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I started to think these were musings on AI, but it s really about change. Many of us are in the midst of a cycle of hype, fear a cacophony of hot takes and spicy LinkedIn posts. But cut through the noise, and we find that LLMs are a tool. They re a new tool, and they [ ]
Ever wondered what it would be like to have your own private ChatGPT? I recently set one up, completely free, running right on my laptop. While it s not quite as sophisticated as ChatGPT or Claude (they ve got massive datasets I can t match), it s fast, private, and pretty impressive for something I was able to get [ ]
We're witnessing a rapid, sometimes premature, adoption of AI across industries. Make no mistake: we are the beta testers.
In early 2017, I received a letter. It was a handwritten card from a hero of mine. Excited and surprised, I waved it around, running to find my husband. She wrote me back! Madeleine Albright wrote me back! The year prior, I had begun a project where I occasionally send letters to women who inspire [ ]
I was shoveling some dirt and thinking about software reliability this afternoon. It s been rainy lately, so the dirt was pretty wet. Going in, I knew the dirt would be heavier because of the added water. What I didn t count on was the mud that would stick to the shovel. For every shovel-full, I was [ ]
Let s talk about Impostor Syndrome. At some point in my software engineering/leadership career, it became evident that I was expected to have Impostor Syndrome. Indeed, it became clear that all underrepresented people in tech were expected to have Impostor Syndrome. I noticed this mostly in groups of women where especially the younger women would talk [ ]
Dan Moore over at letterstoanewdeveloper.com takes truth in advertising very seriously. The site is chock full of letters written by Dan and others, offering advice and stories to people who are jumping into software development. I had a great time thinking of my early experiences and putting some of them down in my own letter [ ]
I have little to add to the conversation on COVID-19, but I do have a long-standing thought about Women s History Month, so I ll share that instead. Several years ago, the company I worked for asked some of us women leaders to write about inspiring women for a public blog post. They specifically asked for women [ ]
Today, I poured a glass of wine and came upstairs to what has so far been my favorite coding spot. I have a beautiful view of my backyard and the flowering cherry tree of a neighbor s backyard. I fired up my laptop and a React Native training video. Alas, the zoo had other plans: the [ ]
With social distancing and quarantine measures underway, I have a prediction. As we all experience less of the world, we re just plain going to get weird. My friend Katie warned me that this will happen when I work from home for a while, and it applies to the current COVID-19 related isolation as well. So [ ]