I did something today that no engineering team at my company has been able to do since I've been here - I released my product on time without changing scope.

The project I've been working on almost entirely solo for the past two months has its v1 release on Friday, and... I am very, very tired. And if I don't *finally* get my promotion, I will revolt. Likely in the most passive way possible since I got into this position by being a pushover.

I said Github Copilot responds to prompts like it has an anxious attachment style, and the most stoic engineer I've ever worked with finally cracked a smile.

Spending so much time with VoiceOver doing accessibility testing that my eye is starting to twitch. Which ironically makes VoiceOver even more useful.

I love and hate when TV shows use my favorite songs because it's usually only five seconds of them. Related: The New Basement Tapes' version of "When I Get My Hands on You" is a great track even when I only heard four bars of it in a season-four episode of Ted Lasso.

I get it, Claude. My sleep habits suck.

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.

Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.

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Judging by the way he aggressively vaults up his tree… I think my morning wake-up dance party may give my cat the zoomies.

For posterity. Since I finally did it.

Peggy, which is short for Maisy but in a really long way@maisy.likesdinosaurs.com · last mo.

It gave me Nevada, I think I might be having an identity crisis.

After crying on a call with my manager from stress and exhaustion, she told me to give myself a break later and "not work late into the evening." And I know she meant well, but I definitely heard, "Get some rest because we still require more of you!"

For the first time when booking travel to the corporate headquarters, the painfully hip boutique hotel (my catnip) is cheaper than the Embassy Suites.

Somehow managed to use all my tokens at Fremont Oktoberfest.

No matter how many times I yell at my cat to “Be chill!” … he is not, in fact, chill.

I bought a dental vacuum forming machine. Which is a totally normal thing to own, so stop looking at me like that.

Some days I feel creative and strategic. And some days I just babysit GitHub Copilot and hit "Allow" every so often.

Met a very handy older gentleman yesterday who, on their anniversary every year, makes his wife a Queen of Hearts. Every year in a different style or form factor, but every year the Queen of Hearts. It may have been the most romantic thing I'd ever heard.

@espn.com Uh, guys?

Texas scored the game's final 21 points in a second-half comeback to shock No. 1 Ohio State. bit.ly/46nMcXJ

I love that school has started again in Seattle and I can hear the kids on the playground during recess while I work. I love the sounds of life going on that aren't just street traffic.

Very helpful voice message from the Safeway Pharmacy about my vaccination appointment this afternoon.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says RFK Jr. offered federal help after two unvaccinated people died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year. Shapiro declined, saying PA could handle it, and confronted Kennedy, telling him: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation.”

My new method for handling no-longer-needed Post-it notes is both catharsis and modern art.

Went to one of those "fill out a survey and meet a group of total strangers for dinner!" events and the same two people I thought were cool also thought *I* was cool. Am I making new friends and overcoming my social awkwardness?? Maybe!

I wouldn't say I have a Post-It note problem, no. But my manager does refer to my weekly to-do list review as "Post-It Backlog Grooming."

Musical break! Brandi Carlisle's cover of Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" is epic. youtu.be/kyvDyZoyGUg?...

Brandi Carlile - "Uninvited" (Newport Folk Fest 2026)

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Nothing like vomiting up your lunch into a bush in a craft store parking lot to really set the mood of your day.

Manager: "I know this is a lot of work. Take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out." Me: *changes into pajamas at 3 in the afternoon*

There's the power of suggestion, and then there's me watching a single reel and thinking I could totally live in an RV.

Absolutely taking my 6:30 am call from bed. And knitting.