Tracy

You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather.

CFO | Director @OpenSourceOrg
GM @ Restack Foundation
CXO | OSS consulting
She/Her

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@LizSzabo @Sesamecare Might want to make sure you actually can supply people with their Rx in a timely fashion before you launch a program 😬

Hasn't been on time once. The stress of getting late RX and wondering what side effects I'll have from missed doses is a pretty big customer service problem.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@shanselman I'm obsessed with this thing! She's beautiful. My bro is a mechanic and we both wish for it. I think it's how I can finally convince my partner to be a minivan dad.

(I think minivans are great, I inherited the beatup family one as my car as a teenager. MPVs zooooomed)

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I say all this a someone who has slight bias towards companies like Automattic, Elastic, HashiCorp: companies that invest heavily in open source. All of them seem to need to tweak their approach: and I’m rooting for them.

As long as they play clean.

https://t.co/mfqLg2C2xP

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@alexfreidus @clhubes our middle kiddo was deathly afraid of lava overflowing onto our floor...from nowhere for a short bit thanks to the Ring of Fire special!

It's secular Sunday School.

[theyfab.bsky.social @theyfabatbirth]

my mom (who's a university professor) did something interesting last year: she assigned her students to give chatgpt an essay question, have it write a paper, and then proofread/fact check it. nearly every single student in that class came out of that assignment anti-chatgpt.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@jasnell @MetaPrinxss lol, to be clear, having governance -avoiding- board/project capture is super great.

Just re-read what I typed and want zero ambiguity there 😅

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@jasnell @MetaPrinxss it's called board capture in non-profit vernacular, and many organizations write their governance this way! It can be in bylaws, all the way down into the project member governance.

It's great!

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

I got to play six degrees of (Kevin Bacon) Kurt Vonnegut today, by happenstance.

I'll take it! (2, btw)

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I’m not aspiring to be humble … put that on a t-shirt

[Kelsie Taggart @kelsientaggart]

Not all heroes wear capes, but Marcus does.

This is the perfect response to all the Republicans making bad faith arguments that Harris should just implement her policies now.

[Momsplaining is my job @Momsplaining101]

People who keep saying that Appalachia should’ve been prepared for this really know nothing about the area or weather. This wasn’t a “once in a lifetime” thing. This was a “this has never happened since Noah” kind of thing. It’s one thing to live below sea level and have this happen, it’s a whole other to literally live in the mountains and have your home wash away or have water covering your house. People had less than a days warning of how bad it might be and nothing said it would be this bad. On the coast people know a week ahead what will likely happen because it happens all the time. It’s not the same.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

Sometimes, with what I am generously assuming is the best of intentions, folks in OSS who deeply care about sustainability, make it harder for the rest of us trying to do this work...

Logging off is a superpower.
So is surrounding yourself with people you actually listen to.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

Amazon's reported US corporate/tech workforce is
330, 000 people

So...that's a very real number of people who could potentially have a serious decision to make.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@jo_byden @IanColdwater There are approximately 12.9 million custodial parents in the U.S., which represents around 4% of the total population. https://t.co/D27mAgSjYh.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@jo_byden @IanColdwater There are approximately 12.9 million custodial parents in the U.S., which represents around 4% of the total population. https://t.co/D27mAgSjYh.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@d_feldman I feel like I'm seeing this from plenty of folks who happily remoted prior! I miss working in-person. I have no interest in doing it 5 days per week though. It just didn't seem to fit the rhythm of collaborative work together...and then sitting down to focus for shipping.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

Like, even my very experienced plumber will call his bestie on another job to get a second opinion, share pics, and collaborate sometimes. And our work is better for it.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

Remote and hybrid +1 here. Whatever facilitates the collaboration best for the type of work we're doing(roles and how they focus-time matter for productivity!) is where I'm excited to be(and most productive), and it has not, for me, been fully in-person.

[Iheanyi Ekechukwu @kwuchu]

Read this take with a grain of salt. While I had fun hanging out with my coworkers back when I was in an office, I've been remote full-time for the past 6 years and I can't go back to an office. I get way more done at home and I'm not bogged down by a commute anymore. Community at work is chill, but honestly, shipping dope features together even while remote builds community because you're pairing anyways. You shouldn't be using work as your primary catalyst for community, that can and should exist outside of work.

As for well-being, idk what he means in this context but everybody is different. Only well-being i got working in an office is a lot of steps walking to and from subway stations in NYC.

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

I keep trying to figure out where only in-person work is truly ideal. So limiting.

In medicine, if I have a serious issue, a just in-person crew may not be best. What if they can get The Expert halfway around the world on a call with my care team(who doesn't specialize in this)

[Leaundra Ross 🪷💙💚🏈⚾️ @LeaundraRoss]

Love this.

#HarrisWalz2024

[Tracy @HackyGoLucky]

@thee_SACK I thought I was gonna feel like a sucker for watching, and it was, in fact wrong.