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Adele Carpenter
@97adele.bsky.social
Kotlin/Java developer that likes to lift heavy things and speak at tech conferences
We keep giving AI the fun jobs (coding, writing, making art) while we are stuck with the shit jobs (laundry, code reviews, resolving merge conflicts) what a disaster
August 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
One of the cool things about being a grown up is doing childish things, like having pizza for breakfast at a conference

@ndcconferences.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Another queen with a self quote 😍

Gonna have to do this in my next talk 💪

@luckygirliegirl.bsky.social
@ndcconferences.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Yess queen, love a good self-quote 😍

"Prompting is AI's way of letting your know how sloppy your requirements are"

@noctovis.bsky.social
@ndcconferences.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Much needed reality check at @ndcconferences.com Oslo opening keynote.

Laila Bougria (@noctovis.bsky.social) explaining coding vs production grade software and how AI fits into that

I'm fangirling hard 😍😍
May 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Live demo of using heart rate, via a HR monitor, to set the bpm of the track

Super fun talk by @rowdy.codes at #swetugg

Perfect close to Day 1 😍
February 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Beer with lunch at @cloudbrew.be because you can't hold a conf in a brewery and not serve beer!
@itsrene.nl
December 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
I have short legs, so the temptation is to lower the seat

Rookie mistake

The goal is to train the rear deltoid. So the handles are best at shoulder height. This counterintuitively means the seat at max with a pad on top!

Don't sacrifice your goals to fit the tools. Make the tools fit your goals.
December 9, 2024 at 6:10 PM
At 37, as a "tomboy" engineer that lifts weights, I am finally embracing the fact that pink is the best colour.

So I dyed my hair.

I have shunned pink my whole life as "too girly". Maybe it's just girly because we have better taste?

Internalised misogyny can come in the wildest forms
December 7, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Romanian Deadlifts

I find these really challenging as I have limited mobility in my hips

I kept going, building my strength with "ugly" reps

Finally after 3 years they look good

100kg for 7 reps

You can make a tonne of progress with ugly. Don't let it stop you.

Applies to software as well ;)
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
It's kinda nice to "start over" on a new social platform.

On twitter I mostly binge-posted from tech conferences.

I keep my IG for my lifting stuff.

But on Bluesky do you want to see the lifting stuff too?
November 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM
The perfect speaker feedback doesn't exi...
October 28, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Can anyone top this for most unusual reason for a plane crash?
October 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Gonna smugly tap this sign and thank y'all for finally joining me
😅😅❤️❤️
October 24, 2024 at 5:23 PM
"how did we get here" on a laptop, since the projector is broken. Poetic. Tomaz and Enrico are doing great though 💪💪
October 8, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Got my own movie poster at Techorama NL. Super cool!!
October 8, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Heading home from an awesome few days in Oslo for JavaZone.

My talk was well attended and I got some nice feedback. Hopefully I am invited back next year!

@javazone.bsky.social
September 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM