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Software Engineer @Netflix. PDX. Lover of aphorisms, drinker of coffee. Prev @Spotify @Twitter v1.
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The book bans should have been among the first signs we were in trouble

Flashbacks to my time at Twitter when everyone was laid off then they scrambled to rehire so many engineers when they realized they made zero plans and impacted every core service.

Absolutely shocked… 🙄 futurism.com/study-ai-cri...

Heading to LA for a few days ✈️

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The world is a lot right now. Can we talk about what’s good for a min? What’s something you’re pumped about??

Yearly reminder to create your Brag Book to increase your chances of getting promoted, having more meaningful review cycles, or just lifting your spirits any time you feel "I haven't done anything!". When you have an impactful win, add it to your Brag Book.

The Art Life is a Good Life — David Lynch www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPTQ...

Bluesky Black History Month. Drop some of your favorite Black follows on here.

Recently upgraded my desktop speakers to the Kanto YU6. This was me all day..

I’d be hard pressed to think of a piece of software that induces as much frustration as Workday.

First rule of Thesaurus Club: You don't talk, converse, discuss, speak, chat, deliberate, confer, gab, gossip or natter about Thesaurus Club.

So many good ones here. For me, the feeling of using a stick shift and pressing play on a cassette Walkman. What’s yours?

An encyclopedia of unknowns. Pretty neat! wikenigma.org.uk/start

I’ve started going down the hifi audio rabbit hole. Someone help.

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Farewell NY. Catch you on the flip side.

Ya gotta love street art…

Dunkin’ Donuts black coffee is much better than I expected it to be 👏 The donuts? Mediocre.

Spent the week in NY for work. Didn’t get to really see much this time around, but man… what a city!

Surviving on coffee and dayquill today 🤧

He actually did that. And not just once. Day 1, folks.

Thoughts on the new caps? I’m pretty happy with these!

I bought a cheap set of Edifier speakers 5 years ago and they’re finally giving out. Anyone have experience with the Kanto YU line? What desk speakers would you recommend?

The Switch 2 looks nice! Never owned a Switch but might go for it this time around.

Truth.

It’s took way longer than I expected… many months.. but finally settled into a gym routine before work 3 times a week. A year in, progress is evident! 💪

Please let this be like the original Instagram… and not the today instagram..

A girl's gotta have her standards...

in my farewell address i'm also going to call for a bunch of shit i should've done but didn't

oh my god finally something that can handle reminders and to-dos, I've been waiting decades for something that can handle reminders and to-dos

Apple’s recommendation for a proposal on their annual shareholder meeting: a vote against “Report on Ethical AI Data Acquisition and Usage”.