Allison Kaptur (@akaptur) 's Twitter Profile
Allison Kaptur

@akaptur

@pilothq engineer. Formerly @dropbox & @recursecenter

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Jessica McKellar (@jessicamckellar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My friend starts her first software engineering job today, after learning to program in prison. Here's how she got the job, and how you can help more people like her get jobs after getting out: First, let's be clear that my friend served 13 years for a serious, violent crime.

Marco Rogers (@polotek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s worth repeating again that the catalyst for all of this was having the audacity to elect a Black person as president. Yes there are many factors. But that is the precise moment when Whiteness lost its shit. And the significance of that simple truth cannot be overstated.

Robert Heaton (@robjheaton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I found a vulnerability in the dating app Bumble that allowed an attacker to work out any user’s exact location. Here’s a full writeup, as seen through the highly dubious eyes of you and your good buddy, Steve Steveington. robertheaton.com/bumble-vulnera…

Allison Kaptur (@akaptur) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I loved this piece from Jamie Brandon on ten years of programming. I met Jamie shortly before he started work on Eve, still on the early part of the arc he describes here. scattered-thoughts.net/writing/things…

I loved this piece from Jamie Brandon on ten years of programming. I met Jamie shortly before he started work on Eve, still on the early part of the arc he describes here. 

scattered-thoughts.net/writing/things…
Marco Rogers (@polotek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Once that person is in the database, police have reason to approach them and detain them at will. Police use these tactics almost exclusively to document people of color—only about 8 percent of documented individuals are white, according to a 2015 audit of the CalGang database."

Outside Magazine (@outsidemagazine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When Raquel Vélez caught the skiing bug in her late twenties, she wanted to spend every waking moment on the slopes. But she couldn’t find snow pants that fit. And that’s the origin story of Alpine Parrot. trib.al/5c7PfYe

Chris Chandler (@squanderingtime) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote a piece on Staff+ dysfunctions! Regardless of hype, when I ask folks if they feel like their organization is effective at (1) understanding what it is staff engineers do and (2) empowering them to do it, the answer is very broadly "no." squanderingti.me/blog/2022/06/2…