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Functional programming enthusiast, Linux nerd since childhood, open-source contributor. Big on collaboration and helping engineers grow. "Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something." –Jake the dog
After two years of agentic coding, I realized my interactions mirror my coaching. When I take a stance that is curious, open, and assuming capability, I better learn how to manage where the risk has shifted with generated code and how to get better results blog.nessajane.tech/posts/coachi...
Stop Prompting, Start Coaching · Nessa Jane's Garden
Nessa Jane's Garden
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I used to do code reading sessions with people where we tried to understand open source libraries by reading them only. I learned so much about how to understand code without making changes. Maybe I should bring that back in this age of so much generated code.
When Docker first came out I was asked multiple time to build a development toolchain with Docker. It's really to see cool to see tooling like the devcontainer standard these days! Solves so many problems we were dealing with then.
"We have to do the things [like documentation] that make human engineers better before we can delegate to machines" - Dave Williams #o11yDaySF @honeycomb.io
This year I re-learned that asking dumb questions is the first step towards asking smart questions.
I wrote my first blog post on my technical blog I've written in ten years. Granted most of it was written when I was about 23 years old. blog.nessajane.tech/posts/undele...
Undeleting Myself: Embracing Cringe and the Joy of Code
Once upon a time, I was told 'if you need this to be fun, this probably isn't the job for you'...
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