TaraWithTiaras
@tarawithtiaras.bsky.social
Tara has been a test automation developer for nearly a decade. She is a community builder, technical blogger, and global conference speaker. Tara loves to learn and share information and works to create a brave space for all.
Repotted 17 house plants yesterday for a grand total 19 plants crammed onto my office desk and peripherals because I haven't put up any of my shelves.
Currently writing course work on how variable scopes work in a jungle. 🥰
Currently writing course work on how variable scopes work in a jungle. 🥰
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Repotted 17 house plants yesterday for a grand total 19 plants crammed onto my office desk and peripherals because I haven't put up any of my shelves.
Currently writing course work on how variable scopes work in a jungle. 🥰
Currently writing course work on how variable scopes work in a jungle. 🥰
Apparently my QA superpower is knowing when web contrast ratios and spacing are too low for WCAG standards.
I've always been sensitive to color, but damn I love being right when those Lighthouse reports come in.
I've always been sensitive to color, but damn I love being right when those Lighthouse reports come in.
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Apparently my QA superpower is knowing when web contrast ratios and spacing are too low for WCAG standards.
I've always been sensitive to color, but damn I love being right when those Lighthouse reports come in.
I've always been sensitive to color, but damn I love being right when those Lighthouse reports come in.
My news feed has informed me that laptops are now being made with Blu-ray and dvd drives!
What will they think of next? Maybe we can have computers that live under your desk that you don't have to carry around... 🤔
What will they think of next? Maybe we can have computers that live under your desk that you don't have to carry around... 🤔
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My news feed has informed me that laptops are now being made with Blu-ray and dvd drives!
What will they think of next? Maybe we can have computers that live under your desk that you don't have to carry around... 🤔
What will they think of next? Maybe we can have computers that live under your desk that you don't have to carry around... 🤔
I don't want to alarm anyone, but I only have 7 tabs open in Chrome right now.
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I don't want to alarm anyone, but I only have 7 tabs open in Chrome right now.
I think about this tweet a lot. Especially lately.
October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I think about this tweet a lot. Especially lately.
How do you balance chores, errands, work, career building side projects, relationships, and basic bio functions like food and sleep?
I'm not dating and don't have kids, so I don't have that excuse, but also don't have any one to share the responsibility and I'm tuckered.
I'm not dating and don't have kids, so I don't have that excuse, but also don't have any one to share the responsibility and I'm tuckered.
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How do you balance chores, errands, work, career building side projects, relationships, and basic bio functions like food and sleep?
I'm not dating and don't have kids, so I don't have that excuse, but also don't have any one to share the responsibility and I'm tuckered.
I'm not dating and don't have kids, so I don't have that excuse, but also don't have any one to share the responsibility and I'm tuckered.
Also, those groups I closed... I forgot about them, so those don't count... Right?
if you didn't want me to open 74 tabs... why did you give me that ability???
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Also, those groups I closed... I forgot about them, so those don't count... Right?
6 days until I get the keys to my new townhouse and 14 days worth of packing left.
What's the mashed up emotion for excited, overwhelmed, nervous, and exhausted? 😜
What's the mashed up emotion for excited, overwhelmed, nervous, and exhausted? 😜
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
6 days until I get the keys to my new townhouse and 14 days worth of packing left.
What's the mashed up emotion for excited, overwhelmed, nervous, and exhausted? 😜
What's the mashed up emotion for excited, overwhelmed, nervous, and exhausted? 😜
Today in physical therapy I had a direct current run through my entire body with a specialized TENS machine with electrodes on my feet and neck.
Now I know how Frankenstein's monster felt. 😄
Now I know how Frankenstein's monster felt. 😄
September 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today in physical therapy I had a direct current run through my entire body with a specialized TENS machine with electrodes on my feet and neck.
Now I know how Frankenstein's monster felt. 😄
Now I know how Frankenstein's monster felt. 😄
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No one told me the hardest thing about software engineering was compartmentalizing the state of the world so you can focus.
September 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
No one told me the hardest thing about software engineering was compartmentalizing the state of the world so you can focus.
I'm starting to wonder how many people I interact with on a daily basis don't know how to carry on conversations with me because I'm not an AI echo chamber?
September 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how many people I interact with on a daily basis don't know how to carry on conversations with me because I'm not an AI echo chamber?
I'm fairly certain Dante left out the circle of hell for people who don't follow process. I think it's right after fraudsters and before the betrayers and mutineers.
September 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm fairly certain Dante left out the circle of hell for people who don't follow process. I think it's right after fraudsters and before the betrayers and mutineers.
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In unhealthy relationships, people walk on eggshells to avoid conflict. They tell you what you want to hear.
In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.
Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.
In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.
Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.
August 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In unhealthy relationships, people walk on eggshells to avoid conflict. They tell you what you want to hear.
In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.
Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.
In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.
Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.
Feeling immensely vindicated about calling AI the new DotCom Bubble over a year ago.
Note: The internet was still powerful and amazing and changed lives even as the bubble burst, but was maybe a little too hyped and marketed to maintain a market stability?
web.archive.org/web/20250820...
Note: The internet was still powerful and amazing and changed lives even as the bubble burst, but was maybe a little too hyped and marketed to maintain a market stability?
web.archive.org/web/20250820...
Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations
Sam Altman is talking bubbles now, and Eric Schmidt is over the term “AGI.”
web.archive.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Feeling immensely vindicated about calling AI the new DotCom Bubble over a year ago.
