Stephanie Tuerk
@stephanietuerk.net
I design and develop interfaces for data. Past lives in arch/history of arch. Generally interested in: ∩ of data/image/language; history of most things; frontend dev/web/TS; learning; dad jokes. Camberville, MA
Anyone have recs for things to read/resources (essays, books, etc), or things they wish they had known, when joining an early-stage startup?
I basically haven't had anyone give me direction on designing/building things in 7 years so I'm experienced w that, but I know there are things I don't know!
I basically haven't had anyone give me direction on designing/building things in 7 years so I'm experienced w that, but I know there are things I don't know!
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Anyone have recs for things to read/resources (essays, books, etc), or things they wish they had known, when joining an early-stage startup?
I basically haven't had anyone give me direction on designing/building things in 7 years so I'm experienced w that, but I know there are things I don't know!
I basically haven't had anyone give me direction on designing/building things in 7 years so I'm experienced w that, but I know there are things I don't know!
I cleaned up my Chrome bookmarks the other day, many of which were from c. 2010-2017?. So many links didn't work anymore, but I also found some gems that I was really happy to see again. Many of the best things were on Blogger!
Going to do a big nostalgia thread of good things because why not?
Going to do a big nostalgia thread of good things because why not?
Even the blog era before social media had its charms and advantages. It all sucks now 😢
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I cleaned up my Chrome bookmarks the other day, many of which were from c. 2010-2017?. So many links didn't work anymore, but I also found some gems that I was really happy to see again. Many of the best things were on Blogger!
Going to do a big nostalgia thread of good things because why not?
Going to do a big nostalgia thread of good things because why not?
Reposted by Stephanie Tuerk
hey tech folks!
I'm doing a story that touches on ...
... the job market for computer-science grads
what's it like out there?
if you're a CS grad, love to hear your 2 cents
(or know one? end 'em my way)
hit me up at clive@clivethompson.net
(repost this to anywhere people might see it, too 🤘🤖)
I'm doing a story that touches on ...
... the job market for computer-science grads
what's it like out there?
if you're a CS grad, love to hear your 2 cents
(or know one? end 'em my way)
hit me up at clive@clivethompson.net
(repost this to anywhere people might see it, too 🤘🤖)
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
hey tech folks!
I'm doing a story that touches on ...
... the job market for computer-science grads
what's it like out there?
if you're a CS grad, love to hear your 2 cents
(or know one? end 'em my way)
hit me up at clive@clivethompson.net
(repost this to anywhere people might see it, too 🤘🤖)
I'm doing a story that touches on ...
... the job market for computer-science grads
what's it like out there?
if you're a CS grad, love to hear your 2 cents
(or know one? end 'em my way)
hit me up at clive@clivethompson.net
(repost this to anywhere people might see it, too 🤘🤖)
In a little more than a week I'll be joining a new company where I'll be the first woman on the entire technical team. (Late seed-stage, details later, I'm v psyched).
My plan is to feel great about how many "!"s I use in my emails until the ratio of ! : email exceeds gender ratio of the team. :)
My plan is to feel great about how many "!"s I use in my emails until the ratio of ! : email exceeds gender ratio of the team. :)
January 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
In a little more than a week I'll be joining a new company where I'll be the first woman on the entire technical team. (Late seed-stage, details later, I'm v psyched).
My plan is to feel great about how many "!"s I use in my emails until the ratio of ! : email exceeds gender ratio of the team. :)
My plan is to feel great about how many "!"s I use in my emails until the ratio of ! : email exceeds gender ratio of the team. :)
Reposted by Stephanie Tuerk
Can’t imagine anyone will share this niche interest but does anyone have an opinion on Claude
January 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Can’t imagine anyone will share this niche interest but does anyone have an opinion on Claude
Have to admit that it still kind of crushes me when I see someone put out original web dev content (e.g. Kevin Powell) and then two days later my phone is like, you may want to read this article on Medium that is some person completely copying that same content with zero attribution.
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Have to admit that it still kind of crushes me when I see someone put out original web dev content (e.g. Kevin Powell) and then two days later my phone is like, you may want to read this article on Medium that is some person completely copying that same content with zero attribution.
Important update:
Zoolander is still the best movie of all time to watch when sick.
Zoolander is still the best movie of all time to watch when sick.
January 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Important update:
Zoolander is still the best movie of all time to watch when sick.
