ivy
@ivypuckett.bsky.social
Pronounced: eye-vee
they/she
Instant coffee enjoyer
💻 Ex-faang Software Engineer https://github.com/winstonpuckett
📖 Technical Writer https://dev.to/ivypuckett
🎵 Musician https://songwhip.com/neoplumes
🏳️⚧️ Trans
they/she
Instant coffee enjoyer
💻 Ex-faang Software Engineer https://github.com/winstonpuckett
📖 Technical Writer https://dev.to/ivypuckett
🎵 Musician https://songwhip.com/neoplumes
🏳️⚧️ Trans
What is the best ice breaker question? Wrong answers only
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What is the best ice breaker question? Wrong answers only
I just discovered Toki Pona and I think I'm in love 🥰
tokipona.org
tokipona.org
Toki Pona (official site)
tokipona.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I just discovered Toki Pona and I think I'm in love 🥰
tokipona.org
tokipona.org
Ok but like this is just a shader??? What???
www.shadertoy.com/view/tXjXDy
www.shadertoy.com/view/tXjXDy
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ok but like this is just a shader??? What???
www.shadertoy.com/view/tXjXDy
www.shadertoy.com/view/tXjXDy
Shadertoy might be my new favorite website
Credit: www.shadertoy.com/view/tXBBzz
Credit: www.shadertoy.com/view/tXBBzz
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Shadertoy might be my new favorite website
Credit: www.shadertoy.com/view/tXBBzz
Credit: www.shadertoy.com/view/tXBBzz
I love that you exist.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I love that you exist.
Wait, theres a drop option when rebasing?? How did I miss that??
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wait, theres a drop option when rebasing?? How did I miss that??
Mandelbrots are so beautiful
October 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Mandelbrots are so beautiful
Was scrolling dribble and found someone use a CSS gradient where one of the colors was just desaturated. I've never noticed this before and I love it!
I'm a backend dev btw, feel free to tell me this is a super common thing 🤣
I'm a backend dev btw, feel free to tell me this is a super common thing 🤣
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Was scrolling dribble and found someone use a CSS gradient where one of the colors was just desaturated. I've never noticed this before and I love it!
I'm a backend dev btw, feel free to tell me this is a super common thing 🤣
I'm a backend dev btw, feel free to tell me this is a super common thing 🤣
Which animals talk in children's cartoons seems entirely arbitrary
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Which animals talk in children's cartoons seems entirely arbitrary
Any db which requires you to wake up in the middle of the night to upgrade needs to be replaced with a db that doesn't.
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Any db which requires you to wake up in the middle of the night to upgrade needs to be replaced with a db that doesn't.
I bet our conception of time is a lot like what previous generations thought about land. We assumed it'd just "stop" at some point until we found out we lived on a sphere
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I bet our conception of time is a lot like what previous generations thought about land. We assumed it'd just "stop" at some point until we found out we lived on a sphere
I think I'm ready to get hurt again
I miss rust enums
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think I'm ready to get hurt again
Properly wrapping your dependencies is like giving your future self superpowers
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Properly wrapping your dependencies is like giving your future self superpowers
Whoever named the Squarp Hapax has incredible taste. And yes, that is a real thing. And yes, I really want one
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Whoever named the Squarp Hapax has incredible taste. And yes, that is a real thing. And yes, I really want one
The notion of a controlplane and dataplane has really shaped how I think about architecture. It's incredibly useful, even just to know the appropriate CAP theorem tradeoff when designing your system
docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitec...
docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitec...
Control plane and data plane - Reducing the Scope of Impact with Cell-Based Architecture
AWS separates most services into the concepts of control plane and data plane. These terms come from the world of networking, specifically routers. The router's data plane, which is its main function,...
docs.aws.amazon.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The notion of a controlplane and dataplane has really shaped how I think about architecture. It's incredibly useful, even just to know the appropriate CAP theorem tradeoff when designing your system
docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitec...
docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitec...
The 12 factor app had some really good, still-relevant ideas for how to architect software well 12factor.net
The Twelve-Factor App
A methodology for building modern, scalable, maintainable software-as-a-service apps.
12factor.net
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The 12 factor app had some really good, still-relevant ideas for how to architect software well 12factor.net
Your database should be horizontally scalable so your qa environment can match the scale of prod.
October 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Your database should be horizontally scalable so your qa environment can match the scale of prod.
To all the people that say, "microservices create tech debt," what you're actually talking about is just bad architecture.
October 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
To all the people that say, "microservices create tech debt," what you're actually talking about is just bad architecture.
Reposted by ivy
They should make a religion about being kind to each other and doing good deeds.
October 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
They should make a religion about being kind to each other and doing good deeds.
There seems an inverse correlation between the number of trans friends one claims to have and the number of trans people they've met
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There seems an inverse correlation between the number of trans friends one claims to have and the number of trans people they've met
I felt overwhelmed, so I laid in bed. Then I felt like I could get up and do stuff, so I got up. Then I felt overwhelmed before I got things done so I laid in bed.
Sundays are about balance.
Sundays are about balance.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I felt overwhelmed, so I laid in bed. Then I felt like I could get up and do stuff, so I got up. Then I felt overwhelmed before I got things done so I laid in bed.
Sundays are about balance.
Sundays are about balance.
Sorry just posting this here so I can redownload it in other places without exposing those places to Google Photos.
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sorry just posting this here so I can redownload it in other places without exposing those places to Google Photos.
If I only want half a spoon of peanut butter, why do I always assume I want a full one?
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If I only want half a spoon of peanut butter, why do I always assume I want a full one?
My purgatory is forever organising my makeup drawer and it never getting any less chaotic
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My purgatory is forever organising my makeup drawer and it never getting any less chaotic