Note: The internet was still powerful and amazing and changed lives even as the bubble burst, but was maybe a little too hyped and marketed to maintain a market stability?
web.archive.org/web/20250820...
Note: The internet was still powerful and amazing and changed lives even as the bubble burst, but was maybe a little too hyped and marketed to maintain a market stability?
web.archive.org/web/20250820...
Hot flashing like I'm personally responsible for climate change while avoiding an argument with AI developers that a validation should be true or false and a third option is not really necessary.
Happy Friday Eve.
Happy Friday Eve.
a man in a suit and hat is standing on the beach and says yeah
Alt: Elton John standing on the beach singing I'm Still Standing
media.tenor.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hot flashing like I'm personally responsible for climate change while avoiding an argument with AI developers that a validation should be true or false and a third option is not really necessary.
Happy Friday Eve.
Happy Friday Eve.
"You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice..." -The Witch, Into the Woods
Leadership protip:
Sometimes being Kind is orthogonal to being Nice.
Being Kind is giving painful but necessary feedback to help someone correct a potentially detrimental behavior or habit.
Being Nice is avoiding giving feedback to avoid hurting their feelings.
Sometimes being Kind is orthogonal to being Nice.
Being Kind is giving painful but necessary feedback to help someone correct a potentially detrimental behavior or habit.
Being Nice is avoiding giving feedback to avoid hurting their feelings.
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice..." -The Witch, Into the Woods
Ok... I've been putting it off for far too long...
What password keepers are y'all using and why?
It's time for me to start caring and using less brain power to remember my last 12 passwords to roughly a gazillion sites.
What password keepers are y'all using and why?
It's time for me to start caring and using less brain power to remember my last 12 passwords to roughly a gazillion sites.
August 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ok... I've been putting it off for far too long...
What password keepers are y'all using and why?
It's time for me to start caring and using less brain power to remember my last 12 passwords to roughly a gazillion sites.
What password keepers are y'all using and why?
It's time for me to start caring and using less brain power to remember my last 12 passwords to roughly a gazillion sites.
Someone explain to me why I, the non-customer facing education content creator, know more about these accounts, their goals, and the people in them than their AEs.
August 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Someone explain to me why I, the non-customer facing education content creator, know more about these accounts, their goals, and the people in them than their AEs.
Also a comp sci girlie and a gamer who has these stories. Same in math too, often as I was helping explain a problem set or why women didn't need extra - just acceptance and inclusion.
I was in a group discussing how to get more women to study computer science, when I had a similar experience.
Me and THE other woman there did not like the old campaigns, and a guy went “but you are not real women”!!!!
Me and THE other woman there did not like the old campaigns, and a guy went “but you are not real women”!!!!
Me, talking to a group of men in the gamer's club
Men: there's just no women who like gaming
Me, looking down: um.
Men: you don't count
Me: oookay
Men: We mean real women
Men: there's just no women who like gaming
Me, looking down: um.
Men: you don't count
Me: oookay
Men: We mean real women
August 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also a comp sci girlie and a gamer who has these stories. Same in math too, often as I was helping explain a problem set or why women didn't need extra - just acceptance and inclusion.
My 70yr mom is such a total badass. With 8 broken ribs she's out here doing physical therapy and car shopping because "we've got stuff to do".
And still making sure I drink enough water.
And still making sure I drink enough water.
We Are Worthless GIF
ALT: We Are Worthless GIF
media.tenor.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My 70yr mom is such a total badass. With 8 broken ribs she's out here doing physical therapy and car shopping because "we've got stuff to do".
And still making sure I drink enough water.
And still making sure I drink enough water.
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Your images might be costing more energy than you think. 📸⚡ This post breaks down the hidden carbon footprint of media files—and why optimizing them is a green developer’s first step.
👉 dev.to/hardik_b2d8f...
👉 dev.to/hardik_b2d8f...
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Your images might be costing more energy than you think. 📸⚡ This post breaks down the hidden carbon footprint of media files—and why optimizing them is a green developer’s first step.
👉 dev.to/hardik_b2d8f...
👉 dev.to/hardik_b2d8f...
I don't typically have a lot of meetings in my current role, so I'm not sure if I should be relieved or take it personally when 5 out of 6 for the week are canceled.
July 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I don't typically have a lot of meetings in my current role, so I'm not sure if I should be relieved or take it personally when 5 out of 6 for the week are canceled.
Unpopular opinion:
Nickelback is pretty great and only suffered from releasing their most meh songs as singles.
Nickelback is pretty great and only suffered from releasing their most meh songs as singles.
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Unpopular opinion:
Nickelback is pretty great and only suffered from releasing their most meh songs as singles.
Nickelback is pretty great and only suffered from releasing their most meh songs as singles.
Concussion: Noun. When a sneeze is an out of body experience.
Happy Monday, everyone!
#autoAccident #allergies
Happy Monday, everyone!
#autoAccident #allergies
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Concussion: Noun. When a sneeze is an out of body experience.
Happy Monday, everyone!
#autoAccident #allergies
Happy Monday, everyone!
#autoAccident #allergies
When you joke about upgrading your car and decide to go look just for fun...
and then get rear ended on the way and your car is totaled.
and then get rear ended on the way and your car is totaled.
July 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When you joke about upgrading your car and decide to go look just for fun...
and then get rear ended on the way and your car is totaled.
and then get rear ended on the way and your car is totaled.