Kathleen McMahon

Estoy muy emocionada! Presentaré sobre sistemas de diseño en @CodemoMadrid pronto. Nos vemos allí! Código de descuento del 20% para la entrada a la conferencia (ver más abajo) conferences.codemotion.com/madrid/ — So excited be speaking about design systems at Codemotion Madrid soon. See you there! Use my discount code for 20% off a conference ticket! PARTNER-DISC-20-SPEAKERS

@jh3yy 😍

product spotlight cards 🔦 w/ depth map lighting + css scroll tricks

@ReactAlicante @ythecombinator Mmmm. AST transformations!

In this workshop, you will learn everything you need to implement full-featured, static-analysis-enabled workflows for modern JS apps. @ythecombinator will cover both high-level concepts around static analysis and compiler design, and gritty details like AST transformations and codemod pipelines. reactalicante.es

@rachelnabors @stalmico There’s your next talk!

@stalmico You're always refactoring. The environment is hostile, and the code shifts constantly. My QA eng runs antagonistic diagnostics regularly. No matter how many times you brush the dog, more fur keeps coming out

Ok, I've explained it three times, so it's a thing I should post about. Evolutionary Engineering. It's the acceptance that all code will be mid (unless created by godlike, all knowing staff engineers with an eternity to plan the perfect codebase and another eternity to execute that plan). We are mortals with flawed tools and small minds. Show me any codebase made by humans, and there is the code equivalent of duct tap holding pieces of it together, no matter how enlightened the crew that built it. It is the belief that variation (non-deterministic expression) is expected and welcome. Mutations that aren't deadly or benign move the system in the direction of better fitness for purpose. It is the skills to build not code, but the environment in which code blossoms from other mechanisms. In this environment, all code starts as mid and is revised and mutated and shifted. The environment is deadly to mutations that do not serve the engineer's purpose. In this way, the program evolves in the direction of fitness. Will the end result be perfect? No. And the mammalian heart is flawed in a way that it is prone to failure, but only after the age of reproduction. Code rarely lives longer than a few decades. It doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to do its job. And code that doesn't, needs to die in a fire. Folks I've met practicing this kind of engineering seem at peace with how engineering is changing, have a background in testing, and generally seem to enjoy creations built by agents that work

@gimenete …with feature flags.

Deep thought of the day: How do you feature flag the feature flag system

@artman @linear _instant follow_

Today is a hard day. I shared this note with the @linear team today: We’ve made the difficult decision to increase our workforce. This is not a cost-cutting exercise or a reflection of anyone’s performance. We’re simply reimagining every role for the agentic AI era. We’re hiring. We’re sorry about that.

@KirkMarple @techgirl1908 👀

@resource11 @techgirl1908 x.com/mignano/status… Topic of the day… def something to think about.

The more I work with agents, the more I'm convinced that "just give it more context" can't be the whole answer. I'm not seeing enough discourse about memory. More specifically, memory design... like what gets stored, what gets retrieved, what gets summarized, what triggers the agent to look things up again. I'll be spending time with @oracledevelopers soon, getting hands-on with agentic memory patterns. Very excited to get into the weeds!

@techgirl1908 @KirkMarple ^this.

@KirkMarple but i want to use my memory across harnesses

@kentcdodds 👀

Are you a really great designer who understands devtools and is looking for a job? I have a devtool I'm using a lot with lots of design/UX related paper cuts and I want them to find a great designer. Link me to your portfolio (or the portfolio of someone you think would fit).

@kvmaes 👏🏻

Kicking off day 1 of talks at Temporal Replay at the Moscone Center!

@evilrabbit_ @arunoda Would you do it… Now?

@arunoda 🤍 I would do it again brother

Good names for a ▲ Design Tool 👇

@katiekirsch @BradleyYoungjr @a16z @benjitaylor @JohnPhamous Thought that was a purposeful departure.

@BradleyYoungjr @a16z @benjitaylor @JohnPhamous omg you caught our easter egg

Today, we're thrilled to announce the @a16z Design Engineer Fellowship! A new 8-week cohort of AI-native design leaders who have absorbed engineering into their craft and are thinking in systems, not screens. With world-class design leaders like @benjitaylor, @JohnPhamous, @davidhoang, @iansilber, @joshto, and many more. Join us! Apps went live today. Link in comments.

@Swizec The original topic focuses on the decline of women in tech. Are you still on that topic?

A lot. But it’s not the population level argument I was talking about I also moved from EU to US without a job secured and everything worked out great, but that doesn’t mean most european software engineers move to USA and successfully sponsor their own O-1 visa Stats never apply to individuals

Ten years ago, I knew women in design, in engineering. If I wanted to start a project or hire a person, I had a few women in mind. As I've gotten older, they've disappeared. It honestly pains me when I see an all-male anything. Because I can still remember a woman who should have been there by now, but has gone "missing." I spent the better part of my career advocating for women in tech, yet.. It feels like everyone was so eager to forget we ever tried to spotlight them or encourage more of them. It's just guys hiring and inviting their friends and younger men who remind them of themselves. It's fucking lonely out here. Damn, I'm tired.

@blackgirlbytes @iamKierraD ^This

@iamKierraD the housing/renting prices are crazy over here.

Oh! NY and California is shocking me. (Is Massachusetts more expensive than NY?)

@jh3yy @rollablazer I create my own.

@rollablazer same

being honest, nothing bores me more than seeing people shilling markdown files of the same recycled “best practices” skills we’re in a time where your creative ceiling is basically gone, and you choose… sameness?

@farisaziz12 See you there!

Yay! Gonna be a great year!

@Swizec @rachelnabors So, lived experience counts for… what, Swizec?

@resource11 @rachelnabors There's some pretty strong data that it's mostly about kids Claudia Goldin got a whole Nobel prize about this pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11… sciencedirect.com/science/articl… nobelprize.org/prizes/economi…

@Swizec @rachelnabors Not necessarily. This presumes all women have offspring. Career trajectory largely depends on whether you have the opportunities for growth (via mentorship/sponsorship). Bonus if you won the neurotypical lottery. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The attrition rate for women is higher. It’s sad and probably structural. Won’t find the study/article right now but once you account for socioeconomic background, men and women have the same career trajectories until mid 30’s. Then something happens (kids) and womens’ trajectories take a dive

@jenlooper @rachelnabors Indeed. The sentiment, not the company.

@rachelnabors We. But we refuse this narrative

@rachelnabors @venikunche We’re still here. We’re merely invisible (again).

.@LinkedInHelp Are y’all experiencing a server issue? I’m receiving the exact same InMail messages I received a week ago.