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Everything not saved will be lost. Software engineer @ Prolific 💙 www.bekapod.dev she/her

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Becky @bekapod.dev · 25/09/2026
> "I am not a “human in the loop,” I am the owner of the loop. It's my fucking loop. I am responsible for the quality of my work and the integrity of my working process, and so are you. “Claude did it” or “Claude said” is not an excuse." www.honeycomb.io/blog/ai-norm...
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AI Norms & Values, Part 3 of 3: Things We Hold True
Charity Majors closes Honeycomb's AI Norms & Values series with the principles the company holds true, how it uses AI day to day, and its ethics stance on AI.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 25/09/2026
AI is still weird, I like using it but I also find the speed people now expect and the constant backlog of PR review stressful. It's also kind've hard to ignore a lot people I see using AI on youtube/whatever are sponsored/compensated. This is a good interview tho. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8T...
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Stop being skeptical about AI for development with Charity Majors
YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 23/08/2026
nostarch.com/game-boy-cod... was a very good intro and recommend! I didn't quite finish it before I ran off to do my own thing though 😶
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Game Boy Coding Adventure
Learn assembly by doing what you always wanted as a kid: programming a Game Boy.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 23/08/2026
@tomjconnor.bsky.social drew the little Sisyphus sprite for me b/c I cannot draw people :D It was fun! & I think I'll make more (but not with assembly lol)
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 23/08/2026
I finished my first little gameboy game (acc runs on a real gameboy colour) It's written in assembly, b/c I wanted to give it a go, but I think I'm going to try porting it to C so I can do more fun stuff It's just Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill #gbdev #gameboy
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 10/08/2026
Then it'll go back and build `something.gb` from those `.o` files. Obviously this isn't actually magic, and maybe I'm too easily impressed, but I am so delighted.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 10/08/2026
It'll expand `OBJS` to say "to build `something.gb` I need `a.o` and `b.o`. But those files don't exist, so look for a rule that can build a `.o` file from an `.rgbasm` and do it.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 10/08/2026
So when I run `make` it's going to try and build `something.gb` - first target. In cwd, I have `a.rgbasm` and `b.rgbasm`.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 10/08/2026
HOW WRONG I WAS. A warning that I had to get AI to explain this to me b/c I was so sure it couldn't be this magical 😂 Here is the Makefile.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 10/08/2026
I have just had a moment, with a Makefile. For the last couple years, all I've done with makefiles is stuff like `make build` => `do-the-build` - like basically in my mind...the Makefile was a package.json scripts block that worked with stuff that didn't have a package.json.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 28/07/2026
Kinda like how these screenshots are showing the diff changes I've made to the site between posts 😅
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 28/07/2026
The ATmosphere is not Bluesky. Except when it is? I keep convincing myself the ATmosphere is separate from Bluesky, then un-convincing myself. So, to decide (mostly for future me), I went through every layer: handle, DID, PDS, relay, appviews, lexicons.
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The ATmosphere is not Bluesky. Except when it is?
I keep convincing myself the ATmosphere is separate from Bluesky, then un-convincing myself. So, to decide (mostly for future me), I went through every layer: handle, DID, PDS, relay, appviews, lexicons.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/07/2026
Hahaha I KNOW. It’s so delightful. The annoying part is that I can only play them when a user has interacted in a meaningful way (so basically clicked something, scroll/hover don’t count) 🥲 Though I guess I get it..it’d be super annoying if a website was just allowed to auto play music or smth.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/07/2026
I like to think that both sides just went in thinking “eh we’ve nothing to lose really let’s just have fun” maybe taking risks they might not have otherwise taken I know nothing about football though so probably not what actually happened 😂
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/07/2026
Like the decision paralysis / barrier to actually writing is effectively gone (IMO) because I don't need to decide between posting on someone else's platform or my site. Can do both and it seems to work well!
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/07/2026
I recently found if I use `standard.site`, my posts just show up on pckt/other reader apps without me doing anything.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/07/2026
Assuming you mean atproto in general. For me, it's like we can make our personal sites views over all this different data without needing to a) cross-post everything OR b) integrate a bunch of different APIs.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/07/2026
👀👀 I did not know I could do this! Looks like it's a bit awkward to do a direct sub action although I can link off to leaflet/pckt much easier. Thank you!
