See you in 2027! ❤️🌲

A/B testing ftw

@clesleycode nailed it

Dear developer companies (@twilio @stripe @StdLibHQ): my daughter Catherine is excited about adding to her laptop sticker connection. I totally vouch for her Scratch dev skills. ✨ DMs are open if you need a mailing address! 🤗

Just signed my offer letter, will be starting a new job a week from Monday 📫 It's been 85 days since I started looking for the right company & role, and the investment was well worth it. I'll have more to share soon, but for now I'm going to enjoy this sunny day in Seattle ☀️

If you are a developer who: - has deployed AWS Amplify apps - knows GraphQL/React - are available for a paid 💰 project Let me know! DMs open 🙃 /cc @dabit3

Today I'm joining @Courier as Head of Developer Relations. And you know what that means? Setting up a new laptop and dev environment! 🎉 Does anyone have any tips, links, scripts or advice on how to do this well? I'm coding on an Apple M2 Pro and write a lot of Node/JS.

I’m excited to share that I’m taking the plunge into #AI and starting a new position as Head of Developer Relations at @DataStax ! You might be wondering: Why AI? Why a DB company? Why DataStax? 🧵

So this is mind blowing. Someone from @heroku ran around collecting stickers & swag at @railsconf. He then packaged it up, wrote a thoughtful card and shipped it to a little girl he doesn't know in Seattle. I love the dev community ♥️ Thank you Jonan!

Cat's out of the bag! 😻 A week from today I am joining @trycourier as their Head of Developer Relations. If you're looking for your next role, in particular one in leadership, here's what I learned over the past 90 days of job hunting 🧵

We have landed in Victoria, BC for our 14th wedding anniversary! ❤️🇨🇦 If anyone has any food or fun recs, let us know!

Today I <Say>Goodbye</Say> to @Twilio. It's been an honor to work with such 💯 people and to serve developers. Keep building awesome stuff! 🙌

For all the #CovidIsSoOver folks out there: My mother just had a slip-and-fall where she broke 3 ribs and suffered internal bleeding. She had to be sent to a hospital 2 HOURS AWAY from home because the local ones were filled with Covid patients. I'm so fucking angry right now.

Like if you know what this is.

If by "obfuscated", you mean be on the server? Yup! 😅

Not gonna lie, this note made me tear up. Our industry should be so lucky as to attract people like Catherine. Thanks to the @stripe team for all the generosity. I can't wait to see the ideas Cate explores in those notebooks.

Excited to announce that another amazing engineer has joined the @DataStax Developer Relations team! @TejasKumar_ is one of the more thoughtful technologists I know and it's going to be amazing to work with him to bring the best of AI to web devs 🤗 datastax.com/blog/introducin…

I’m building out the DevRel team at @DataStax ! If you're excited about AI, spend free time hacking on AI projects and love showing folks how they can get do it too -- we should talk 😊 datastax.com/company/careers…

Do I know anyone who enjoyed the movie Sunshine (2007)?

⚡️ IDEA! ⚡️ An email address that you can forward recruiter spam to that: - publishes an anonymized version to a blog - keeps a tally of the offending recruiter, agency & hiring company I call this app Bad Recruiter 🤬 Should I build this? Fave/RT for yes!

As a person who organizes developer meetups (@seattlejs) and conferences (@cascadiajs), I've been stunned by what I'm hearing about the @ModernFrontends conf. Here are some *basic* things to look for (or look out for) when you're deciding to speak, sponsor or attend 🧵 1/x

I left @twilio in May 2017 following the best 6 years of my professional life building out #devrel & #devtools teams. Since then I stayed busy with @CascadiaJS @200okVC @SeattleJS & enjoying time with family. But I miss startups and I miss building. So, time to dive back in 🤘

Napkin math for just the last 5 years is kinda nuts here: 10m devs x 40 hours saved / year (1 week) x $100/hour (on average) x 5 years = $200T 😳

Just posted a guide on how to do easy auth for a web app using AngularJS, Node and CouchDB. Hope you like it: twilio.com/blog/2013/08/votr…

Every now and then I'll notice a company go on a spree of hiring the *best* people. It is almost always a leading indicator of ⭐️ product and business news to come. MSFT comes to mind in 2018. @Netlify is that company now 🚀

Got the last person loaded on the airport + PDX charter bus and everyone is seated and hacking at our post-conf Training workshops. @CascadiaJS is officially wrapped, and it’s time for the pool 😎

Yesterday my family attended the #SeattlePrideParade. It was special this year b/c our oldest child came out recently as trans. He now goes by Quinn and his pronouns are he/him ❤️ Grateful to live in such a supportive community. It's an exciting new chapter for our family! 🏳️‍🌈

Headlines in 2017 are indistinguishable from The Onion.

