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I had an incredible time this past Saturday attending @kvlly.com’s Maven course on Management Fundamentals for Tech Leaders! The course was jam packed with actions I can take in my career to make an impact, including the importance of quarterly development plans & giving constructive feedback https://maven.com/kellyvaughn/engineering-management

Handy Hint: In Figma, apply the monospace style to numbers in text layer to ensure equal character spacing. This improves alignment and readability in UI design, especially for data tables and financial information, by keeping numbers neatly aligned and visually consistent.

Well look at that! I got my 🦋 handle updated to marcysutton.com. Thanks to @amberley.dev for the custom domain tip!

At the risk of sounding too earnest, I didn’t even realize how much I had missed online community like this. Love ya’ll, mean it.

Before I go to bed, here's an old pic of Nakia, demonstrating maximal pupil dilation.

Doctor recommended coding 👨‍💻 as part of my recovery. #elixirlang

10 years and still waiting 🫠

My Open Data Institute chat with Emer Coleman about public services, data and platforms is now up on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mytYumHnM_Q

#1 in Social Networking in the UK for the first time!

Please enjoy my furbabies in your timeline, friends. ❤️

in next dates don't serialize across the server->client component boundary theres likely a good technical reason, but out of all the things that have annoyed me with this P A R A D I G M S H I F T this annoys me the most

that was a very good night

Today LEGO Horizon Adventures day! #Ad ▶️ I was gifted the game and allowed early access by Guerrilla Games and PlayStation. I will be streaming my first playthrough today starting at normal time: 12 PM CET. Cant wait to see how fun this game is! #LEGOHorizonAdventures

u ever restart a song half way through because u realised u didn’t listen hard enough

Afternoon

Sunrise giving Mount Doom

We have hired lawyers and we have a draft of the trademark cancellation petition ready (for those who don't know about this, see javascript.tm) https://media.tenor.com/VOf_IsXVKfsAAAAC/meme-elmo.gif?hh=337&ww=498

The blinky, blinky firehose. bigmood.blue

I am … enjoying and slightly disturbed by this. Impressive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I got a remarkable paper pro and I like it a lot

Yep, the paper is now a remarkable. Same principles apply, just less pens running out of ink etc.

tfw when you want to write a little bit of code as a treat but you have a call in 10mins and know you'll forget and have to send an apology for standing them up

I’ve had a Boox palma for that sort of thing as a “night phone”. It’s really good! I needed exactly what you say about the writing though. I take so many notes in a day and that really rags through notebooks. I’ve tried all sorts of digital stuff but this thing is easily the best for writing.

Some thoughts on creativity and putting yourself out there, inspired by the @btconf.bsky.social conference from last week. https://marisamorby.com/putting-yourself-out-there/

Hear me out: A conference focused on how our crafts, hobbies, and interests inform how we practice the craft of software engineering.

my message to the world make stupid websites any kind

I think one my toxic traits is I’m just not wired to “crush it” every day. Maybe more like every third day. I kicked ass yesterday. Struggling to start on real work today. Maybe I’ll find focus again by Friday.