Ann Robson

📚 🎸 🎨 💖 🤓 Former pretty good software engineer

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@Microsoft offers its unconscious bias training free online. https://t.co/d5UUXsU4on I did it, it's excellent. TO EVERYONE: please share this with your companies!

[Ann Robson @arobson]

At the farm today. The one I grew upon. Perhaps for the last time. Despite my wishes and the magical silver cup.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

OG GAN Moby Dick ends spectacularly and ominously:

"small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago."

Hope we fare better.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

Recruiters are trying to revive my career. So sweet of them.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

Feeling pretty romantic, I'm thinking of designing a custom scent for my sweetheart for Valentine's Day. 🤓♥️🌸

https://t.co/MgycwPYjcH
https://t.co/sAEExn2p6t

(don't worry, she doesn't read Twitter)

[Ann Robson @arobson]

I'm crying. I'm so relieved.

My neighborhood (Castro, SF, CA, USA) is shouting.

[KQED News @KQEDnews]

Photos of Brianna Noble, 25, riding atop her gelding, Dapper Dan, with her fist held high, capture a defining moment of hope during the Oakland protests for #GeorgeFloyd.

https://t.co/noSQpJ8Q9V

[Stoyan Stefanov 🪩 @stoyanstefanov]

Paging all former Performance Calendar contributors: now is the time to start writing and/or solicit contributions from the peeps around you. https://t.co/lyd67nCf5Z

[Ann Robson @arobson]

I'm so happy and excited! I start my new job tomorrow. I don't know what it's going to be like yet, but it's exactly the job I wanted: Frontend engineer at Khan Academy. 😍💃💃💃💃

[Ann Robson @arobson]

I was sick in bed yesterday, and I congratulated myself for not drinking any coffee. But then I realized I ate almost a whole pint of Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch ice cream. So I had better not congratulate myself too much.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@marioeg Good question! I don't know the answer. :)

Brotli is different. We'd have to consider it and test it out on files. Still, using compression that doesn't add value isn't the worst thing we could do.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

Gzipping files that have native compression (such as images) is not useful and can actually make the resources slightly bigger. https://t.co/KcWkYVPrFY

icydk

[Ann Robson @arobson]

A seemingly small but valuable detail for web dev productivity: use different favicons for staging and prod.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@richardtagger Whoa. That's interesting to witness. It looks to me like the Uber driver *might* be in the wrong here. :P

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@estellevw lol

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@rizzi Card-carrying egghead!

PS. https://t.co/w3giI6tbjC now redirects to Amazon's software pages.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

Wish I had https://t.co/R4Q0r2R8Gd when I was a young, queer zinester trying to express myself and connect with people. So much good stuff.

[Ann Robson @arobson]

@TylerMahanCoe Great Cocaine & Rhinestones episode on Bobbie Gentry and Ode to Billy Joe! Surprising, insightful, and entertaining. https://t.co/FTkOTixvv9

[Ann Robson @arobson]

When looking for a new job we must personally rank the leadership of the companies we consider, in addition to evaluating the product. If you don't like the CEO, don't work there