If you're building virtual event software PLEASE build a 👏👏👏👏 feature. Clapping for speakers and expressing appreciation is such an important and human part of an event. It's not just for the speakers either, it's a small way for attendees to become part of the event.

That's really terrible 😞 If you'd like to give that talk (including the part about open source) at @CascadiaJS , we're running an open CFP and would love to have you!

Wed night I met someone at @seattlejs who told me their career trajectory changed because they attended @CascadiaJS in 2019. They got a job at Amazon, leveled up, and are now happy at a startup building cool new things. Can't tell you how happy that made me.

Long form tweet, no way to shorten it. Sorry, not sorry. People who weren't there don't understand, but the world before "Ask Your Developer" was completely different than the world we live in today where developers are at the heart of how decisions are made, products are built and how the world itself is changing. I joined Twilio in 2012 and I saw first hand how pivotal @jeffiel was in supporting the idea that in order for a platform to be successful it needed to treat developers like first class citizens, and not simply the recipient of a "directive to integrate" from the CTO. This idea wasn't simply a fist bump to devs for cool points, it was a recognition that developers themselves held the key to innovation and creating radically new things. This culture led to entirely new ways of building API docs, designing developer dashboards, creating developer events, and so on. So many of these things have become mainstream and the new baseline for platform companies that people forget how unlikely it was in the beginning and how hard Jeff had to fight to keep the company from treating developers as a means, and not as an end. And I think all developers who are happily hacking away on a free tier of a cool API with excellent docs and a vibrant developer community should tip their hat to a person who helped make this normal and influenced a generation of leaders to do the same.

Will never fully recover from the closure of the Living Computers Museum 😥

On the way to the Bay Area with @carrie_k to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary! ❤️ We've got plans lined up, but if you have any must-see or must-see suggestions, lmk. 🧗🏻‍♀️

Anyone up for a hackathon on the Coast Starlight train from Oakland, CA to Seattle, WA? It was @lizziepika 's idea and I think it's brilliant!

Today we welcomed home a new member of our family ❤️

Today I'm sending out 138 individual emails to inform folks about whether or not their submission to the @CascadiaJS CFP was accepted. I thought I'd explain our thinking in the hopes that other confs might consider following our lead. 1/4

It's official. The number of people in the Rabasa family is a prime number again. She's a real sweetheart too ❤️

It's a good day when code makes it up on the front door of the @NYSE. Here's to the hackers! ❤️🙌🎉

1. TwiML 2. REST API 3. Helper libraries 4. Functions 5. Studio Every step made Twilio more accessible to more people. THAT'S innovation. nitter.app/jeffiel/status/9100902…

If you're building #devtools or work in #devrel, this is your periodic reminder that the *vast* majority of devs are not on Twitter.

🐱 is out of the 🛍 at #signalconf My team just launched Twilio Functions to help devs build Twilio apps faster.   twilio.com/blog/2017/05/intr…

- If you're an organizer, don't do open Q&A. It gets ruined by people who just want to look smart and stump the speaker. - If you're a speaker, don't agree to Q&A. Exit stage left. - If you're the kind of person who loves open Q&A... just stop.

Today was my last day at @trycourier 🕊️ It was a privilege to work with so many smart & talented folks, devs are in good hands 💜 I'll have more to say on Monday about what's next, but let's just say that it's an opportunity to get into a space that I couldn't pass up 🤖

Speaking of @twilio acquiring @SendGrid 😊 #purple

You know what's really maddening? Trump doesn't even appear to be happy. He's a billionaire, he's the POTUS, and he's still bitter & angry.

Evergreen tweet

It's stunning to me the number of devs who think AI will replace devs because AI can generate some code. Think about the % of your time you spend *writing code* vs everything else that goes into being a developer & being on a team. People will never become obsolete, folks.

