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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
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April 14, 2018

If One of Your Goals Isn't to Help Someone, You're Doing It Wrong

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to find an amazing community of people cheering me on as I learn to code. I haven’t had to face discrimination in the workplace, people demeaning my abilities because I’m a woman, or implicit sexism. But...

April 13, 2018

The House that Code Built

I’m the type of person who judges a book by its cover. (I know, I’m a college English teacher, I should know better. But I can tell you from experience that there are some awesome books with awesome covers. Case...

April 10, 2018

I'm Short, but Not Selling Myself Short

I’m only 5’1 and ¾. That’s right, when you’re short, you count that ¾. Nothing’s going to change the fact that I’ve been this height since I was 11. Apparently, though, some people think my height isn’t the only “short”...

April 5, 2018

New Kid on the Block(chain)

Yep, I love puns. I probably love them more than I love coding, but that’s because I’ve spent my last ten years as an adjunct English instructor. Actually, I think that I really enjoyed learning some Solidity because of that...

March 30, 2018

The Dating Game: Learning to Code, part II

I’ve been dating around for a while now, and I’ve found some good partners and some bad partners. But what’s important to me? Well, I’m interested in know the what, how, and why questions. What are you and what is...

March 24, 2018

The Dating Game: Learning to Code, part I

Learning to code by yourself is a lot like dating. You check out what’s out there, who’s doing what, who has a sleek, new interface, who keeps you engaged, and who can help you to be the fullest version of...