Beth

@bethcodes.bsky.social

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Sr Staff Engineer supporting agile cultures that let developers build software well & help them learn how to. Mediating a new scientific revolution associated with the night dream of post-industrial society any/all

A quote from Twitter that says: “nonbinary agender queer” and it’s the most normal looking dude you’ve ever seen in your life
A person with short hair, glasses and a goatee wears a retro-looking t-shirt that says “America Is An Idea”. They stand in front of greenery with ferns, bushes and trees, dappled by sunlight.
A smiling person with glasses and a goatee carrying the Progress flag. In the background a crowd stands on the sidewalk in front of a classic New England brick building.
A hand-made cardboard sign that says “For CUTTING off our TRADE with ALL parts of the WORLD”, written in sharpie on a white background.
A farmer with a rake and a straw hat and a bunny with sunglasses swim in a giant cup of coffee.
A cartoon of two dinosaurs reacting to the phrase “everyone on my floor is coding”. The software engineer dinosaur is delighted. The doctor dinosaur is horrified.
A book with words that include: “To improve your writing [and here writing is crossed out & “coding” is written above in purple letters] you don’t need advice about what changes to make; you don’t need theories about what is good and bad writing. You need movies of people’s minds while they read your words.”
A screen shot of a new york times crossword puzzle with one clue visible: “Journalistic Concern” and only that answer entered on the grid as “BIDENSAGE”.
A character sheet for a Pathfinder 1 character named Syd, built in Google Docs. It shows ten different color-coded sections for things like skill checks, hit points, attacks, spells, abilities, saves and ability scores, and has seven additional tabs visible below. The box for spells spills off the right side of the page despite the screen shot having been taken in landscape mode, where it is wider than it is tall.
A grey Rivian electric truck covered in dust except where the wiper scrapes it off is driving through a muddy river with brown scrub brush and a sandstone cliff behind it. The water is high enough to partially cover the headlights, but isn’t over the hood. It is well over the wheels and door, where the Cybertruck wilts.
A painting of a watercolor landscape, sitting on a wooden table. It features a tree in the foreground, a river flowing between two rock walls, and a pale purple ghost of a tree fading in the background.
A mountainous path of red rocks being climbed, with much difficulty and precariously-tilted axels, by two jeeps. It was almost certainly faster to just take the road.
a screen shot of a small iPhone where the keyboard completely covers the “Discard draft” dialog
An edited screenshot of the classic ClickHole article "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point" changed to read "Heartbreaking: The Worst Company You Know Just Made A Union"
An animated gif of Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride, played by a young Mandy Patinkin with shoulder-length curls and curtain bangs, saying, "Let me explain... no, there is too much. Let me sum up."