While US "tech bros" were busy competing in displays of "masculine energy" and various clearly not-n4zi "salutes," Chinese companies quietly released Deepseek, shaking up market stocks.

To me, it feels like the Achaeans of the Trojan War era before the Hittites arrived.

Sometimes I want to scream about how everything goes brr here and there, but it’s illegal here and could lead to a prison sentence.So instead, I’m just a money-earning machine, with a single goal: buying safety somewhere else. Yes, it’s nearly impossible, but I just refuse to give up.

While researching Thailand’s digital nomad visa, I came across two news stories side by side—and it’s absolutely hilarious:

Deadline date passed, my work still in progress. No rest for the wicked, I guess.

#softwaredevelopment

According to Rosstat, the price of potatoes—the most consumed vegetable in my country—has nearly doubled (+91.9%) from December 2023 to December 2024.

I love potatoes; I can cook half a hundred meals with them. And now, I’m paying double compared to last year.

And I wonder why ;-)

#inflation

Hey, it's me, rusty princess of backend development.

#DigitalArt

Credits: boosty.to/owlmouse

I’m running my first large-scale database dump/recovery (~10GB) in a controlled lab environment to ensure everything works smoothly in production. #PostgreSQL is tricky :)

My Threads account has been banned from posting with no clear explanation of what I’m doing wrong.

They’ve required me to go through a verification process (captcha, email, phone, and even camera) to prove I’m a real person.

Fun fact: #SQL is older than me.

I was born the same year it became an ISO standard.

Yet mastering this language still puts food on my table.

The job market where I’m from never had #DEI programs.

Do we have meritocracy?
Skill-based recruiting?

Nope. Good old networking remains the most valuable asset if you want to get hired. Btw, skills are still matters, but it's secondary.

Another day, another portion of SQL.
Still pretending to be excited.
No weekends until the release date.
#overwork

Hi friends, I'm Elise, backend software developer and now #metarefugee

I stand for #empathy, #humanrights and #selfcare. Do not tolerate biggots.

Stuck in Siberia now, still trying to find a legal way to move somewhere safe.

Wanna find new #friends around the world.

My page is safe for #lgbtqia