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I spent ten years teaching college English. Now I teach developers, search engines, and AI systems to understand each other.

Writing about developer experience, AI tooling, and the communities that make tech worth working in.

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Currently Developer Experience Lead, AI Platform at Paper Compute
Writing about what AI agent sessions actually cost
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March 23, 2021

Lessons I've Learned from 100 Virtual Coffees

It’s almost been a year since Virtual Coffee was born from my cry of desperation into the Twittersphere. From knowing that I couldn’t let myself be isolated during the time the world was calling for isolation. I knew from my...

March 13, 2021

Getting Out of My Comfort Zone

I like my comfort zone. A lot. It’s a familiar space. It’s a warm blanket, a cup of coffee, in front of a fire. It’s the crack of the bat against a baseball on a hot July day. It’s hearing...

February 12, 2021

Complicated Anniversaries: It's Ok to Not Be Ok

Life has been weird lately. It’s been complicated, and I’ve had a hard time understanding why. And then I read this tweet:

January 28, 2021

Five Hot Takes for the New Year

I spend a lot of time stuck in my head, wondering if what I say is going to hurt someone or lead them on the wrong path, or flat-out be wrong. And that’s exhausting. I love going on podcasts, but...

January 17, 2021

Let Them Write Tests: Writing Your First Cypress Test

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December 28, 2020

2020: A Year in Review

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season...

December 7, 2020

I Came into Tech via Trauma

I don’t have a traditional path into tech. I came into tech because my organs ruptured when I had my fourth kid. I came into tech because I had PTSD. I came into tech because I have ADHD. I came...