Theresa 👩🏻💻
@devtheresa.bsky.social
Full-stack developer & team lead
Coding since before it was cool and definitely not in my free time
Coding since before it was cool and definitely not in my free time
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
Happy CloudFlare outage day to all who celebrate!
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy CloudFlare outage day to all who celebrate!
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When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
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August 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
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It’s officially here! @ladybug.dev is back! 🐞
Buckle in for the next 10 weeks as @emmabostian.bsky.social and I cover tons of important topics on engineering management.
Welcome to Season 7!
www.ladybug.dev/episodes/a-b...
Buckle in for the next 10 weeks as @emmabostian.bsky.social and I cover tons of important topics on engineering management.
Welcome to Season 7!
www.ladybug.dev/episodes/a-b...
September 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It’s officially here! @ladybug.dev is back! 🐞
Buckle in for the next 10 weeks as @emmabostian.bsky.social and I cover tons of important topics on engineering management.
Welcome to Season 7!
www.ladybug.dev/episodes/a-b...
Buckle in for the next 10 weeks as @emmabostian.bsky.social and I cover tons of important topics on engineering management.
Welcome to Season 7!
www.ladybug.dev/episodes/a-b...
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age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
August 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
Never provide more personal information than absolutely required when signing up for anything
New: A security researcher found a bug that revealed the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account.
TechCrunch verified the bug w/ the researcher, who quickly brute-forced the phone number of a test Google account we had set up.
TechCrunch verified the bug w/ the researcher, who quickly brute-forced the phone number of a test Google account we had set up.
Google fixes bug that could reveal users' private phone numbers | TechCrunch
The bug allowed a researcher to uncover recovery phone numbers of nearly any Google account.
techcrunch.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Never provide more personal information than absolutely required when signing up for anything
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
This was one of my favorite talks at Build. Excited to use CSnakes in our production C# code that uses python for fuzzy text matching.
Here's an amazing talk and demo with Anthony Shaw where we show native Python running in-process with .NET at speed with CSnakes - youtu.be/fDbCqalegNU?...
Python Meets .NET: Building AI Solutions with Combined Strengths | BRK115
YouTube video by Microsoft Developer
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This was one of my favorite talks at Build. Excited to use CSnakes in our production C# code that uses python for fuzzy text matching.
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The word “login” comes from throwing a log attached to a rope with knots overboard a ship to see how many knots go by over time (see also, knots as speed). You’d then put that info in the “log book.” You’d “log in” on a regular basis. This wasn’t from 1959, it was likely from 1689! Etymology baby!
May 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The word “login” comes from throwing a log attached to a rope with knots overboard a ship to see how many knots go by over time (see also, knots as speed). You’d then put that info in the “log book.” You’d “log in” on a regular basis. This wasn’t from 1959, it was likely from 1689! Etymology baby!
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I don’t need to pay for software to write shitty code when I’m more than capable of writing shitty code myself.
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don’t need to pay for software to write shitty code when I’m more than capable of writing shitty code myself.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.
Yes, What We Pay Teachers Matters
Paying teachers well is an essential part of a healthier public education system
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May 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.
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reading the news is like a DDoS attack on my brain
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
reading the news is like a DDoS attack on my brain
This is how I conduct interviews when hiring devs. You can even bring me code you’ve written before, but we’ll spend time discussing the what, hows, and whys about it- sans computer.
I will take this opportunity to plump my favorite software interviewing process, which is:
1) give them a take home piece, and an hour or so to work on it
2) but the real "interview" is not the code you sent in, it's the conversational code review you have later with two of your prospective peers.
1) give them a take home piece, and an hour or so to work on it
2) but the real "interview" is not the code you sent in, it's the conversational code review you have later with two of your prospective peers.
(I personally talked with this person and know them well)
This company hired full remote without issue for years: this is the first proper shocker they have.
They are changing their process, of course. In-person interviews, in-part likely to be unavoidable.
This company hired full remote without issue for years: this is the first proper shocker they have.
They are changing their process, of course. In-person interviews, in-part likely to be unavoidable.
April 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is how I conduct interviews when hiring devs. You can even bring me code you’ve written before, but we’ll spend time discussing the what, hows, and whys about it- sans computer.
mfw I think "Server 2019 is pretty new" and then immediately realize 2019 was 6 years ago
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ALT: Huh David Rose GIF
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April 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
mfw I think "Server 2019 is pretty new" and then immediately realize 2019 was 6 years ago
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Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that
I know I’m old because I don’t know what a “vibe coder” is and I’m too tired to go find out
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I know I’m old because I don’t know what a “vibe coder” is and I’m too tired to go find out
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Note that you can download and delete your data even if you’re not in CA!
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March 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Note that you can download and delete your data even if you’re not in CA!
customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/art...
customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/art...