Rose W
@rosew.bsky.social
Senior Staff Software Engineer. 25+ Years Coding, Mother of Teens, Ruby, Book Lover, ADHD, Cats, Nature, Crochet, Boise, She/her.
Favorite positive comment from my 6 month review:
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Favorite positive comment from my 6 month review:
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
Teen: Are you and dad fighting?
Me: No, that’s the noise I make when your dad tells me his friend who was staying elsewhere will be sleeping at our house tonight but not to worry because he will not care if the sheets are fresh and the house is tidy and he’s known this for days but forgot to tell me
Me: No, that’s the noise I make when your dad tells me his friend who was staying elsewhere will be sleeping at our house tonight but not to worry because he will not care if the sheets are fresh and the house is tidy and he’s known this for days but forgot to tell me
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Teen: Are you and dad fighting?
Me: No, that’s the noise I make when your dad tells me his friend who was staying elsewhere will be sleeping at our house tonight but not to worry because he will not care if the sheets are fresh and the house is tidy and he’s known this for days but forgot to tell me
Me: No, that’s the noise I make when your dad tells me his friend who was staying elsewhere will be sleeping at our house tonight but not to worry because he will not care if the sheets are fresh and the house is tidy and he’s known this for days but forgot to tell me
There is a shrieking baby waiting for a flight. And one passanger turned to another and said, “We were all once babies other people had to hear shriek.” So parents traveling with babies… most of your fellow passengers get it. You are doing great!
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There is a shrieking baby waiting for a flight. And one passanger turned to another and said, “We were all once babies other people had to hear shriek.” So parents traveling with babies… most of your fellow passengers get it. You are doing great!
Once again I have made roasted pumpkin seeds that taste like I pressed salt into a seed shape. 😂😭🤦🏼♀️ Some day I will get this right.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Once again I have made roasted pumpkin seeds that taste like I pressed salt into a seed shape. 😂😭🤦🏼♀️ Some day I will get this right.
Teen: Mom what’s your Halloween costume?
Me: Overworked Software Engineer
Teen: You said that last year! And that’s not a costume!
Me: No, last year I dressed as overworked working mom.
Teen: ….
Me: Overworked Software Engineer
Teen: You said that last year! And that’s not a costume!
Me: No, last year I dressed as overworked working mom.
Teen: ….
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Teen: Mom what’s your Halloween costume?
Me: Overworked Software Engineer
Teen: You said that last year! And that’s not a costume!
Me: No, last year I dressed as overworked working mom.
Teen: ….
Me: Overworked Software Engineer
Teen: You said that last year! And that’s not a costume!
Me: No, last year I dressed as overworked working mom.
Teen: ….
Work from home buddy is helping me break a big technical problem into little technical problems. She recommends focusing on the minimal tasks needed to get something working in production… and checking the current state… of her food bowl.
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Work from home buddy is helping me break a big technical problem into little technical problems. She recommends focusing on the minimal tasks needed to get something working in production… and checking the current state… of her food bowl.
Some photos from today’s Boise Pride parade.
September 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some photos from today’s Boise Pride parade.
Parenting teens with ADHD in a nutshell. Teen offered to pick up dinner for everyone from the local grocery store deli. Without being prompted, she found my favorite drink and bought that for me…. But she forgot to actually buy my dinner.
August 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Parenting teens with ADHD in a nutshell. Teen offered to pick up dinner for everyone from the local grocery store deli. Without being prompted, she found my favorite drink and bought that for me…. But she forgot to actually buy my dinner.
Me: Our router keeps needing a reboot. Do we need to replace it?
Husband Thinking: Well it’s a Dell computer I installed when we moved into this house… so it’s about 15 years old…
Husband Thinking: Well it’s a Dell computer I installed when we moved into this house… so it’s about 15 years old…
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Me: Our router keeps needing a reboot. Do we need to replace it?
Husband Thinking: Well it’s a Dell computer I installed when we moved into this house… so it’s about 15 years old…
Husband Thinking: Well it’s a Dell computer I installed when we moved into this house… so it’s about 15 years old…
The cure for imposter syndrome is helping people and answering questions.
Me: I don’t know that much about this.
Me several paragraph explanation later: Hmm… maybe I do know something. 😄
Me: I don’t know that much about this.
Me several paragraph explanation later: Hmm… maybe I do know something. 😄
August 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The cure for imposter syndrome is helping people and answering questions.
