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A Glossary of Tech Lingo (and Why It’s Important)

Today is day 6 of #blogvent, where I’m writing a blog post every day for the month of December. Shoutout to @cassidoo for the idea! I missed a day. Oops. And I almost certainly won’t keep up with #blogvent through the weekends this month. But instead of totally giving up (like I really wanted to) I’m just jumping back in :) A glossary of tech lingo A few months ago, I started noticing something odd: phrases like “worm can” and “footgun” kept popping up in conversations, but I had absolutely no idea what people meant by them.

How to organize and improve your documentation for your favorite repositories

Today is day 4 of #blogvent, where I’m writing a blog post every day for the month of December. Shoutout to @cassidoo for the idea! Introduction One of the things I love about working at GitHub is our hackathons. Every few months we have the opportunity to drop what we currently have going on and focus for a few days on something that we really care about. This is ridiculously cool.

Why I Write

Today is day 3 of #blogvent, where I’m writing a blog post every day for the month of December. Shoutout to @cassidoo for the idea! Reflecting on the why I love December. It’s a time of reflection, where I try to think about what I have enjoyed most about the year and prepare for the year ahead. Probably so I can avoid thinking about how crappy the weather is outside, or how dark it is already at 4PM.

How to Find Your Passion in the Tech Industry

Today is day 2 of #blogvent, where I’m writing a blog post every day for the month of December. Shoutout to @cassidoo for the idea! It’s the time of year where I’m reflecting on this past year, and identifying what changes I need to make to re-focus for 2025. One of those changes is to focus on the things that I am most passionate about. As such, I’ve been researching the best ways to find your passion.

Book Club Questions: The Software Engineer's Guidebook

Today is day 1 of #blogvent, where I’m writing a blog post every day for the month of December. Shoutout to @cassidoo for the idea! Get it here I loved this book, and a full summary and review of it is sure to come shortly. However I wanted to share some of the book club discussion questions for this book that we came up with for anyone else looking to organize a book club for this book.

How I Organize Work in Obsidian

Hello, my name is Brittany, and I have a problem. I am one of those weird people that is obsessed with “productivity hacks”. The biggest pitfall of being productivity-obsessed is the amount of time that I spend automating the work of being productive. I am constantly tweaking my workflows and setups as I learn new ways to make sure that things get done. Using Obsidian is one of the things that has really unleashed my productivity obsession.