Great talk. Key takeaway: if a practice can survive the open source model (run for decades, constant turnover, rotating leadership, no authority hierarchy) then it will work on your team 🤝
Good morning @kevlin.bsky.social from one of my colleagues here in Melbourne 😁
Justin Mclean now joins #YOWTLS26 in Melbourne to share real lessons from open source projects that have scaled without collapsing under their own weight.
Michele Playfair (she/her)
Michele Playfair (she/her)
Perfection
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sometimes I wonder if people in other fields have any clue what we go through as women in computational fields...
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"I think if you wore more hoodies people would be more accurate about how technical you are" is very seriously intended advice I've been given and bro. There is not a powerful enough hoodie in the world.
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
