@pilothq engineer. Formerly @dropbox & @recursecenter
Joined June 2009
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
11 Jul 2022
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/2022/0…
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24 May 2022
Great reflection on being a sustainably effective senior IC. x.com/dbsmasher/status/15291…
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15 Dec 2021
I wrote a post for @PilotHQ 's engineering blog on working with TypeScript after a long time spent in Python with mypy: medium.com/@Pilot-EPD-Blog/t…
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15 Dec 2021
Working in TypeScript clarified a lot of the nuances of optional static typing in dynamic languages for me, and this was a fun reflection to write.
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30 Nov 2021
I'll be on a @TheLeadDev panel tomorrow on understanding the role of a Staff engineer! Tune in here: leaddev.com/events/understan…
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
5 Nov 2021
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 @alpineparrot. trib.al/5c7PfYe
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
14 Oct 2021
FWIW, the times I've done the best work in my career are times I've been able to fully connect who I am with what I'm doing.
For anyone who needs to hear it: it is career suicide to let your soul die a slow death by suppressing anything unique you can contribute.
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
3 Oct 2021
"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."
2 Oct 2021
For #WrongfulConvictionDay I want to add the story of the wrongful conviction that cemented my devotion to the cause of liberation. It was horrifying. And to never let it happen again, we need to dismantle the system of punishment we have built. theappeal.org/drakeo-califor…
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
2 Oct 2021
Can someone transcribe the text of this news article to a vinyl record and send it to Douglas Hofstadter?
10 Aug 2017
Holy crap. Malware hidden in a strand of DNA hijacks the computer that analyzes that particular gene sequence. wired.com/story/malware-dna-…
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30 Sep 2021
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/writi…
ALT The frontier is the place to go mining for new ideas, but it’s 1% gold and 99% mud. And if you live you whole life there you’ll never know what indoor plumbing is like and you’ll find yourself saying things like “real programmers don’t need toilet paper.”
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
25 Aug 2021
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-vuln…
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11 Feb 2021
This is the default setting, right? I understand you, I *miss* you, when’s good for dinner
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When companionship is allowed again, I'm declaring complete friendship amnesty. We didn't talk for a year? Cool, I understand, I love you, when is good for dinner
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
9 Jan 2021
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.
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
15 Dec 2020
Introducing Blob Opera, an experiment I created for Google Arts & Culture: g.co/blob-opera
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
4 Nov 2020
an EmergenSea Otter for the timeline
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3 Nov 2020
Formerly incarcerated folks can vote in many states. Check out this tool for details.
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Allison Kaptur retweeted
30 Sep 2020
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.
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