Me: I don’t know that much about this.
Me several paragraph explanation later: Hmm… maybe I do know something. 😄
Me: I don’t know that much about this.
Me several paragraph explanation later: Hmm… maybe I do know something. 😄
When a kid needs help at night:
Babies: Cry
Toddlers: Scream
Elementary: Shake you awake
Teenagers: Quietly stare at your sleeping form until some innate survival instinct wakes you up positive you are about to be murdered by a serial killer.
Babies: Cry
Toddlers: Scream
Elementary: Shake you awake
Teenagers: Quietly stare at your sleeping form until some innate survival instinct wakes you up positive you are about to be murdered by a serial killer.
August 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
When a kid needs help at night:
Babies: Cry
Toddlers: Scream
Elementary: Shake you awake
Teenagers: Quietly stare at your sleeping form until some innate survival instinct wakes you up positive you are about to be murdered by a serial killer.
Babies: Cry
Toddlers: Scream
Elementary: Shake you awake
Teenagers: Quietly stare at your sleeping form until some innate survival instinct wakes you up positive you are about to be murdered by a serial killer.
Morning hike was more exciting than expected.
Guy on dirt bike: Just so you know there’s a fire up a head off the trail. Don’t worry. It’s been called in.
Us: How far ahead?
Guy: From here? Oh, maybe 200 feet or so….
Guy on dirt bike: Just so you know there’s a fire up a head off the trail. Don’t worry. It’s been called in.
Us: How far ahead?
Guy: From here? Oh, maybe 200 feet or so….
August 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Morning hike was more exciting than expected.
Guy on dirt bike: Just so you know there’s a fire up a head off the trail. Don’t worry. It’s been called in.
Us: How far ahead?
Guy: From here? Oh, maybe 200 feet or so….
Guy on dirt bike: Just so you know there’s a fire up a head off the trail. Don’t worry. It’s been called in.
Us: How far ahead?
Guy: From here? Oh, maybe 200 feet or so….
Having driven on 2 of the 10 most dangerous roads in the world I feel like the actual most dangerous roads in the world aren’t on any news site’s list.
Because none of the official ones come close to a road I once drove on in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho.
Because none of the official ones come close to a road I once drove on in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho.
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Having driven on 2 of the 10 most dangerous roads in the world I feel like the actual most dangerous roads in the world aren’t on any news site’s list.
Because none of the official ones come close to a road I once drove on in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho.
Because none of the official ones come close to a road I once drove on in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho.
Dear AI coding helper, Sometimes a tab is just a tab and not a request to rewrite the line of code.
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dear AI coding helper, Sometimes a tab is just a tab and not a request to rewrite the line of code.
If you give a programmer a short task they are going to check test coverage.
When they check test coverage they will probably notice some tests are missing.
When they add the tests they will decide the method could be simpler and refactor it.
When they check test coverage they will probably notice some tests are missing.
When they add the tests they will decide the method could be simpler and refactor it.
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
If you give a programmer a short task they are going to check test coverage.
When they check test coverage they will probably notice some tests are missing.
When they add the tests they will decide the method could be simpler and refactor it.
When they check test coverage they will probably notice some tests are missing.
When they add the tests they will decide the method could be simpler and refactor it.
Now this is the type of AI feature I can get behind.
Me in desperation in the mall parking lot: Hey Siri, do you know where I parked my car???
And she did and pulled up maps with directions to my car!
Me in desperation in the mall parking lot: Hey Siri, do you know where I parked my car???
And she did and pulled up maps with directions to my car!
May 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Now this is the type of AI feature I can get behind.
Me in desperation in the mall parking lot: Hey Siri, do you know where I parked my car???
And she did and pulled up maps with directions to my car!
Me in desperation in the mall parking lot: Hey Siri, do you know where I parked my car???
And she did and pulled up maps with directions to my car!
16: You don’t need to worry about this group doing drugs or alcohol.
Me: Are you sure?
16: Mom, we are a group of dedicated cosplayers. We spend every last penny on fabric and supplies. We’re broke. We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted it.
Me: Are you sure?
16: Mom, we are a group of dedicated cosplayers. We spend every last penny on fabric and supplies. We’re broke. We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted it.
May 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
16: You don’t need to worry about this group doing drugs or alcohol.
