Responses to COVID-19 quarantines- ITALY: Music from balconies BRITS: Clap for workers EGYPT: pray from balconies US: Check on neighbours with notes under door GERMANY: sing from rooftops AUSTRALIA:

Good morning! Don’t forget about this creep and the systems that give him permission to endanger domestic violence survivors seeking help! Don’t forget Neil Punchard’s name and story when women in your life tell you they don’t feel safe going to police! theguardian.com/australia-news…

I think it's really important to include situational disability (ie. holding a baby) & temporary disability (ie. broken arm) when it comes to a11y conversations. This normalizes accessibility needs to cover a larger swathe of your user base, helping prioritize it on your team.

It’s been a long 5 weeks under lockdown for many Victorians and there’s still a long way to go. During this time #abc730 captured images that show how much life in Melb & parts of Vic changed. George Stirling, Australian Boys Choir, sings Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air Chris Gillett

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life but the fact that I’ve never been invited to a gender reveal party means I’ve cut the right people out.

If your answer to a disappointing outcome is to abuse people and vent your disgust with performance on Twitter you are only causing pain. It doesn’t serve you, nor does it serve the broader community. The players leave their hearts on the field, trust me. #AFLSaintsBulldogs

Working from home is fun

First up for next week’s meetup is Shuying 🧚‍♀️ who will show us how to create a Back-end For Front-end using Next.js.

“Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.” – golang.org Join us online for next week’s meetup where Lina will show us how to build an API in Go. RSVP: meetup.com/Female-Coders-…

Last up for next week’s online meetup is Duyên Ho with a beginner-friendly introduction to some AWS building blocks. RSVP: meetup.com/Female-Coders-…

I don't want to give this person's disgraceful, bigoted views any oxygen. But when others insist on rewarding them with this country's highest honour – I think it's worth saying again: Grand Slam wins don't give you some right to spew hatred and create division. Nothing does.

Big thanks to Anikó Házi and Daniel Oberbillig for their fantastic talks on the evolution of an app and exploring data visualisation libraries. We had two newcomers Rhiannon – a pentester / brute force hacker and Belinda – a microbiologist curious about code. What a great night! 👏

"I killed my React Native personal project two times and I'm planning to build it again." Junior Developer @90houHiby shares her learnings and reflects on how to avoid the same failure next time. Join us online tomorrow night 💜

"I took up pixel art during Melbourne's second lockdown and decided I wanted an excuse to code more and experiment with stuff. Here's a run-through of what I've built and some techniques and technologies that I've used." We love process and Melissa Quach 🦈 Join us tmro night

✨This Thursday night, long-time @FemCoLab member @stephstuffr shows us how to create an automated workflow with little to no code required. RSVP for the Zoom link: meetup.com/Female-Coders-…

I'll be talking about frontend testing at this week's FemCoLab Meetup 😊

Rain, hail or snap lockdown.. Tonight's meetup was like hanging with friends from the early days. Thanks to Chloe Letitia-May for a thorough talk on testing best practices and @stephstuffr for showing us a low code workflow in Azure.

Tonight co-organisers Chloe Letitia-May Lina Melissa Quach and Duyên Ho met to organise our meetup for the next 12 months. Stay tuned ✨

✨We have exciting news to share – 99designs by Vista is our new sponsor 🎉🎨 We've been busy getting a new logo created through a design contest on their platform. There have been so many great submissions and we'd love your help picking one 🙌 Please vote! bit.ly/3BSWMFo