Starr Chen @ LeadDev NY

Today is my first day back at work from parental leave 🥲 My laptop set the tone for how quickly I can get caught up by refusing to acknowledge the date or allow me to get online this morning, but what other advice do you have for coming back to work?

First @TheLeadDev event ✅ First time at the Javits Center out of cosplay ✅

just a psa that LinkedIn has this setting on by default, you'll need to go to Settings->Data Privacy-> Data for Generative AI Improvement to flip it off

@valeriecodes I like Abbott Elementary for this! The jokes are SO sharp and witty but I still feel comfy cozy while watching.

Are there any actual funny non-stressful comedy TV shows that have come out in the past 5 years?* * I’ve seen Ted Lasso and Only Murders in the Building

I've written a blog that writes this story up, and I've also created my first youtube video (!) to tell the story. I'm trying to figure out if youtube is for me so, uh, let me know. Thanks so much for reading. eieio.games/essays/the-sec… youtu.be/OI4DbECnp8A

The advance of LLMs and other AI tools is a rare opportunity to radically upend the way we talk and think about software development, and change our industry for the better. The way we have traditionally talked about software centers on writing code, solving technical problems.

@enerianna @_johnsonator @Swifties4Kamala @YIMBYsforHarris bahahaha I was searchinggg your feed for a screenshot of you on the call but felt like this captured the ✨essence✨of what you’ve achieved just as well 🫶

@Starr_Chen @_johnsonator @Swifties4Kamala @YIMBYsforHarris I’m crying that you used the screenshot of my quote tweet yelling at someone SKSKSK on brand tho!! thank you 🥺😭🫶🫶🫶

Feeling in awe that not one but TWO of my former coworkers have founded amazing political action coalition groups?!?! So proud of @_johnsonator and @enerianna and what they’ve achieved!

White friends, especially white women who did not have an undergraduate sorority experience: In the coming months you’ll likely see a great deal of content about VP Harris’ sorority affiliation and the support from its members. We 🩷 it. Some info & tips for us: 🧵

CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/cro…

BREAKING: The Biden administration's ban on noncompete clauses has been upheld in court. A Pennsylvania judge denied an injunction seeking to block the rule. As of now, virtually all noncompete agreements with bosses will be banned and voided beginning September 4.

Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode:

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Please listen to @PutrinoLab: 1 - There is no such thing as mild Covid-19. 2 - We still don't know the long-term consequences of a Covid-19 infection. 3 - We still don't understand what is #LongCovid. 4 - We still don't know why some people don't recover. @LongCovidSOS

@Imani_Barbarin It’s sad inquiries like this are becoming super common for freelancers

Restore funding to libraries you weenie!! #NoCutsToLibraries

BREAKING: The Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication, throwing out legal challenge from abortion opponents. apnews.com/article/suprem…

And this is why junior engineers matter so much. Teams are not collections of individual actors or fungible units of value-generating labor. Teams are ecosystems. Teams are organisms. We are cannibalizing our own future when we avoid or put off hiring junior engineers.

I have a new piece up. It's a bit of a rant, even for me, so buckle in. A lot of "thought leaders" have been making their mortgages lately off of bits on how AI is going to replace software engineers, particularly entry-level engineers. stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/gen…