Helen Hou-Sandí
@helen.blog
I am both very cool and very boring. Best described as “a first-round pick for a bar fight or a board of directors.” GitHub CEO (Chief Emoji Officer) and Accessibility EM.
Writing this also reminded me that I meant to cross-post something I had written internally at work once the thing I was talking about was public! helen.blog/2025/09/ai-a...
AI Agents: What this old-head OSS maintainer is thinking about - Helen Hou-Sandí
Note: this is a lightly edited version of an internal work post I wrote in April 2025 before Copilot Coding Agent was released to the public. I’ve been playing with Copilot Coding Agent a bit lately, ...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Writing this also reminded me that I meant to cross-post something I had written internally at work once the thing I was talking about was public! helen.blog/2025/09/ai-a...
No such thing as normal but also for the love of god can we please just be normal again
August 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
No such thing as normal but also for the love of god can we please just be normal again
“There’s straight forward but there’s no straight backward” which one of y’all gave him an edible, what is going on tonight
August 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“There’s straight forward but there’s no straight backward” which one of y’all gave him an edible, what is going on tonight
Hmmm okay I think these are all pretty recent
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hmmm okay I think these are all pretty recent
I think my favorite thing outside of the concert was getting successfully heckled by a guy with a mic on a rooftop in La Perla, wandering over to discover it was a tiny bar, and having amazing pitorro de coco and just the best real people vibes
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I think my favorite thing outside of the concert was getting successfully heckled by a guy with a mic on a rooftop in La Perla, wandering over to discover it was a tiny bar, and having amazing pitorro de coco and just the best real people vibes
Haha I didn't add that option so I couldn't possibly tell you, I do have personal feelings about people who set it to 5 though 😂 Or 12!
August 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Haha I didn't add that option so I couldn't possibly tell you, I do have personal feelings about people who set it to 5 though 😂 Or 12!
Not full speed or full slang thankfully, I still felt pretty validated tbh and follow it mostly fine but WHEW
August 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not full speed or full slang thankfully, I still felt pretty validated tbh and follow it mostly fine but WHEW
AND this was my team too!!! The bestests. bsky.app/profile/mart...
Next up The default tab width has FINALLY gone from 8 to 4 spaces. You can change it back again if you are a psychopath or just want to show off your baller super-widescreen monitor. github.blog/changelog/20...
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
AND this was my team too!!! The bestests. bsky.app/profile/mart...
Yeah I’m bad at posting now oops, hi yes it me I’m good at winning internet fights because I can run you over with the wpm 😂
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah I’m bad at posting now oops, hi yes it me I’m good at winning internet fights because I can run you over with the wpm 😂
I’m not trying to talk to cops either 😂
March 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I’m not trying to talk to cops either 😂