I've set up a small monthly newsletter called Focus State.
With accessibility support shrinking in a lot of orgs, I wanted to create something that divides that gap, builds community, and makes the internet a bit more fun.
If you dig digital accessibility give it a look:
annaecook.com/newsletter
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
okay which company wants to partner up and bring back Leet Heat for Season 2? @marktechson.com and I have a bunch of ideas to make the game better: faster, funnier, and spicier!
hit me up and let's make this happen! (repost/share with your favorite tech companies for reach, please?)
Once upon a time, I wrote shitty prompts. I cried and cried because the LLM would not do my bidding. Then I learned how to write better prompts (and choose better LLMs), and all was well with the world. Learn from my mistakes so you don't have to suffer!
adri-v.medium.com/i-fought-the...
Okay folks, it's time: I'm hiring!
Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:
Please please go vote today, if you haven't already. And then, whatever happens today, let it energize you tomorrow to keep pushing to make things better. ❤️👊
So looks like I’m on the job hunt again😅
Right now, I’m looking for contract/pt work since I have another really huge “project” in the works right now🤭
If you know of any contract/pt roles in dev marketing, technical writing, or dev education, please send them my way!
Please repost and boost!💜💜
Beauty shots 👑
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
Group photo of developers and other tech professionals attending a meetup
The first Tacoma Code & Coffee is in the books! Grateful to everyone who came out and made this meetup a success.
Thanks to @pioneercollective.bsky.social for hosting and Outer Dark Coffee, Three Hearts, and @jimmyjohnsofficial.bsky.social for fueling us.
See you next month, Tacoma!
✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go.
If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!
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Same 🫠
No shame in that! ☺️
Climbing's the best! It's so satisfying to finally finish a route you've been working on.
Happy birthday! Hope he has the best day.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
You can now read about projects that were interrupted when 18F was disbanded.
One of them was with the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which ensures military service members and Americans overseas are able to vote, and that their votes are counted.
18f.org/projects/#fe...
Had the same experience. Had to call the DC office.
They said the venue locations are the following:
Tacoma Town Hall: Hilltop Heritage Middle School
Bremerton Town Hall: Olympic College, Building 7
Per the DC office, the venue locations are the following:
Tacoma Town Hall: Hilltop Heritage Middle School
Bremerton Town Hall: Olympic College, Building 7
Know a little JS and want to learn how to quickly build a backend to power any of your app ideas?
@appwrite-io.bsky.social are sponsoring our #100Devs class in 60mins at (5:30pm ET) on leonnoel.com/twitch
Raffles All Stream! Mac Mini Giveaway!
$50 Free Appwrite Pro Cloud Credits apwr.dev/100devs
💼 Hiring Update👩💼
One of my amazing engineers is transitioning to being an Engineering Manager!
This leaves an opening for a Senior Backend Java Engineer on my team. The role isn't open quite yet, but I want to get the ball rolling. Descriptions below, please drop your LinkedIn links 🙌
Good morning. You are still here. Do something kind for someone you love today--and if you can, for someone else in your community, even if they're a stranger. We're in this together. ❤️
what idiot called it async/await instead of wait/what
IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED!
My brother @leonnoel.bsky.social and I have combined our efforts to bring you
"The Programming Podcast"
We will be talking about careers, technical subjects, making tech topics more approachable, interviews with guests, and more.
The first episode is live!
⤵️
The majority of us on here are here because the ugly divisive end state of perpetual disruption made us want something different. But wanting it and being it are two different challenges. And one requires a lot of emotional discipline.
Bluesky,
Today is my 2nd day on here as an escapee from The Bad Place. I am BEGGING y’all to repost this
I have $80,000 in scholarship money to give away to women and girls NATIONWIDE. I worked so hard to raise this money. Applications open THIS week. I’m scared the mass migration will impact this
It's a new month, it's a new season, it's a new newsletter issue headed your way! 💥
Check out the archive and subscribe here:
cassidoo.co/newsletter
Any devs that want to play with the ATPROTO / bluesky API, I did a bunch of experiments last year:
github.com/wesbos/blue-...
A cli tool, a reply bot, a top users scraper (though that was when this place had 30k users, not 13 million)