Hey folks! 👋🏽 Instead of waiting for Jan 1, here are a few goals I'm going to work on starting... now! 1. Spend more time with my family 2. Limit work to 20 hours/week 3. Write more and be more transparent Wish me luck! ✨

If you are: 👩‍💻 a developer 😡 are tired of recruiter spam 👎 dislike code challenges / homework 💫 believe there must be a better way Could you please answer 5 multiple-choice questions? Will take 1-2 minutes, I swear 😊 goo.gl/forms/pdnvriRTypMJePp… (RT for reach!)

The Rabasa have landed in Bend, OR to prep for @CascadiaJS 😎🙌🌞

The history of the URL eager.io/blog/the-history-of…

Kicking off the @llama_index & @DataStax RAGathon with @seldo, can't wait to see what everyone builds! 🙌

Happy 11th anniversary to the love of my life, @carrie_k ❤️ Best #coronaversary ever!

Hey @CascadiaJS friends 👋 The family and I are heading out of town on a long overdue family vacation. But I wanted to quickly thank you all for making this year's #cjs18 the best one yet! ❤️

Appreciation thread for beloved developer confs put on by wonderful people 👏 I'll start with events that I've personally been to that I've truly loved: 🌴 @ReactMiamiConf 🇺🇸 @JSConfUS 🇩🇪 @jsconfeu ⚛️ womenofreact.com Please reply with your faves, like & RT! 🙏

Closed out my 45th birthday with a brownie a la mode made with ❤️ by @carrie_k & the kids.

Emily said straight away: "It's a GIRL squid!" Of course, she was referring to the @github Octocat. If you think gender representation in this kind of marketing material doesn't matter, you're so wrong. Thank you @NotMyself & @auth0 !

World map according to fish 🐠 h/t @Artist_Most

Catherine was just featured @npmjs weekly #145. Should I worry that she's peaked too soon? 😂

For 99% of folks, Github is NOT your resume. GitHub is a convenience for recruiters because it is public & queryable. But it’s a poor tool for clearly articulating what your talents, interests & aspirations are. nitter.app/sehurlburt/status/9698…

Finally starting to decompress from #cjs19 😅 Thanks to everyone who made the event possible, especially my amazing fellow co-organizers. But most of all: thanks to @carrie_k & my daughters Catherine and Emily. Without them, there is no @CascadiaJS. twitch.tv/videos/506307345

I have 2 kids aged 8 and 9. They have no idea what just happened. 💿

Today I start serving developers in a new way at @twilio. Thx to @dn0t & all my devangel peeps for being so awesome. carter.rabasa.com/2015/03/11…

Always bet on the web 🤘

There's a takeaway from the @away story that I think people are missing and founders today need to learn: Modern startups must apply the lessons they have learned about customer obsession (see: Amazon, AirBnb, etc) and apply it to how to they think about their employees 🧵

Dear JS friends. All I want for Christmas 🎄 is a recommendation for a batteries-included JS equivalent to Rails for building database-driven RESTful APIs. I want: ✅ Simple schema definition & migration ✅ Connectors for common DBs ✅ Minimal boilerplate Thank you! 🙏

Just sat down with the girls to talk about inclusivity thanks to Paul from @MicrosoftDesign. It was a really interesting conversation, and made me realize the kids could use more exposure to more kinds of people. Great start to the day! 😊

Optimal <head> ordering, look-ahead pre-parsing & other nuggets of #webperf widsom blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals…

Anyone use a developer docs platform that they love? I've spend the last few days checking out: readme.com stoplight.io docusaurus.io Bonus points if you link to a company that used the tool to build an amazing developer docs experience ✨

So, to summarize: 🖕 fuck @joerogan and every other content grifter that profits from #CovidDenial 🖕 fuck @spotify and the platforms that host them 🖕 fuck the @nytimes and every reputable media company for their poisonous "both sides" reporting on this public health crisis.

Not how I thought I'd boomerang back to Twilio.

Huge news! 🚨 I am super stoked to share that @DataStax has acquired @langflow_ai 🥳 Langflow is a new way for developers to build, iterate and deploy AI applications and is built on top of @langchain ⛓️ It's free & open source, so check it out! datastax.com/blog/datastax-a…

Shoutout to @kentcdodds whose super accessible and easy to understand blog post on React Context just enabled me: 1) Remove a dependency (undux) 2) Start playing with Snowpack.dev (since undux was a compatibility blocker) kentcdodds.com/blog/applicat…

One of the most misunderstood parts of #DevRel is where the function should live in a startup. The confusion lies in the large basket of tasks often assigned to DevRel, some of which are related to Marketing, others to Product, others to Sales, etc. How do you solve this? 1/x

Bad news: today is the shortest day of the year. 😕 Good news: every day gets better from here on out! 🌞

For me, 2022 marks the the end of an almost 5 year sabbatical from startups. This was a time of multi-week road trips, lots of adventure and being there as my kids went from 2nd/3rd grade to Middle School. It was a blessing to be able to take the time, and I have no regrets 😇

This is a great way to think about DevX (developer experience) and B2B platforms. The "thin layer" of quick starts, docs, SDKs, debugging, testing, etc that devs use (and rely on) comes to define their experience with your platform. Invest in it.

