rei
@otterus.dev
27 | software engineer | she/her 🏳️⚧️
opinions expressed are my own
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rei
@otterus.dev
· Nov 25
this app has so far been both the best & worst thing for my crippling adhd.
i coded in Python for a month only to come back to work and look at COBOL again.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i coded in Python for a month only to come back to work and look at COBOL again.
who thought it was a good idea to add 'i really want to stay at your house' as a song to ggst with the lucy dlc? this gives my opponents an unfair advantage because my screen gets blurry when it plays. arc sys works please fix this.
October 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
who thought it was a good idea to add 'i really want to stay at your house' as a song to ggst with the lucy dlc? this gives my opponents an unfair advantage because my screen gets blurry when it plays. arc sys works please fix this.
i love linux because when would i ever look up the best pdf reader for windows 11?
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
i love linux because when would i ever look up the best pdf reader for windows 11?
i wish i had some code to write. i might just start tinkering with Golang again.
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
i wish i had some code to write. i might just start tinkering with Golang again.
i really want to get better at baking things that aren't just banana bread. does anyone have any good recipes? ☺️🩷
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i really want to get better at baking things that aren't just banana bread. does anyone have any good recipes? ☺️🩷
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Trans rights are human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
i got to code again today! 🥰 it was just inserting entries into the database, but that has to count for something, right?
September 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
i got to code again today! 🥰 it was just inserting entries into the database, but that has to count for something, right?
good morning everyone!! i hope you're having a great friday!! 😊🩷 i would be testing some backend code that I wrote yesterday, but I got locked out of my test server! 😖
September 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
good morning everyone!! i hope you're having a great friday!! 😊🩷 i would be testing some backend code that I wrote yesterday, but I got locked out of my test server! 😖
i tried baking scones the other day and they turned out really good but a bit too salty even after i put orange marmalade on it..😖 i'll try again soon though and hopefully they'll turn out better. 🥹🩷
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
i tried baking scones the other day and they turned out really good but a bit too salty even after i put orange marmalade on it..😖 i'll try again soon though and hopefully they'll turn out better. 🥹🩷
i haven't posted in a bit, but i hope everyone is doing okay 🩷
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i haven't posted in a bit, but i hope everyone is doing okay 🩷
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Probably a good idea, tbh
Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Probably a good idea, tbh
a "house divided" license plate, but it's weezer's blue album and green album
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
a "house divided" license plate, but it's weezer's blue album and green album
i want to build an app, but i don't really have any good ideas or the ideas that I do have already have been implemented by someone else.
July 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i want to build an app, but i don't really have any good ideas or the ideas that I do have already have been implemented by someone else.
i hate working on applications that have no unit testing framework. this means that every time i add a feature, it needs to be functionally tested & that takes so much time, so i usually don't even though we have so much tech debt.
July 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
i hate working on applications that have no unit testing framework. this means that every time i add a feature, it needs to be functionally tested & that takes so much time, so i usually don't even though we have so much tech debt.
i think i will genuinely need to take a week off work when One Piece eventually ends
July 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
i think i will genuinely need to take a week off work when One Piece eventually ends
i've been trying to get a deploy script up & running for a few days & finally got it working! builds now take approx. 8 mins as opposed to the 30 mins it was taking before. :3
July 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
i've been trying to get a deploy script up & running for a few days & finally got it working! builds now take approx. 8 mins as opposed to the 30 mins it was taking before. :3
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Today is Nonbinary People’s Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of the issues facing nonbinary people.
💛🤍 💜🖤
Nonbinary People’s Day is observed every year on July 14 and was first celebrated in 2012.
💛🤍 💜🖤
Nonbinary People’s Day is observed every year on July 14 and was first celebrated in 2012.
July 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is Nonbinary People’s Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of the issues facing nonbinary people.
💛🤍 💜🖤
Nonbinary People’s Day is observed every year on July 14 and was first celebrated in 2012.
💛🤍 💜🖤
Nonbinary People’s Day is observed every year on July 14 and was first celebrated in 2012.
developing a deployment script as a side project at work & it worked the first time but then broke for absolutely no reason the second time. 😭
July 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
developing a deployment script as a side project at work & it worked the first time but then broke for absolutely no reason the second time. 😭
took the day off work to go to the dentist. i hate the dentist so much, but it beats having cavities. 😣
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
took the day off work to go to the dentist. i hate the dentist so much, but it beats having cavities. 😣
my beige flag is that i like weezer
June 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
my beige flag is that i like weezer
me, refactoring code: "wow! whoever wrote this code was dumb!"
checks commit history.
the programmer assigned was me.
checks commit history.
the programmer assigned was me.
a girl with green hair and a blue bow on her head is smiling
ALT: a girl with green hair and a blue bow on her head is smiling
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June 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
me, refactoring code: "wow! whoever wrote this code was dumb!"
checks commit history.
the programmer assigned was me.
checks commit history.
the programmer assigned was me.
recently i've just been testing and refactoring code which is not very fun. when do i get to write new code?
June 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
recently i've just been testing and refactoring code which is not very fun. when do i get to write new code?
i spent most of today refactoring other people's code. people don't know how to write elegant code anymore.
a girl with pink hair is sitting on a swing with her eyes closed and tears running down her face
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May 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
i spent most of today refactoring other people's code. people don't know how to write elegant code anymore.