Melisa Im

Commit Your Code: The 2025 experience I have been to a handful of tech conferences in person in the last decade: Intel Developer Forum, An Event Apart, Lesbians Who Tech, and Google I/O. Attending The Commit Your Code Conference 2025, has been one of the loveliest experiences which makes it hard to believe that it is one of the most affordable conferences one can attend (aside for the plane ride out to Dallas).

Commit Your Code: The 2025 experience

I have been to a handful of tech conferences in person in the last decade: Intel Developer Forum, An Event Apart, Lesbians Who Tech, and Google I/O. Attending The Commit Your Code Conference 2025, has been one of the loveliest experiences which makes it hard…

June 2nd Content warning: mention of miscarriage “It’s not caused by anything you did and it’s not your fault.” No, shit, but I really really needed to hear it as I struggled to keep my tears from falling. She silently passed me some tissues and continued with listing my options.  I could feel my husband sitting behind me and would turn a little bit to ask for his opinion and his thoughts, but it wasn’t…

June 2nd

Content warning: mention of miscarriage “It’s not caused by anything you did and it’s not your fault.” No, shit, but I really really needed to hear it as I struggled to keep my tears from falling. She silently passed me some tissues and continued with listing my options.  I could feel my…

Much appreciated! 🫶🏼 it was so lovely to meet you :)

Loved the actionable items from @immenselyalive.bsky.social talk from #cyc25

Definitely check out her talk

Image of a bunch of cards and decks on a table that have prompts that software developers can use to have conversations with.

Too afraid to talk at a conference?
Make Me the Bad Guy!

Introducing the new EventConvo conversation prompt cards for #CYC25!

Just walk up to someone, say the prompt on your card, and wait for them to say theirs back.

THEN you both sign the cards.
It really works.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

google meet video split screen melissa on the left with her right hand doing a peace sign, richard on the right with his right hand doing a peace sign

@immenselyalive.bsky.social and I got to chatting today late at night where we got to share our respective career journeys and brainstormed what different paths I could take for my future ☺️ Had a great time chatting with her and receiving some great insights and advice! ^^

A single key keyboard that says "vibe coding" on it

What if I told you that all you need to make the next big unicorn was a tab key and a dream

Husky with a brown eye and a blue eye looking inquisitively at the camera

Happy 4th birthday to this cutie patootie 😭

I wanna watch a Key & Peele sketch poking fun at Love is Blind where they are on opposite sides of the wall (by accident) and fall in love as two straight men 🥰

Capybara keychain!

Capybara T-shirt

Capybara keychain (back) featuring a french fry backpack

Capybara assembled toy resembling a capybara at the gym

You know you’re good at self branding (your obsession) when 4 people at your office randomly gift you capybara things.

Not pictured: capy themed hard candies

Silly games are an occasional indulgence, chess is every day though

Connections
Puzzle #626
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

I love this, translating:

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity” - Seneca

We must prepare, we must study because the people that are prepared perceive opportunities more easily

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

7) Build your network with fellow leads (refer them to your companies!) and future, ambitious devs 💪🏽
8) And most important: give a little back because we all got support when we started out

4) Stretch your prioritization skills by helping get to an ambitious MVP in a few weeks
5) Engage those creative muscles by helping brainstorm and make the project standout from the rest
6) Refresh your awareness of the tech landscape by trying new tools

1) Validate your personal growth and knowledge by sharing with others
2) Bring equitable outcomes by teaching and helping for FREE to folks who may not be able to receive this support otherwise
3) Level up by putting on your PM/tech lead/eng manager hat on (just for 6 weeks)

I’m currently co-mentoring a small dev cohort for @dthompsondev.bsky.social’s DSD group with @jasminepvo.bsky.social. Here’s why this is a great opportunity for other future lead volunteers:

My current addiction. Randomly caught a coworker playing chess puzzles and am back on the chess train, baby!

YouTube video by JerryRigEverything 2040 called, they want their wheelchair back

This. Stuff like this makes me fall in love with technology (and people who build for a better world) youtube.com/shorts/h8r_M...

Before I ever thought of being a software engineer, I was studying wealth disparity as a concentration. CS majors do not have enough liberal studies yet are paths to immensely privileged roles. We cannot be apolitical when we contribute so much to how the world works. We must pay attention and care

a lot of all of this fuckery we're seeing boils down to "i don't want to be forced to acknowledge the existence and humanity of people who are different than me."

Self love 💕

The people who obsess over increasing the influence of money, know that they would be nothing in a world where wealth doesn’t matter.

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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

I haven't been posting because I'm literally lost for words.

YouTube video by ServiceNow Dev Program 🦆This process has a real name, it’s called “rubber duck debugging” #dev #tech #programming #coding

Me every time I start typing a long slack message to someone about something I’ve been stuck on: youtube.com/shorts/LDJD1...

Adorable but incredibly greedy for attention, first rescued, Husky who doesn’t scream or yell and is very soft. He has a small mustache under his nose.

This cute poop threw himself on my lap when I asked his sister to come cuddle 😅💀