Getting this tweet tattooed on my lower back.

PENGY MOBILE LEADER ONLY

Why is it harder to make a website in 2021 than it was in 1996?

Every morning my 2 year old sits up in her bed and yells “HELP, I WOKE UP” and I think we can all relate

The suggestion that any job is “low skill” is a myth perpetuated by wealthy interests to justify inhumane working conditions, little/no healthcare, and low wages. Plus being a waitress has made me and many others *better* at our jobs than those who’ve never known that life.

got an email today from somebody who was denied a job in journalism because the hiring manager said he wouldn’t hire someone without a college degree. if by any chance that manager was you and you’re reading this i’d just like to say you were bullied either too much or not enough

One of the hardest things to teach in software engineering: it's literally all made up, functions are just GOTOs, the computer doesn't care what anything is called, almost all the "structure" in our code is only there to make something convenient for another human to comprehend

Hot take: "full stack developer" is a scam created by the tech industry to get one developer to do three jobs (front end, backend, devops) for the pay of one dev. Being a generalist is good. But.... have you tried doing all three of those things lately? It's... a lot.

Time for my periodic revisiting of this sentiment.

I don’t know shit. But if we’re going to solve our gun thing, we’re just going to have to be ok with pissing a lot of people off. There no middle. Just acknowledge and accept that they’ll be yelling and crying every step of the way as we ignore them and all move on without them.

On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, Democratic Party leadership rallied for a pro-NRA, anti-choice incumbent under investigation in a close primary. Robocalls, fundraisers, all of it. Accountability isn’t partisan. This was an utter failure of leadership.

Time for my periodic revisiting of this sentiment.

Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.

'Please,' cried Frog, 'please go away!' But no one went away.

they call it "single sign on" but they should call it "dozen-flickering-redirects sign on"

a thing to keep in mind about your company's legacy code is that it's the reason you have that job in the first place