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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 09/05/2025

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The Data Mishaps Night is awesome & has the vibe I think #dataBS is all about XD #dataSky / #databsky & #pyData you can come too ; )

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

SF DATA PEOPLE: Call for submissions! 🍌 The 5th annual Data Mishaps Night is happening IRL this year in SF on June 3rd. We want to hear about your data mistakes and how you learned from them! Submit your story here by May 15: hextech.typeform.com/to/TIbjWEdi

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thrilled to share that the 5th annual #DataMishapsNight is happening in-person this year on June 3rd in SF, sponsored by our friends at Hex! The event will be free, not recorded, and a great time. If you're interested in speaking, please submit your story here! hextech.typeform.com/to/TIbjWEdi

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Has anyone written / shared / open-sourced an AI strategy for data teams? 👀

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Lucy this is amazing!! So perfectly packaged.

Lucy D’Agostino McGowan @lucystats.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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a bit more #Severance data please enjoy all analyses equally 👉 lucymcgowan.github.io/mdr-website/ and for my #rstats friends: 👉 lucymcgowan.github.io/mdr/

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 27/01/2025

This is completely bonkers and I want an entire documentary just about how they made it

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Feels like a big opportunity, especially given a move from focus on things to focus on experiences. Kind of surprising that nobody is doing it though, which makes me think it must be harder than it seems?

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Every year I buy a bunch of gift cards to local restaurants as gifts for family members. Every year I’m surprised that only like 10-20% of the local restaurants I find have a way to purchase a gift card directly on the website, so for every 15 sites I visit, I’m getting like 1 or 2 gift cards.

Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 12/12/2024

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I'm excited to announce @skyseed.fund, the world's first incubator & fund exclusively focused on Bluesky and @atproto.com. We're just getting started but have $1 Million in committed capital, and will be doing developer grants as well as pre-seed/seed funding. www.prweb.com/releases/ope...

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Open Source Veteran Launches Skyseed - First Ecosystem Fund and Incubator for the Bluesky AT Protocol

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Open Source veteran entrepreneur Peter Wang today launches Skyseed Fund, the world's first venture fund and incubator focused exclusively...

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Yes! I think they might technically be for advent (it’s a much bigger thing here than in the US). They were so pretty!

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I gotchu: spaetzl at the market, kaisercharrn (translated as “emporer’s madness”, like a shredded pancake for dessert), and pumpkin risotto from the Michelin starred airport hotel restaurant (I got stuck an extra night). Not pictured: dumplings, bratwurst, gluhwine, and much great cheese!

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Field report from Munich: the Christmas markets are indeed magical 🎄 💫

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My initiation to Austin was learning how to pronounce Guadalupe

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Ooh, makes sense — thanks for sharing this!

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Just landed in Munich, Santa was there, and the bag handlers (elves, I assume?) put these Santa chocolates in the handle of each one. I’ve never been so delighted in my life.

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Listening was very on-brand this year. Everywhere has been my top jam lately. Cake forever. Being Dead was my fave band discovery at SXSW. Loved Texas Hold ‘Em. Taylor remains queen.

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Def not scooped, I’m glad this is a widely-appreciated thing!

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Annual reminder that Spotify Wrapped is a great example of how you can build a fantastic data product without ML or AI

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

2yo is referring to numbers as “countings” 😭

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The #1 piece of clothing I wish I owned is my HS math team shirt, which was a navy and white polo with a number on the back. The number was the same for everyone, 2^0, because “second to none, we’re number one”. Absolute perfection.

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

“I think I can see California from here”

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Today in balancing parenting and working during a holiday week, a new record: school starts at 9am, parade at 11:10am and dismissal right afterwards 🫠

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Perfect day for new Father John Misty, thank you universe

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I’ve had this too in the past! This one isn’t my favorite referral policy, but it’s the one I have to go by. Wanted to share because I know each co is different, and it’s hard out there and want to make sure have the best shot of getting a role they love, esp if they have a potential referral!

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I’ve had a bunch of referral requests/questions lately which is great because I’d love to refer and work with you wonderful people. Thing is, I can’t refer folks after they’ve applied. If you’re interested, best to reach out before applying! I know every co is different so wanted to PSA :)

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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Heck yeah we A/B test all our designs: 𝗔sk stakeholders which idea they like 𝗕uild that one

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As an added bonus, the first time I installed Python and had no idea what I was doing, I walked downstairs and my mom walked me through it 💀 she was teaching Python before I picked it up.

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I’m v grateful for her example. I grew up with reversed gender roles (my dad was a talk show guest on being “Mr Mom” in the 90s) and got a front-row seat to tech advances like car phones, AIM and chat rooms (😂). Watching my COBOL-programming mom return to tech has been so cool and I’m so proud.

She took a ~15 year detour and a big pay cut to teach HS and college AP calc and comp sci, where she got more time with our family, upped the school’s AP calc scores significantly, and coached a math team which won states several times over in Maine. (I’m a proud mathlete at heart.)

Yep! My mom is currently an architect. Her most recent role before that was in cybersecurity for Space Force and growing up she worked in tech. She had a degree in CS before that was a thing and worked on cell phones as networks were coming online in the 90s before starting her own consulting firm.

Elevator music is also a stagnant genre, sadly

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My husband just told me that he always knows when I’m going to send a text because I say the “hey” to start out loud 💀

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100% solid rainy fall day vibes

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Caitlin Hudon @beeonaposy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My #1 jam right now perfectly fits this vibe: open.spotify.com/track/254bXA...

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Everywhere - 2017 Remaster

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Tracer bullets + working backwards: simple framework for solving problems - Caitlin Hudon

No prob! Relatedly, I gave a talk on Tracer Bullets and a couple of other frameworks for working backwards a couple of years ago at NormConf: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZY...

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YouTube video by NormConf

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That’s the right idea, yes! The specific “tracer bullet” verbiage comes from The Pragmatic Programmer.

Esp when you’re working on complex problems, even a really basic interactive model helps you to hill climb in the right direction lots faster. Tracer bullets, design sprints, prototypes, Amazon press releases, it’s all the same concept, and such a multiplier once you get good at applying it.

A financial model is also a great tracer bullet. There’s such solid value in working a problem end-to-end in a basic way before going deeper. Building a basic and imperfect model that goes from basic inputs to ARR lets you learn a lot faster than trying to build a complex one from scratch.

I think this also inherently builds trust — as you can interrogate a thing, you start to more deeply understand it, and when you can reliably predict what a response to a change will be, you build trust in its output. Data is important to get right but it’s the interface that matters most here.