilling to make improvements big and small for all of our users now and in the future. This ...

helen.blog

Imagining some Waymo trust and safety person randomly watching me say “was it the whip appeal or my baby face” to myself on the way home from the Clipse show

“You know mom, when I think about it this way, we kinda all live on big islands” — my 12yo

Who knew that when I was dubbed Chief Emoji Officer of GitHub 5 weeks into working here that I’d eventually become the one true CEO

The first thing I want to attempt to return to Being Online with is: we went to the Bad Bunny residency in PR and it was beautiful and perfect and a gorgeous celebration of culture and I met my goal of sticking to Spanish a little too well because everybody went right into 90% speed puertorriqueño 😵‍💫

I think I'm ready to capital-P Post again. Maybe. Let's find out!

Martin Woodward@martin.social · 12mo ago

Oh hey I'm back on my work BS aka trying to do a little bit of good for a lot of people :)

First up. We've added the CONTRIBUTING file to the sidebar and homepage tab to make it easier for new contributors to find. This brings all the important information into one place. github.blog/changelog/20...

GitHub @github.com · last yr.

Using a screen reader? Check out our new guides to help efficiently navigate and interact with GitHub repos and issues, plus GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code. accessibility.github.com/documentation

GitHub Accessibility Documentation

GitHub is committed to developing technology that empowers everyone, including people with disabilities, and helps customers find the essential information they need to use GitHub.

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If you have to ask what vibe coding is you don’t know how to vibe, sorry I don’t make the rules

A man interrupted me working on a plane with earbuds in to ask if I was scared (????????) and I got so mad at him he actually apologized to me, in case you were wondering if I’ve still got it

actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · last yr.

We gotta bring back brazy as a term with extra emphasis for brazen

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

The masses can’t tell what’s shitposting or what’s content farming to begin with and now there’s AI in the mix, we’re cooked

Nihilist mode where I don't know how to exist in a world that doesn't consider risk reduction worth doing anymore