Shimona Carvalho
shimona.bsky.social
Shimona Carvalho
@shimona.bsky.social
software engineer, photographer, traveler, immigrant. ex US Digital Service, ex-fitbit.
I couldn't bear eat pray love, but I was shocked to realize she wrote The Signature of All Things, which was fantastic.
August 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Amazing. Yeah you'd see these pockets of "holy shit that was easy and just worked?!" services within govt. And most of that was USDS, 18f, and the various other "digital services" within agencies. It's just, the govt is huuuge and there was still plenty of work to do.
August 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Apple's, by the way, is 72.
August 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hilarious because Airbnb has a net promoter score of 38!, and Direct File, built by US Digital Service which DOGE destroyed, has a net promoter score of 80+.
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
His level of discombobulation does make it seem like a genuine mistake. I called someone honey the other day accidentally lol, but I am not a lawyer and she was not the judge.
June 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
That's a good metaphor because it definitely felt like drowning some times 😂
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I was on the team. We knew the commissioner, Chris and Bridget and many others were protecting the work. It was tough work and an insane timeline but the team was fantastic and morale was sky high until the DOGE months.
June 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Has anyone seen free mental health resources for feds? Other than EAP? I'm thinking like guidance on preserving your mental health through this traumatic time, maybe audio/video for stress mgmt.

I see my colleagues cracking under the strain and would love to share some resources.
February 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Jeff bezos is salivating.
February 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Looks like. There's loads of them out there identical to that.
February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Yeah the "DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY FUNDS" over a post about IRC is really confusing.
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You might want to make it clearer that you don't mean the IRC is not legitimate.
February 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM