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Katie Sylor-Miller

@ksylor.bsky.social

Principal Frontend Engineer at Square, formerly Etsy. Fairy Gitmother at ohshitgit.com. Thoughts are mine not my employerโ€™s #GNUTerryPratchett

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All in favor of allowing someone who had a moistened bint lob a scimitar at them replace Donald Trump.

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01.08.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

starting to think we should give "strange women lying in ponds distributing swords" a chance as a basis for our system of government

01.08.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5063    ๐Ÿ” 1002    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 152    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

This times 1000! I write everything down by hand and it helps soooo much with memory and recall. Typing stuff kinda goes in one ear and out the other

31.07.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You MUST listen to RFC 2119 It turns out you can just pay people to do things.

Okay so this is the most Iโ€™ve ever laughed at a technical specification in my life! Thank you @ericwbailey.website for a moment of joy ericwbailey.website/published/yo...

30.07.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is becoming more and more prevalent. I tried to buy multivitamins and it gave no indication that it was automatically a subscription until I got an email after purchase. You had to call customer service to cancel too, no way to do it online.

30.07.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

30.07.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15009    ๐Ÿ” 4000    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110    ๐Ÿ“Œ 169

As someone who uses emdashes I hate that I have to feel awkward about it

29.07.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey wow, Today is my 1 year anniversary at Square! Itโ€™s been a wild year, but Iโ€™ve been so impressed with the kind and thoughtful humans I work with and their dedication to engineering excellence. Itโ€™s been lovely to be respected and trusted as a leader, thanks for a great year!

29.07.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a piece of shit.

29.07.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or just stop pumping money into the pockets of a billionaire who treats the team like shit and wonโ€™t use all the millions of $$$$$ from hardworking fans to actually pay for good players! Fuck John Henry.

27.07.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have yet to read a single story about men adopting AI at work (without being told) at a higher rate than women that presents it as anything other than men being smart. Not one story about how it implies they're lazier and less ethical.
Because that's not the narrative that's being pushed about AI.

26.07.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1137    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Lauren Rinaldi
@LRinaldiArt

Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn't in the Epstein files, I'll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I'll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
10:18 AM โ€ข 7/24/25 โ€ข 362K Views

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Lauren Rinaldi 
@LRinaldiArt 
What will I do with my Bill Clinton Bible 

Stephen Conway @StephenMuses
And throw away your degree from Bill Clinton University

Lauren Rinaldi
@LRinaldiArt 
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Lauren Rinaldi @LRinaldiArt Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn't in the Epstein files, I'll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I'll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards 10:18 AM โ€ข 7/24/25 โ€ข 362K Views Most relevant replies Lauren Rinaldi @LRinaldiArt What will I do with my Bill Clinton Bible Stephen Conway @StephenMuses And throw away your degree from Bill Clinton University Lauren Rinaldi @LRinaldiArt :(

24.07.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2060    ๐Ÿ” 386    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
HTML Day 2025: Ottawa Saturday, August 03, 2025, 12pm-5pm, Ottawa

HTML day, Ottawa edition ๐Ÿ
August 2, 2025
12pm-5pm
Brown's Inlet Park

Come hang out and write some HTML!!!

More info โžก๏ธ html-day-ottawa.vercel.app

Not in Ottawa? Other locations + online event here: html.energy/html-day/202...

25.07.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s wild how little most parents know about the dangers for kids online! My non-tech friends think Iโ€™m tin foil hat about it, but the web is about 1000x more dangerous than letting your kids ride their bikes alone outside.

25.07.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wear a watch every day (thank you, time blindness!) a few months ago I got sick of forgetting to charge my Apple Watch and switched to a Casio baby-G with a Bluetooth step tracker and 3-year battery life, and I will never look back!

25.07.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A composition of elements from the Monotype Marketing Design System, featuring interactive type specimens, bold typography, and a user-friendly interface. The design adopts a minimalist aesthetic with black and red accents. The caption reads, 'Created the Monotype marketing Design System, developed tools for interactive type specimens, launched the Shopify storefront.'

A composition of elements from the Monotype Marketing Design System, featuring interactive type specimens, bold typography, and a user-friendly interface. The design adopts a minimalist aesthetic with black and red accents. The caption reads, 'Created the Monotype marketing Design System, developed tools for interactive type specimens, launched the Shopify storefront.'

A composition of elements from the Elements Design System homepage, featuring clean layouts, design tokens, and component guidelines. The design utilises a light theme with blue accents. The caption reads, 'Assisted with front-end work across multiple sites, helped create the new Design System documentation site, implemented design tokens.'

A composition of elements from the Elements Design System homepage, featuring clean layouts, design tokens, and component guidelines. The design utilises a light theme with blue accents. The caption reads, 'Assisted with front-end work across multiple sites, helped create the new Design System documentation site, implemented design tokens.'

A composition of elements from the Visual Framework homepage for EMBL, showcasing design system guidelines, component examples, and accessibility features. The design employs a green and white colour scheme. The caption reads, 'Developed the front-end architecture and guidelines for EMBL's new Design System, ensuring scalability and maintainability throughout the project.'

A composition of elements from the Visual Framework homepage for EMBL, showcasing design system guidelines, component examples, and accessibility features. The design employs a green and white colour scheme. The caption reads, 'Developed the front-end architecture and guidelines for EMBL's new Design System, ensuring scalability and maintainability throughout the project.'

A composition of elements from the UCL site-wide search system, highlighting search functionality, filters, and a clean user interface. The design features a modern layout with blue and white tones. The caption reads, 'Created the front-end for a comprehensive site-wide search system, enhancing UX and the existing Design System.'

A composition of elements from the UCL site-wide search system, highlighting search functionality, filters, and a clean user interface. The design features a modern layout with blue and white tones. The caption reads, 'Created the front-end for a comprehensive site-wide search system, enhancing UX and the existing Design System.'

๐Ÿ‘€ Looking for Design Systems consultancy or front-end development for your project?

๐Ÿ“… I have availability and would love to assist!

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05.06.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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This Is the Voyager Space Probe, and Iโ€™m Taking a Government-Mandated Mental Health Break from Social Media โ€œPresident Donald Trumpโ€™s NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media acc...

"Donโ€™t worry about me: Iโ€™ve just been looping Jimmy Carter speeches and majestic whale sounds on my Golden Record while thanking my lucky stars Iโ€™m over fifteen billion miles away from you bozos."

24.07.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Bachelor in liberal arts with a computer science major and minor in archeology and anthropology.

21.07.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda fascinating that, presumably, chatbots fed with statistics about the pay gap then reinforce the pay gap as a matter of pattern recognition. And by fascinating I mean what a dumb piece of shit technology.

21.07.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2995    ๐Ÿ” 929    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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When someone asks what parenting be likeโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ
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20.07.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19193    ๐Ÿ” 3688    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 378    ๐Ÿ“Œ 312

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the networkโ€™s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Hereโ€™s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

18.07.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16517    ๐Ÿ” 4866    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 103

Iโ€™m so proud to have WGBH as my local station, thank you for your hard work! Time to increase my sustaining membership amount methinks.

18.07.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Horse shit, we all live inside of a giant steaming pile of horse shit all day every day now, I guess

18.07.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The same graphic as the upthread post, except the title has been replaced with "Eighty-nine percent of Republicans are objectively evil"

The same graphic as the upthread post, except the title has been replaced with "Eighty-nine percent of Republicans are objectively evil"

Alternatively:

17.07.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Diversify Tech - Allies & Companies Making tech diverse, inclusive and equitable.

I see that we are talking about women in tech after quite a long break in the tech community

I'd like to invite men in tech who genuinely care and want to make tech more welcoming to join Diversify Tech's newsletter for allies

dei.diversifytech.com/subscribe

16.07.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The truth about all the time spent solving leetcode problems.

13.07.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

what the study doesn't appear to account for is the time spent weeks later when you're trying to augment or fix code that no one on your team wrote

Me vibe coding: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me vibe debugging: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

10.07.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - pretzelhammer/rust-blog: Educational blog posts for Rust beginners Educational blog posts for Rust beginners. Contribute to pretzelhammer/rust-blog development by creating an account on GitHub.

I learned that he wrote a Rust blog that was super popular and was translated into multiple languages, if you are a Rust person, give it a look: github.com/pretzelhamme...

10.07.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My colleague Kirill passed away last week, far too young. I didnโ€™t work with him a lot, but I knew instantly that he was one of the good ones: a brilliant engineer, thoughtful, funny, kind, but took no bullshit. I never really told him how much I admired him, so Iโ€™m telling the world. RIP

10.07.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My grandmother, who grew up in the depression and lived through WW2 taught me this lesson, and I too strive to pass it down despite not being religious. โ€œThere but for the grace of god go Iโ€. I wish more people understood that.

04.07.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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