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.

Formerly incarcerated folks can vote in many states. Check out this tool for details.

an EmergenSea Otter for the timeline

Introducing Blob Opera, an experiment I created for Google Arts & Culture: g.co/blob-opera

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.

This is the default setting, right? I understand you, I *miss* you, when’s good for dinner x.com/heyjulesfern/s…

Lots of skills in here to reflect on

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…

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…

Can someone transcribe the text of this news article to a vinyl record and send it to Douglas Hofstadter?

"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."

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

I'll be on a LeadDev panel tomorrow on understanding the role of a Staff engineer! Tune in here: leaddev.com/events/underst…

DNS doesn't "propagate" jvns.ca/blog/2021/12/0…

Great reflection on being a sustainably effective senior IC. x.com/dbsmasher/stat…

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…