Thinking about how 3 years ago this week, my daughter Catherine got to hang out with @ashleymcnamara @CYarkoni @scottgu & @jlzander at the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond 🤩

My 13 y/o son casually texted me this WIP art project for school and I immediately felt like such a worthless hack.

As someone who works in tech, has kids and is Keto I am actually *barred* from participating in crypto because that would exceed my "shit that people don't want to hear about" limit.

1. Had an Amazon package stolen 2. Ordered a Ring Doorbell cam 3. Which is being delivered by Amazon 4. GOTO 1

Celebrated 5 years at @Twilio today. 140 characters aren't enough to describe the joy its been to work here 😍

My latest attempt to control my kid's screen time. Wish me luck!

The @DataStax Developer Relations team keeps growing! Oh, and we're still hiring 😇 @philnash went from fixing IE6 bugs to building DevRel at Twilio to diving into GenAI. We're so stoked he's here! datastax.com/blog/an-introdu…

Sometimes I feel like web developers have spent 20+ years coming up with 100+ different ways to save web form fields into a database 🤷🏻‍♂️

#SeattleJSConf 2023 is a wrap! Thanks to my family, my friends and the whole Seattle JS & web community for making this such an amazing event! ❤️ Oh, and see you all in June 2024 for @CascadiaJS 2024! 🤘

Not going to shame this person, but this is an awful take that is getting way too much traction. 1) it confuses design w/ dev. 2) it assumes folks work on things that are public & can be shared. 3) it tells me that you don't know how to interview and assess skills/fit.

One last comment: Sham conferences hurt good ones because they compete (unfairly) for speakers, sponsors and ticket sales. You have to work 10x harder to put on an honest conf. But I can't imagine doing it any other way. Much ❤️ to everyone who supports @CascadiaJS 🌲

The Rabasa family just completed its first annual retrospective. @dN0t would be so proud.

Happy National Coming Out Day to Quinn, the best son a Dad could ask for! 🏳️‍⚧️

I've landed in Salt Lake City, checked-in to my hotel & registered for my first ever @pycon US! Can't wait to meet everyone, please stop by and say hi 👋 at the @trycourier booth. Let's nerd out on notifications, APIs & Python together.

Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 1: Node.js & CouchDB twilio.com/blog/2012/09/buil… /cc @nodejitsu @cloudant @hij1nx @dscape @indexzero

If you know a great personal injury lawyer or firm in Seattle, I really need your help 🙏 My daughter Emily was attacked by a dog this past Friday while she was playing on the playground at her middle school. It was a vicious attack and her leg was damaged pretty badly. She had to have emergency surgery and stay in the hospital overnight. I was out of town at @ReactMiamiConf , but was thankfully able to hop on an early flight home. Emily is doing ok, and her friends and family have showered her with notes and visits. We really are blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives ❤️ But we need to find a lawyer to help us figure out what to do here. Any help or referrals would be appreciated. Ty!

The @ReactMiamiConf dev talent show kicks off with @kentcdodds 🔥

I pushed my first commit to production at work today. Sure, I just updated the website to add myself to the team page, but hey it's a start! 🙃

If I'm slow to respond to email or DMs it's because my family and I escaping Seattle winter for 5 glorious days in Palm Springs and I left all the fucks I give at home.

Fuck this guy

My kids built websites for the FIRST time at @CascadiaJS thanks to @jimmyjacobson and the folks at @codingscape 🤩 What an awesome idea, glue and markers are so much easier than React.js 😅

For the first time ever, the @DataStaxDevs DevRel team got to serve developers at the RAG++ AI Hack Night with each other in person! It's such a privilege to work with @TejasKumar_ @philnash @SonicDMG & @sribala_ and felt great to finally meet up IRL 💜