Software developer, aspiring crazy cat lady, beer lover. Opinions, especially the bad ones, are my own.

Detroit Metro
Joined August 2009
Incredible to see how LLMs are fixing people’s chronic health issues. This is one of many examples of ChatGPT identifying a longstanding problem and suggesting lifestyle changes to fix it. Many are the type of thing a doctor wouldn’t know (e.g. your exact pillow or desk setup).
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I have built one of the strongest DevRel teams in the game! We are often praised by other companies for how we're educating the software engineering industry as they are incorporating AI into their workflows. My team is at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering. They have been on the front line learning, building, and teaching AI. Unfortunately, with the latest Block RIF, the majority of them are on the market. If you're looking for a Developer Relations Engineer, Technical Community Manager, or Tech Writer who is well versed in AI and creating impactful content, I have an entire roster available. Please reach out to me for your next hire 🙏🏽
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The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation." I don't know what Agile means. Nobody does. That's why it works. I make $425,000 a year. To move sticky notes. From left to right. On a board. The board is digital now. The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses. Progress. Day one, I said "we need to break down silos." Everyone nodded. Silos are bad. I don't know why. But destroying them is a career. My career. I introduced "squads." Squads are teams. But disrupted. We disrupted the teams into teams. Different names. Same people. Same problems. But Agile problems now. Agile problems are strategic. A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing. I said, "The mindset." He asked what that means. I said, "It's a journey." He asked where we're going. I said, "Toward agility." He asked what agility means. I pointed at the sticky notes. They were moving left to right. That's velocity. We have velocity now. The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work. I said, "That's waterfall thinking." Waterfall is bad. Like silos. I don't know what waterfall is. But I know it's bad. She stopped talking. Waterfall accusations end conversations. We had a retrospective. In the retro, we discussed what went wrong. Everything went wrong. We put it on sticky notes. Then we moved the sticky notes. Into a column called "Parking Lot." The Parking Lot is where problems go to die. It's full. We don't look at it. That's agile. Velocity is up 40%. I defined velocity. I also defined the points. I also defined the stories. We're crushing it. At the things I made up. To measure. Ourselves. The CEO asked for ROI. I showed a chart. The chart went up. Charts should go up. This one did. I didn't label the Y-axis. Nobody asked. Leadership is confidence. We do standups now. Every day. We stand. For 45 minutes. Standing is agile. Sitting is waterfall. My legs hurt. But we're transforming. The transformation is now "Phase 3." Phase 1 was assessment. Phase 2 was implementation. Phase 3 is "continuous improvement." Continuous means forever. Forever means job security. I'm very secure. My contract was extended. Three more years. For "cultural impact." The culture is confused. But impacted. Agile transformation isn't about being agile. It's about transforming. Continuously. Toward more transformation. The destination is the journey. The journey is billable.
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"This is essentially Russian propaganda coming from the mouth of the American president." - said Nesty and Gas, American volunteers from the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, "Khartia," who came to Ukraine last year to fight against the occupiers.
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BFCM Live on the @SphereVegas And I mean truly live! It turns out that the Sphere can be powered by the Unreal Engine, so of course we had to go there. Place an order from your phone, see it arc in front of you!
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BFCM is here! The real-time @Shopify BFCM Globe is live! 🤩 Watch sales live: shopify.com/bfcm I'm super impressed with the level of engineering that went into bringing this to life, so I sat down with @maca_graphics to learn more 👇
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🟢 LIVE NOW: BLACK FRIDAY SALES POWERED BY SHOPIFY shopify.com/bfcm Watch how the world shops from Shopify merchants on our Live Globe from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. New to the Live Globe? Here’s what you need to know 👇
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I published this column on Friday and was traveling so couldn't engage, but there are a couple of things that I didn't have space to include in the piece that I'd like to add. In no particular order: thecut.com/article/why-is-ev…
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Ok, anyone who got suckered into the "full stack engineer" kerfuffle owes it to themselves to read this excellent rant by @rseroter. "Redistributing workloads is a critical step in optimizing resources..." cloud.google.com/blog/produc…
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Normalize staycations. There shouldn't be pressure to travel and do things every time you take time off. Sometimes it's nice to just live your normal life without the burden of work.
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For performance improvement across an organisation/system, strong collaborative relationships aren't just a "nice to have". They're a pre-requisite for change. NHS organisations with stronger connections & relationships internally achieved greater traction for change in less time, delivering improvement that was more substantial & longer lasting: bit.ly/3N1QR9c By @DrNicolaBurgess #LeadingQI
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That time LEGO built a working 1:1 version of a Bugatti Chiron with Technic bricks only and tested it on a track with a real Bugatti Chiron pilot [full video, read more: buff.ly/2PjbfS2]
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The story of the shark, which, fitted with a GPS tracker, seemingly spent years drawing a picture … of itself [read more: buff.ly/3Gerfmp]
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Replying to @IanColdwater
Hi folks - II’m looking for a role in engineering people leadership or architecture. I was managing managers for an organization that was infrastructure, localization, data privacy, and regional platform. I’m based in Michigan and prefer remote first.
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In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring [video, HD: buff.ly/3C69xyG] [read more: buff.ly/3dETKh3]
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A List of Things People Blamed on Bobbed Hair 🧵
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Growth happens by doing things you are unqualified to do.
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This video by traditional carpenter Dylan Iwakuni shows some of the fascinating traditional joineries discovered while taking apart this 100 year old Japanese house, literally built without using a single nail [full video, HD: buff.ly/3A3pN2W] xitter.cf/jamaicanrabbit5/status…
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Question for women in tech: how do you take on increasing responsibility and leadership roles without also doing a lot of emotional labor and becoming a “mom” figure? Feel free to retweet for reach.
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