original.flipster - demystifying software one rant at a time
Welcome to my crib 💯
Nice to see you visit my little corner of the internet. This is where I drop some insights on stuff I picked up along the way and also the occasional tech-related rant. Since I low-key wanted to become a writer but somehow got caught up in the software industry, I just write about software now instead.
My mission: unpack and simplify all things making our industry more complicated than it needs to be and share some of the lessons I painfully learned along the way. Still, I’m here to keep things light and if I make you crack a smile while sneaking in a thought or two that sticks, the better. Ideally, I can do my bit in democratizing and diversifying the software industry this way.
🫰🏾 Good software needs to be designed well and executed well in order to work well.
About me
I’m an English major who somehow ended up spending the last 10+ years in software development. Along the way, I picked up a knack for building top-notch software that always stays clean AF under the hood and gained some reputation as the office Code Therapist. Add in a share of Red-Teaming and you got someone who knows just enough to fully embrace how much I actually don’t know.
As a Sagittarius with a Virgo rising, I really dig sharing what I’ve (painfully) learned along the way through Software Roasts (a.k.a. code & software reviews) and by coaching up dev teams in playful ways. No matter the task at hand, I always keep it 100. At the end of the day, what matters most to me is the human side, because:: Software is built by people, for people.
I also built this crochet pattern editor, because… of course I did.
If you want to see my crocheting alter ego in action, check out knotorious.loops. It’s got style, it’s got cats, it’s a whole vibe.