Cristien Natal

A mum 🤱🏻 Frontend engineer 👩🏻‍💻 Documenting my coding journey here while momming ✍🏻 Previously a Research Lab Scientist 👩🏻‍🔬

[Cristien Natal @cristiencodes]

@ReceptionKew What an incredible visit! What an amazing way to introduce kids to STEM. Love this 🤖

[BekahHW @BekahHW]

You can’t expected an employee to perform at their best if you don’t provide a psychologically safe workspace. I’m tired of seeing good ppl think they’re doing a bad job bc they aren’t being set up to succeed.

[Josh Weed @The_Weed]

A message I want to share with adults who work with #ADHD kids is: pushing them the way that you push neurotypical kids harms them for life.

Here’s what I mean.

When I start working clinically with an adult who has ADHD, one of the first things we do /1

[Cristien Natal @cristiencodes]

This is promising!

[@[email protected] @jellybeySLP]

@TheDebbieMia The actual study: https://t.co/6pO2rU4aAp

[Debbie Mia @ Likely a Nap @TheDebbieMia]

They found the cause of SIDS
THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF SIDS

Excuse me while I cry for all the parents, including lead researcher Dr Carmel Harrington, who lived with guilt. And cry happy tears for parents in the future who will have access to screening and prevention. 😭

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

The latest newsletter issue is a timely one: retaining entry-level engineers, software engineers and engineering managers.

Every person will prfioritize different areas as more important for them to stay. However, there are common themes.

Full article: https://t.co/SLe64y6YsX

[Cristien Natal @cristiencodes]

@elaineinthebay @Meta Congrats Elaine! Very very well deserved ❤️

[jenna @jjenzz]

i wish it was more well known that `useEffect` in general is usually a bad idea. this snippet from beta docs that talks about them being last resort is *chefs kiss* 👌

https://t.co/NNI3iggDSL

[sMyle (🦋 @myles.dev) @MylesBorins]

Do you work with someone that you really appreciate?

Tell them

often

[Cristien Natal @cristiencodes]

Over the weekend (in between lil one’s naps), I played around with chromes shape api (experimental feature) - so it could detect your face. I wanted to do more with it like having the animation wave when it detects a face or two! But happy I got the face detection to work. 😁

[annie🦄⚡ | on break @anniebombanie_]

5 stages of using Tailwind:

1. 😶 → Right, let's give this a good shot
2. 🤔 → Hmmm... I can prototype pretty fast
3. 😭 → Argggh my eyes! I hate it! Unsemantic nested div/span soup! Long files!
4. 😑 → Ok, I'm not *that* mad at it anymore...
5. 🙃 → I can live with it

[Michael Thiessen @MichaelThiessen]

What UI states are you forgetting about?

When building a UI, there are many different states that you need to consider.

Here's a list of the most common ones 👇🏻

#webdevelopment

[Guillermo Rauch @rauchg]

The Wordle redirection to NY Times is very thoughtfully executed.

I was curious about how it preserved my game stats 😁

[annie🦄⚡ | on break @anniebombanie_]

CSS Box Model — an illustrated analogy.

[BekahHW @BekahHW]

I had to write one more time before Nov was over, and I discovered that is today. So moms in tech, this one is for you: https://t.co/Wzkr6RVkaq

[Rose W @rose_w]

A thread on interviewing and the use of google as a programmer:

A little over a year ago I was interviewing for jobs as a Staff/Lead Software Engineer. At the same time I was a mom of kids with adhd e-schooling during a pandemic and working 60+h at a startup.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

"I have inherited a junior-heavy engineer team. This means that most of my engineers have little experience. How can I level up the team?"

A tough question with no "fast" solution. But here are some of my thoughts.

As a manager, or an engineer, what have you seen work well?