Me: Are you sure?
16: Mom, we are a group of dedicated cosplayers. We spend every last penny on fabric and supplies. We’re broke. We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted it.
Me: Are you sure?
16: Mom, we are a group of dedicated cosplayers. We spend every last penny on fabric and supplies. We’re broke. We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted it.
A window salesman rang my doorbell. I politely said I’m not interested and went back inside as he tried to keep selling. Which lead to him super aggressively yelling: “Excuse me!”
So if you have a door to door window salesman in Boise know they are destroying your brand when turned down.
So if you have a door to door window salesman in Boise know they are destroying your brand when turned down.
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A window salesman rang my doorbell. I politely said I’m not interested and went back inside as he tried to keep selling. Which lead to him super aggressively yelling: “Excuse me!”
So if you have a door to door window salesman in Boise know they are destroying your brand when turned down.
So if you have a door to door window salesman in Boise know they are destroying your brand when turned down.
The last time tech had a downturn I said to myself “Well at least I won’t see this again in my lifetime.“ Once again establishing that software engineers are really bad at schedule estimates.
May 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The last time tech had a downturn I said to myself “Well at least I won’t see this again in my lifetime.“ Once again establishing that software engineers are really bad at schedule estimates.
About to see @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social ‘s show in Boise! 🎉
May 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
About to see @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social ‘s show in Boise! 🎉
Reposted by Rose W
Hey Idahoans, In this low-turnout election, your vote could decide whether or not your local schools get funding. In Meridian, Library supporters are running against candidates who tried to abolish their library district.
Go to VoteIdaho.gov for info. & to request your absentee ballot. #idpol
Go to VoteIdaho.gov for info. & to request your absentee ballot. #idpol
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey Idahoans, In this low-turnout election, your vote could decide whether or not your local schools get funding. In Meridian, Library supporters are running against candidates who tried to abolish their library district.
Go to VoteIdaho.gov for info. & to request your absentee ballot. #idpol
Go to VoteIdaho.gov for info. & to request your absentee ballot. #idpol
Uber support doesn’t have an option for “Uber operates illegally in Chile so my driver was stopped by the police as we were about to load our bags.” But luckily “Other” still got my money refunded. “Thank you” Uber for skipping over this fact and leaving it to the nice officer to explain instead.
April 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Uber support doesn’t have an option for “Uber operates illegally in Chile so my driver was stopped by the police as we were about to load our bags.” But luckily “Other” still got my money refunded. “Thank you” Uber for skipping over this fact and leaving it to the nice officer to explain instead.
First rule of international travel, check the expiration dates on your planned form of payment before arriving at the airport.
Thankfully I’m traveling with family where the cost of a loan is only hearing about it for the rest of my life.
Thankfully I’m traveling with family where the cost of a loan is only hearing about it for the rest of my life.
April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
First rule of international travel, check the expiration dates on your planned form of payment before arriving at the airport.
Thankfully I’m traveling with family where the cost of a loan is only hearing about it for the rest of my life.
Thankfully I’m traveling with family where the cost of a loan is only hearing about it for the rest of my life.
I finished my last training hike today. In 2 days I fly to Chile to hike the W Trek in Torres del Paine. 😱 4 months ago I would have thought this was impossible.
www.s2mountainadventures.com/expeditions/...
www.s2mountainadventures.com/expeditions/...
Patagonia W Trek
$4100
www.s2mountainadventures.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I finished my last training hike today. In 2 days I fly to Chile to hike the W Trek in Torres del Paine. 😱 4 months ago I would have thought this was impossible.
www.s2mountainadventures.com/expeditions/...
www.s2mountainadventures.com/expeditions/...
Part of being a parent is getting to mess with your kids.
Loud military sounding helicopters fly over head during breakfast.
Me to my 16 year old: They finally found me.
Sadly at 16 this just gets an eye roll.
Loud military sounding helicopters fly over head during breakfast.
Me to my 16 year old: They finally found me.
Sadly at 16 this just gets an eye roll.
April 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Part of being a parent is getting to mess with your kids.
Loud military sounding helicopters fly over head during breakfast.
Me to my 16 year old: They finally found me.
Sadly at 16 this just gets an eye roll.
Loud military sounding helicopters fly over head during breakfast.
Me to my 16 year old: They finally found me.
Sadly at 16 this just gets an eye roll.