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Humbled by how difficult it is to teach terminal commands Inspired by how many people stuck with the workshop group through the side quests

Melanie Crissey@melaniecrissey.com · yesterday

Tomorrow I'm leading a "How to Vibe Code for Non-Engineers" workshop for women in a professional Slack community where I'm a member There are currently 43 people signed up (!!) May the lords of live coding demos be at my side 🙏

scanning in old strips for the new book and this is evergreen

Finally sat down for The Devil Wears Prada 2 Full of fan service, cameos and fun Easter eggs but the deus ex machina ending hits like a death knell Andy, girl, your job is *never* going to be secure enough to upgrade apartments, what are you doing

Tomorrow I'm leading a "How to Vibe Code for Non-Engineers" workshop for women in a professional Slack community where I'm a member There are currently 43 people signed up (!!) May the lords of live coding demos be at my side 🙏

Feeling outnumbered by people who like to use Wispr Flow It's not that I can type as fast as I can talk (I average 80 wpm) It's that I think better when I'm writing, typing and editing When I talk to myself out loud, my thoughts are gobbledygoop How hard should I try to get better at dictation?

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"Reading AI output is extra effort. It's verbose, frequently contains all too plausible nonsense, and is increasingly jargon dense."

Dominik 🔮@tkdodo.eu · 3d ago

Don't be a meat proxy gruhn.me/blog/2026-08...

Sunfyre! #hotd

that hbo pre-show promo felt like an “in memoriam”

dragon time

just a little guy

🤞Looks like a successful loaf of wheat bread 🤞

Scored some incredible vintage cookware cleaning out my Nana’s place today Vintage Pyrex, Made in USA Corningware, Townhouse West Bend gold pots with lids Nana has never loved to cook so everything’s in great gently used condition

“Yup, so we’ve got your order down for one box of chocolate and vanilla frosted titty camp with sprinkles”

One tension I'm feeling right now: there's a lot of genuinely interesting tech landing on the market But the intensity of the way founders are expected to run marketing is manic Every time I open the other app to learn about a launch, it feels like somebody sneezed and dusted me with cocaine

One thing I will say about this generation of young adults: the thrift store vintage fashion is immaculate Tonight our server at the bar was wearing an awesome Seinfeld-era red and forest green printed polo with layers of gold jewelry and a turquoise pendant They looked cool as hell

Well, this is obnoxious I *frequently* visit IMDB because I like to look up people and movies but today, of all days, my visit automatically created a new account for me, that I didn't ask for, because of Amazon Even though I've been logged out of Amazon and haven't shopped there in over a year

snuggled on my sofa in my underoos sipping peppermint tea house so quiet I hear nothing but the air vent and crickets outside

Natalie Weiner@natalieweiner.bsky.social · 6d ago

if you don't have children i hope you're doing nothing at all rn and absolutely relishing it. no guilt at all just enjoyment. i did not relish my nothing time enough and now well it's gone

Waiting for LinkedIn to introduce the "seems like this person is over-sharing gruesome personal details in a professional setting and my second-hand embarrassment for them is so overwhelming I need to close my browser and throw my laptop into the sea" button

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d ago

New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

I would commit murder for Caesar Salad #KingOfTheHill

Annoyingly smart ad

"oh nice! a new company announcement!" *scrolls down on launch blog to find funded by list looking like a who's who of tech's most notorious supervillains

If you know me in real life, this post is going to be a big surprise Either because you never suspected or you can't believe nobody called it sooner www.melaniecrissey.com/blog/bar-cha...

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It's okay to build a product solely because you thought it would be cool and you want it for yourself But demand is the difference between a side project and a business With enough marketing, you can create demand that didn't previously exist but it's more expensive than serving a known problem

Spicy plum salsa with garlic-miso cod and baby bok choy 🍽️ Smitten Kitchen strawberry cake for @alancrissey.com’s birthday 🍓

Spielberg couldn’t secure a Drew Barrymore cameo for this E.T. sequel?

Nobody ever explained to me what a passkey is or how they work. Websites just started asking me for passkeys like it's something we talked about.

Working fractionally, I do occasionally take interviews with companies if it’s a particularly cool product or team Afraid to submit the one startup that ghosted me Not sure it’s worth giving them visibility on this list

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them

Just finished watching Obsession and suddenly feel like I need to sage my whole house