Zoolander is still the best movie of all time to watch when sick.
How it started / how it's going
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
How it started / how it's going
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
Quiet Posters feed, you never disappoint. TY!!!!!
(Also thank you quiet posters!)
(Also thank you quiet posters!)
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Quiet Posters feed, you never disappoint. TY!!!!!
(Also thank you quiet posters!)
(Also thank you quiet posters!)
Sharing that I recently learned that putting Sichuan peppercorns in mac n cheese (saute them in the butter) kind of works.
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Sharing that I recently learned that putting Sichuan peppercorns in mac n cheese (saute them in the butter) kind of works.
Reposted by Stephanie Tuerk
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
Really loved this essay that asks "wait where did storytelling go after 2020?" and looks at the demise of plot in the era of shorts, gamification, trackers, etc.
One of the best pieces of media/literary criticism/analysis I can remember reading recently.
One of the best pieces of media/literary criticism/analysis I can remember reading recently.
"To live in a 'post-narrative' world isn’t to abandon narrative, but to drive it differently."
Hannah Kim on the importance of storytelling in our culture and lives. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/
Hannah Kim on the importance of storytelling in our culture and lives. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Really loved this essay that asks "wait where did storytelling go after 2020?" and looks at the demise of plot in the era of shorts, gamification, trackers, etc.
One of the best pieces of media/literary criticism/analysis I can remember reading recently.
One of the best pieces of media/literary criticism/analysis I can remember reading recently.
Did you hear that the Vatican has implemented a breaking news banner on its website?
Here's the css:
.banner.elected {
background-color: whitesmoke;
}
Here's the css:
.banner.elected {
background-color: whitesmoke;
}
January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Did you hear that the Vatican has implemented a breaking news banner on its website?
Here's the css:
.banner.elected {
background-color: whitesmoke;
}
Here's the css:
.banner.elected {
background-color: whitesmoke;
}
Reposted by Stephanie Tuerk
Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
Cleaning out a computer and found the only cat meme/pun I've ever made. Feel like it needs to go on the internet somewhere, though I should probably post in some discord for engineers with a Gaudi fetish. (It is a catenary arch. In the words of Bojack Horseman, do you get it? do you get my joke?)
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Cleaning out a computer and found the only cat meme/pun I've ever made. Feel like it needs to go on the internet somewhere, though I should probably post in some discord for engineers with a Gaudi fetish. (It is a catenary arch. In the words of Bojack Horseman, do you get it? do you get my joke?)
Question:
Does anyone here know of people I can follow/learn from who straddle design and frontend dev somewhat equally who I don't already follow?
TIA!
Does anyone here know of people I can follow/learn from who straddle design and frontend dev somewhat equally who I don't already follow?
TIA!
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Question:
Does anyone here know of people I can follow/learn from who straddle design and frontend dev somewhat equally who I don't already follow?
TIA!
Does anyone here know of people I can follow/learn from who straddle design and frontend dev somewhat equally who I don't already follow?
TIA!
While I'm thinking about movies...I watched 48 movies this year. This is a highlights thread :)
The best thing I saw was So Long, My Son, a 2019 film from Wang Xioashuai.
youtu.be/02bt-G1R-9M?...
The best thing I saw was So Long, My Son, a 2019 film from Wang Xioashuai.
youtu.be/02bt-G1R-9M?...
SO LONG, MY SON OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Volta VOD
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January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
While I'm thinking about movies...I watched 48 movies this year. This is a highlights thread :)
The best thing I saw was So Long, My Son, a 2019 film from Wang Xioashuai.
youtu.be/02bt-G1R-9M?...
The best thing I saw was So Long, My Son, a 2019 film from Wang Xioashuai.
youtu.be/02bt-G1R-9M?...
Follow up: it was worth the runtime. :)
(Not like, the best thing I saw this year, but highly enjoyable, well-paced, makes you appreciate advances in screen makeup in the last 60+ years)
(Not like, the best thing I saw this year, but highly enjoyable, well-paced, makes you appreciate advances in screen makeup in the last 60+ years)
Is Lawrence of Arabia worth the runtime?
