My sister makes her own greeting cards with a celery heart as a stamp. They turn out pretty great.

Discovered a nasty, days-old data bug in prod just now in an untested code path. Only hit a few users, but still, ugh.

Lesson learned: 90+% test coverage is great, but bugs still happen in the other 10%. It may be harder to test, but do it anyway. If you shipped it then you should have put a test on it. 💍

there’s a whole world down there

Hi all! I’m overdue for another Bridgy Fed status update. Bottom line up front: we’re now bridging video on Bluesky! Out from Bluesky works now, in will work as soon as they finish their user rollout, hopefully within days.

Also, Bridgy Fed can now ask people to bridge their accounts! This is the infamous “discoverable opt in,” and it’s finally launched. If you want to follow someone, but they’re not bridged, send their handle to Bridgy Fed in a DM or chat message, and it will message them to say you’re asking. (Only once; it won’t send another message if someone else asks.)

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ok now it’s a party

Unexpected lovely experience at #xoxofest: I’ve worked in climate full time for the last few years, and in health and bioinformatics for many years before that, and I got to share those experiences with very competent, interested people and encourage them to join in themselves.

There are lots of wonderful climate scientists, doctors, and researchers. They’re hungry to work with good tech people to build new and better tools. You don’t need any domain knowledge; your tech skills alone are enough. Jump in, the water’s fine, we need your help!

what do I do if my kid might be turning into Elon Musk