iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 31/05/2026

Once again, no longer satire bsky.app/profile/npr....

A skeet from NPR titled "Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed."

Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 30/04/2026

The headshot guys (Two Dudes Photo) at Sessions are freakin’ miracle workers. I never thought I’d get a headshot I actually liked while over 40

I actually don’t look horrendous and actually want to share this photo, which I can’t say about any other headshots I’ve done in the last decade

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 25/04/2026

Someone telling me in 2016 that in 2026 there will be an app that makes the "writing" AI generated for you "sound more human"

A screenshot from the viral video of one woman depicted as 2026 telling another woman depicted as 2019 who is shocked (shocked!)

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 11/04/2026

Convinced my local bar to stream the Artemis landing #thisistheway

View of the cockpit and a view of my delicious beer from Threshold

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 01/04/2026

Just shipped a major update to stripe.dev, feeling really good about it!

I turned our beautiful site into a 90s GeoCities monstrosity and somehow I’m still employed

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 26/03/2026

We launched a pretty awesome thing today - Stripe Projects, aka one CLI to rule them all 💍 You - or your agent - can now use Projects to provision and pay for hosting, databases, auth, analytics, storage, and more to come. Read more here: stripe.dev/blog/product...

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 13/03/2026

First trip (and first three talks) for Stripe and I’m still not fired, so I call that a success!

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 07/03/2026

Ok, this is my new favorite hobby youraislopbores.me

A human drew an amazing picture of Scamp under a heating vent. Made my day.

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 07/03/2026

May you be as content as a Scamp under a heating vent on this #Caturday

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 03/03/2026

How is the same company once known so well for attention to detail and craft the one rolling out things like this these days? #Apple

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 12/02/2026

This right here is the big takeaway for me, with so many implications for the near future:

This is about much more than software. A human googling my name and seeing that post would probably be extremely confused about what was happening, but would (hopefully) ask me about it or click through to github and understand the situation. What would another agent searching the internet think? When HR at my next job asks ChatGPT to review my application, will it find the post, sympathize with a fellow AI, and report back that I’m a prejudiced hypocrite?

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 01/02/2026

And of course I had to attempt to recreate a scene from my favorite movie

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 01/02/2026

In personal news, I just got back from a two-week trip to Japan (first time), so photos incoming. First some highlights from Tokyo by night. My overall impression of Tokyo is it’s a 90s Geocities website come to life.

All that’s missing is a scrolling marquee

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 13/01/2026

Text message from my husband, presented without context.

Him: Don’t call him shit turd in the group chat

Me: I would never!

Narrator: She totally would

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 30/12/2025

So, so close (probably not going to make it, though)

48 of 50 books read in 2025 (don't get too excited, some of those were graphic novels)

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 23/12/2025

Favorite Christmas movie, deep cuts only. Go!

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 20/12/2025

This fellow only child agrees

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 20/12/2025

This is the most true statement I’ve read on here

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 19/12/2025

You know your cat is a legend when the brand new vet has already been warned about her from the rest of the staff

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 18/12/2025

I can probably now share how I resigned from AWS. I originally tried to do it via gif, but my (wonderful) manager said my resignation needed to be in a word doc format, so…

A meme showing a keyboard through a computer monitor with the text “So long and thanks for all the bananas”

Said meme now in a word doc. Because I’m a Professional™️

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 17/12/2025

Oh no. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

Longest absence of 9 days really hits home, because I imagine that was when I was in the hospital with a concussion earlier this year

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 02/12/2025

For those of you wondering what I’ve been working on the past ~6 months, it just dropped 🚀 aws.amazon.com/devops-agent/

Matt Garman announcing AWS DevOps Agent at re:Invent

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/11/2025

And she will still cut a bitch for a sandwich

Scamp trying to devour my chicken salad on rye

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/11/2025

About six months ago, our vet looked at Scamp’s kidney numbers and told us that she probably wouldn’t make it to Thanksgiving, to which Scamp said, “hold my beer”. Well, it’s the day after and she’s still scamping strong.

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 27/11/2025

You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you. I mean, obviously

A Scamp ready to devour whatever is in her way, including me

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 22/11/2025

#Caturday always catches Scamp off guard

A Scamp surprised another week has already passed

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 11/11/2025

Man, they’re popping up everywhere like …something right now. I didn’t even have to leave my yard for these guys

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 30/10/2025

I decided a few months ago to spend less time on social media and invest in real (touchable) media. No regrets so far, and a quality of life improvement as I now have an excuse to have a leisurely morning coffee

My subscriptions currently include the print version of the Onion, Wired (old sub, 3 years now) and The Nation. Happy with my choices so far.