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Follow up: it was worth the runtime. :)
(Not like, the best thing I saw this year, but highly enjoyable, well-paced, makes you appreciate advances in screen makeup in the last 60+ years)
(Not like, the best thing I saw this year, but highly enjoyable, well-paced, makes you appreciate advances in screen makeup in the last 60+ years)
Deciduous looks super interesting -- it logs decisions for you as you work with a coding agent (i.e. Claude) as a graph.
I truly think that "naming things" needs to be replaced with "creating and maintaining useful documentation" in the hardest things in computer science list.
I truly think that "naming things" needs to be replaced with "creating and maintaining useful documentation" in the hardest things in computer science list.
ok i've tried a few of these, and @bobbby.online's Deciduous (notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/deciduous/tu...) is most intriguing so far
it roughly matches what i want out of a tool like this
not perfect but i recommend playing with it
it roughly matches what i want out of a tool like this
not perfect but i recommend playing with it
things i've seen linked (but not used myself) so far:
- blog.fsck.com/2025/12/18/s...
- notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/deciduous/
- github.com/joelhooks/sw...
- github.com/dollspace-ga...
- github.com/steveyegge/b...
would appreciate more pointers & field reports
- blog.fsck.com/2025/12/18/s...
- notactuallytreyanastasio.github.io/deciduous/
- github.com/joelhooks/sw...
- github.com/dollspace-ga...
- github.com/steveyegge/b...
would appreciate more pointers & field reports
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Deciduous looks super interesting -- it logs decisions for you as you work with a coding agent (i.e. Claude) as a graph.
I truly think that "naming things" needs to be replaced with "creating and maintaining useful documentation" in the hardest things in computer science list.
I truly think that "naming things" needs to be replaced with "creating and maintaining useful documentation" in the hardest things in computer science list.
Some personal news:
I am pleasure-reading Objectivity (Daston / Galison) and it is so good.
(Reading it to prompt thinking about knowledge + images/visuals c. 2026)
I am pleasure-reading Objectivity (Daston / Galison) and it is so good.
(Reading it to prompt thinking about knowledge + images/visuals c. 2026)
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Some personal news:
I am pleasure-reading Objectivity (Daston / Galison) and it is so good.
(Reading it to prompt thinking about knowledge + images/visuals c. 2026)
I am pleasure-reading Objectivity (Daston / Galison) and it is so good.
(Reading it to prompt thinking about knowledge + images/visuals c. 2026)
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ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
Prompt caching: 10x cheaper LLM tokens, but how? | ngrok blog
A far more detailed explanation of prompt caching than anyone asked for.
ngrok.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
ignore the title about caching, this is the best explanation of how LLMs work, period
I weighed in on this unknowingly the other day elsewhere (thank you people not being jerks to me for not knowing the provenance of the internet handle term), but couldn't agree more with this take.
Also don't understand why it can't be, "use a valid atproto login."
Also don't understand why it can't be, "use a valid atproto login."
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I weighed in on this unknowingly the other day elsewhere (thank you people not being jerks to me for not knowing the provenance of the internet handle term), but couldn't agree more with this take.
Also don't understand why it can't be, "use a valid atproto login."
Also don't understand why it can't be, "use a valid atproto login."
Trying to do a fun thing with some museum APIs and man...the world sure would be easier if there were standards (data formats) for everything.
(I know it's hard...the minute you settle on a standard it doesn't meet someone's requirements, but...think about how much more efficient things could be!)
(I know it's hard...the minute you settle on a standard it doesn't meet someone's requirements, but...think about how much more efficient things could be!)
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trying to do a fun thing with some museum APIs and man...the world sure would be easier if there were standards (data formats) for everything.
(I know it's hard...the minute you settle on a standard it doesn't meet someone's requirements, but...think about how much more efficient things could be!)
(I know it's hard...the minute you settle on a standard it doesn't meet someone's requirements, but...think about how much more efficient things could be!)
Is Lawrence of Arabia worth the runtime?
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Is Lawrence of Arabia worth the runtime?
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
(Slightly ashamed to be asking such a transactional question, but looking for opinions!)
Companies that have short form videos should be required by law to put in how many minutes of them you watched into your yearly user summary.
On the other hand, it's 2025 and no one needs any more bad news!
On the other hand, it's 2025 and no one needs any more bad news!
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Companies that have short form videos should be required by law to put in how many minutes of them you watched into your yearly user summary.
On the other hand, it's 2025 and no one needs any more bad news!
On the other hand, it's 2025 and no one needs any more bad news!