Software Engineer | Extreme Seamstress | Halloween Maker Basically I love making something from nothing.
Dallas, Tx
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Tech is really stressful lately ya'll, but I find that mediation helps keep me grounded and positive and that has rippled out in positive ways to my career as a Software Engineer.
dev.to/amandamayfield/medita…
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Okay but I can’t deal when my LinkedIn post on ai goes viral and people get spicy in the comments bc my autistic, Buddhist, DBT ass wants to come in and be like “nah, guys, we can all get along and approach this with empathy!” I’m bad at this lol
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Grace Hopper being cancelled is such a bummer and feels indicative of women in tech continuing to be de-prioritized. What can we do to ensure such communities and events get the proper funding and attention they need?
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Listen AI is cool and all but yall crazy for deleting your IDEs. I love vscode, even to review and compare ai generated code, and yall can pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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Halloween coming together finally! It’s been so hot this year I had to put it off a bit. Hoping I can still pull out a big secret addition.
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Being a woman in tech with autism is a special challenge. I have to ask SO many questions to understand, which can be great for catching things, but also tends to make people feel attacked so I gotta do it in a Bob Ross + self deprecating humor manner to be disarming. So tiring
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I have a dumb stance. In an IF, I hate the trend of removing curly braces. They make it easier for me to breakdown the logic in my brain. Would I make someone change it in a PR? No. Do I give it a tiny glare every time I see it? Yes. What is the dumb, smol, silly hangup you have?
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I'm working on a skill that takes large PRs, slices by commits & logic seams, & then creates a stacked PR on github. The trigger word is 'pancake' bc I like whimsy in my engineering &, ironically, I feel like AI is taking that away in favor of more sterile, unified engineering
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Honestly, absolutely living by Chesterton’s Fence these days and it serves me well. Too many times as devs we just remove things we don’t like without ever understanding why they were built in the first place. Embrace curiosity over impatience.
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The non-deterministic aspect of AI stresses me out. I’m autistic and like the patterns and stability of programming, and have been frustrated by my interactions with AI sometimes. But I do like to learn and grow and don’t want to be left behind. But man it feels bad sometimes.
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Macaron dress is chugging along. Trying to #buildinpublic lol. Got the hook and eyes on the Stomacher so I can finally try it on and yay! Fits perfectly.
Still a looot of trim to hand sew.
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Oops, forgot to post the link to my actual presentation on accessibility! Here it is:
piped.video/y_GOHmEKaHY?is=ha4d…
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Gave my first conference talk and got hit with a harsh, anonymous review.
I’m grateful to meditation for helping me take a breath, sit in the discomfort, and gently change my mindset.
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Yay, having fun working on my space themed portfolio this week! Sharing a lil code pen of some orbiting planet animation I made in CSS:
codepen.io/editor/amandamayf…
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Started up on my Halloween crafting! This year is more about refinement and refreshing existing decor, so I’m starting with totally repainting the gravestones. Kind of hilarious how my software iteration mindset is translating over to my crafting these days.
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I don’t think it’s right to act like people vibe coding with AI aren’t achieving some cool things. I also don’t think it’s right to act like engineers skeptical of AI are pissy gatekeepers. Let’s keep some grey in the conversation and be empathetic to both sides. /soap box
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Experienced a company layoff for the first time. My role was safe but others, amazing people I really loved working with, were let go. It’s a weird feeling: guilty, grateful, sad, terrified, jittery, and deflated, all at once. I hope tech can get its act together soon, it’s crazy
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I forgot to share here! I kept surprising people at #CYC26 with my nfc nails to share my socials. So much fun and really easy to do! Just buy the pack of 10mm sticker chips on amazon and go get a manicure! I want more fun feminine energy in tech~
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