Maya Shavin
@mayashavin.com
👩🏻💻 Senior SE @Microsoft Industry AI 📕 O’Reilly author - Learning Vue 🔍 Accessibility champ 🌎 Web GDE, Cloudinary Ambassador Creator of colorgen.dev, OSS maintainer & tech speaker. 📌 https://mayashavin.com ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/VTLRKH6
✨ As engineers, we work and collaborate in teams, internal and external. Alignment between teammates is crucial. But often, clear communication doesn’t guarantee good alignment. 🎧 New episode: Why alignment is harder than it looks open.spotify.com/episode/2aI2...
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Slow but steady ☺️🥳 My podcast Build With Maya reached 50 streams and downloads on Spotify 🤩 🎉! This is a space where I share experience in my engineering path, how we think, decide, build and grow through experiments, new tools, tradeoffs and reflection. 👉 open.spotify.com/show/0qr653E...
Shipping code 2× faster doesn't mean solving the problem 2× faster. "AI can do that in 5 minutes." Cursor & Claude Code definitely make us move faster. But speed alone isn’t better engineering. That's what I talk about in the new episode of Build With Maya: 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3PfC...
#6 - AI Makes Things Faster, But Not Easier
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Back in 2020 I made a website that generates color palettes for TailwindCSS project, based on a given image logo. The nice part? It is still alive and get 100 stars ⭐️ (I know, it’s nothing 🤣) in this AI era. Thank you, whoever starred it and still use it 🥰. 👉 colorgen.dev
We all know the “right” way working with code. So why is the codebase still messy? Because advice without context doesn’t work. In episode #5 of Build With Maya, I talk about deadlines, ownership, and the real constraints that make “best practices” hard to apply. open.spotify.com/episode/4meA...
#5 - Why 'Best Practices' Fail in the Real World
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At some point in your career, engineering stops being about output. It becomes more about decision ownership, tradeoffs clarity, accountability, and invisible pressure. Or in short, responsibility. And that's what we cover in the latest Build With Maya episode 🎙️👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4xZx...
#4 - Output vs Responsibility
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Do not copy/paste AI-generated answer to a PR review comment. Use your own reasoning and understanding. It’s both disrespectful and unprofessional to the reviewer ☹️. If you can explain why that AI-solution works yourself, how do I trust you know what you are doing?
Interesting how it turns out 🙂 Prompt: create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me
AI is fast and convenient. But that’s exactly why understanding starts to slip. My rule when reviewing AI-suggested fixes: If you can’t explain why it works, stop. Shipping with AI ≠ learning. If AI can answer for you — what are you actually responsible for?
Engineering isn’t about having the right answers. It’s about making decisions without certainty, and owning them later. Episode 3 of Build With Maya is live 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1HAT...
#3 - How I Think About Engineering
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“What will I do without AI?” 🤔 I wrote a new blog post about how AI fits into my actual engineering workflow. AI doesn't replace thinking, but help you cut through noise: onboarding, code analysis, docs, and decision-making. 👉 mayashavin.com/articles/wha...
What would I do without AI?
A senior engineer’s practical take on using AI at work—covering productivity, onboarding, code analysis, writing, and why AI feels more like a companion than a threat.
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Technical presentations aren’t just about what you built — they’re about why it matters. 💡 Last week, I shared my talk “Tell the Story, Not Just the Specs” internally @salesforce — on turning complex ideas into clear, engaging stories.🎤✨ What’s your #1 tip for giving better tech talks?
Happy Rosh Hashana! 🍎🍯 This year brought fresh starts, new achievements—and even a sweet new addition to my not-so-big family 😆. I’m grateful for all that’s happened and excited for what’s ahead. As the saying goes: Don’t worry, be happy—everything happens for a reason 😘. Cheers! 🥂
Excited to be speaking at TechLead Conference 2025, hosted by @GitNationOrg ! My talk, "I Don't Know Everything, and That's the Job," is all about what I've learned (and unlearned) stepping into IC leadership roles. 😉 Join me and see you on Sep 18/19! techleadconf.com
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Jan-Niklas Wortmann@wordman.dev · last yr.Had agreat time and a fantastic conversation with @mayashavin.com and happened to happen to hit the record button! Go check it out!
Sweet surprise of the day! 🥳 My Learning Vue book, published by O'Reilly, is now available in Korean! 🇰🇷📘 So excited (and a bit emotional!) to see it reaching even more readers 💚 I wonder which language is next? 😄 Big thank you to everyone who’s been supporting me along the way! 🥰✨
22000 steps logged today 😝. Portugal and the weather is too cute today. 🥰
Ok I’m trying to figure if I should upgrade my shoes from Pegasus 39 to Pegasus 41, or Vomera 18, or nothing at all. What do you say? Cc @henrihelvetica.bsky.social
Just wrapped my talk at #JNation 🇵🇹 on bringing Accessibility into CI/CD! From Playwright to axe-core, Lighthouse, Evinced, and even Copilot Agent—we explored tools to automate a11y checks and generate clear reports with LLMs. Demo: github.com/mayashavin/a... Make your components accessible, fast!
New podcast episode is out! 🎉 I had a fun (and insightful) chat with @santoshyadav.dev about his journey in tech, how he reached Staff Engineer, and life tips you don’t want to miss. Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/5oXW...
#2 - Becoming a Staff Engineer (with Santosh)
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We are live with React Day by @frontendnation.com in just under 3 hours! 🥰 If you’re into React, I hope you are joining armed with questions, because we have some great talks and panel for you. Can’t wait to host it! Join me! 🤍 📺 vi.to/hubs/react-d...
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Maya Shavin@mayashavin.com · last yr.Today @santoshyadav.dev and I recorded an episode for my podcast and must say I enjoyed it soo much 🥰. Full of interesting insights about life and career IC in tech as a Staff Engineer path 💪🏻. Can’t wait to release it soon! Subscribe to my podcast 👇🏻 😁 open.spotify.com/show/0qr653E...
Storybook 9 beta! So much blood/sweat/tears from @storybook.js.org and @vitest.dev teams to create the future of UI testing. Please kick the tires in your project to help us stabilize for GA. 🙏
Storybook@storybook.js.org · last yr.Storybook 9 is now in beta! It’s ready for you to try today. Let’s see what’s inside…
Today @santoshyadav.dev and I recorded an episode for my podcast and must say I enjoyed it soo much 🥰. Full of interesting insights about life and career IC in tech as a Staff Engineer path 💪🏻. Can’t wait to release it soon! Subscribe to my podcast 👇🏻 😁 open.spotify.com/show/0qr653E...
Build anything with Maya
Podcast · Maya Shavin · This is where I will talk about anything I experimented/built and find interesting, such as Web, JavaScript, frontend and AI. Also some personal career sharing. Let’s build, an...
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