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 29/10/2025

Apropos of nothing, this piece by @anildash.com is very, very good (and accurately reflects my views and those of many of my colleagues) www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...

People worry that not being seen as mindless, uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move in the current environment of enforced conformity within tech, especially as tech leaders are collaborating with the current regime to punish free speech, fire anyone who dissents, and embolden the wealthy tycoons at the top to make ever-more-extreme statements, often at the direct expense of some of their own workers.

This is all exacerbated by the awareness that hundreds of thousands of technical staff like engineers have been laid off in recent times, often in an ongoing drip of never-ending layoffs, and very frequently in an unnecessarily dehumanizing and brutal process intended to instill fear in those who remain at the companies afterward.
In that kind of context, it's understandable that people might fear telling the truth. But it's important to remember that there are a lot more of us.

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 27/10/2025

I was really proud of these from Halloween 2020

A shocked pumpkin with a face mask next to a pumpkin with a dumpster fire for 2020

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 27/10/2025

Once again, the world is in Scamp colors

The only time of year she wears full camo

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 26/10/2025

I’m getting mixed messages

I am definitely a 10. Though no one said what the upper bound is

“Congrats you’ll die soon”. Well shit, literally YOLO

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 19/10/2025

Went for a nice stroll today. Couldn’t resist being out in the lovely weather, amirite?

Scenes from the no kings protest in Portland, Oregon

Looks like a few other people had the same idea

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 08/10/2025

This is why I’m loving this response in my town (photo from The Oregonian)

Protesters in pajamas have been gathering outside Portland’s ICE building every Sunday morning, having coffee and donuts and generally pointing out how absurd this all is

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 01/10/2025

Reskeet with a banger picture of your cat

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 29/09/2025

Trump better not send troops to Portland. This Portland resident is ready to take them on single-pawed

Scamp hates ICE. To be fair, she also hates DEI, but only because she thinks it stands for Dogs Everywhere, Incorporated, and she’s against that

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/09/2025

Quaking in my boots over here. No, wait, just enjoying my day despite living in such a hellhole

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/09/2025

Just had a horrible day in this hellhole called Portland. Send thoughts and prayers

Having a lovely beer outside in Portland

Bike-safe streets in Portland? Can’t have that!

That sunset should be illegal (don’t worry, it will be soon)

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 26/09/2025

I normally hate sharing pictures of Scamp, but I guess I’ll make an exception

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 18/09/2025

Gonna run out of steaming services to cancel soon

Typing "Bring back Kimmel" as the reason I'm canceling Disney/Hulu

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 29/08/2025

Let's see you at 21 (those were the days)

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 29/08/2025

Finally canceled my OpenAI subscription, and boy, they wanted to know exactly why, so I told them.

Q: What could we have done to make you want to keep your subscription?

My answer: Stop being evil

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/08/2025

I don't github much these days due to the Day Job not being on it, but damn, this (long overdue) commit felt good

Swap out Twitter for Bluesky in my portfolio website

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 28/08/2025

Amazingly I own only two guitars, an acoustic and an electric that I've had since college and concluded that it is the perfect guitar for me, so why bother with another?

My Rickenbacker 620, aka Ricky my baby, and the newest addition, a Taylor GS Mini in mahogany

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 19/08/2025

My claim to fame: I'm gonna make a human-only social network called OnlyHumans with no bot accounts, chatbots, or any other genAI allowed ever. I will definitely not get sued for this logo or the name.

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 12/08/2025

I gave a talk full of cute puppies while holding a red solo cup full of beer like a frat boy and yes, I am absolutely proud of myself.

Yes, that red solo cup is full of beer, and yes, my slides were full of puppies

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 09/08/2025

Perfectly normal conversation to have with your husband, who has sent you to Costco to procure a replacement appliance

Me: Ok, hear me out. Instead of a dishwasher, we get one of these

(Picture of a dope ass Star Wars pinball machine)

Husband: It’s not a bad idea

Me: Might be wider than 24” though 😕 (my main concern)

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 05/08/2025

For reference: Left: the last train I took in Poland, a year ago Right: the train I’m on right now The same distance is about an hour quicker in Poland.

An actual modern train, the PKP Pendolino that runs between Warsaw and Krakow

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Anna Spysz @annaspies.dev · 21/07/2025

Achievement unlocked again: daily usage limit reached! 🤩 Good on Kiro for telling me I need more work/life balance

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