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 17/07/2026
Look at that embed, bloody marvellous.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 17/07/2026
There and back again, the long way round to publishing a blog post As if I hadn't already written enough about my atproto rabbit hole, this time it's how markdown in my Obsidian vault becomes records in my PDS becomes HTML on a website.
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There and back again, the long way round to publishing a blog post
As if I hadn't already written enough about my atproto rabbit hole, this time it's how markdown in my Obsidian vault becomes records in my PDS becomes HTML on a website.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 16/07/2026
I got this keyboard for my iPad, because I want to use my iPad more (laptops are distractinggg) I love it, it’s noisy in a good way and you see that lever on the side, it is a WORKING CARRIAGE RETURN 😍 It’s super satisfying. And unnecessary. But I like it.
A pink faux typewriter mechanical keyboard with a slot for my iPad and a carriage return lever!!
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 15/07/2026
Such a good thread for like, continuing to learn the basics (maybe intermediate?) parts of what this thing even is I’m very much enjoying going down the atproto rabbit hole
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 12/07/2026
My website is ATmospheric. This website is now a renderer over my PDS - posts, notes, knitting and all. What atproto actually gives you, and whether you should bother.
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My website is ATmospheric.
This website is now a renderer over my PDS - posts, notes, knitting and all. What atproto actually gives you, and whether you should bother.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 05/07/2026
My PDS migration worked. Sort of. My PDS migration worked perfectly but my rotation keys were still all Bluesky's. This is how I got them back!
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My PDS migration worked. Sort of.
My PDS migration worked perfectly but my rotation keys were still all Bluesky's. This is how I got them back!
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 29/06/2026
Actually really liking Astro components so far...I instinctively thought there'd be a way to attach a function to `@click` or `onClick` to add a click handler, but that's not how you do it. It's all plain js which is oddly refreshing.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 20/06/2026
Which doesn't include any of the aforementioned weirdo newsletters that can't remove me from a database or insist that there's such a thing as an "email family".
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 20/06/2026
Switching to RSS where it's available for the ones I actually want to keep.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 20/06/2026
Some have declared me no longer "part of their email family". Some have expressed deep disappointment, and that their newsletter simply won't be the same without me (wat?) SOME insist it takes 28 days for them to remove me from their database (also, wat???)
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 20/06/2026
I decided, on a whim, to clear out a looot of newsletter subscriptions for my email. It's kind've weird how some of them will attempt to guilt trip you??
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 06/02/2026
Claude and the alphabet, constant source of amusement. Silly Claude. > I'll add the minus icon right after "moon" (alphabetical order: mi... comes after mo... — actually "minus" before "moon").
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/01/2026
True Claude Code lazy prompt - "I'm going to start a new session, suggest a prompt that will get you to pick up where we left off without you making the same mistakes as in this session plz, ty" (Yes it is nice to say please & thank you)
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/12/2025
However I just sewed my very first ever practice button hole and I’m so pleased with myself. The button fits in and everything. I think I’m close to a turning point where I’m no longer terrified of sewing 😍
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/12/2025
The dress has gone…semi-ok. I’ve ended up having to take in the bodice by 12cm b/c I vastly overestimated my waist size (good problem? 😂) and the pockets are a tad wonky.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/12/2025
So for the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying to make a dress, for Christmas Day. Second ever dress I’ve made. I have also made a top and skirt separately - I don’t wear any of these items b/c they’re bloody awful)
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 05/07/2025
I don’t use bookmarks anymore, I keep track of what page I’m on using StoryGraph and now it’s in maintenance for 2 days and idk what to do. I’m on page 376 btw.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 23/03/2025
I’ve also planted these out from the Click&Grow…will they survive out in the wild? Who knows 😬
Parsley and sage hydroponic plants transplanted into hanging pots outside
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 23/03/2025
I brought life to a seed(s)! 😍 🌱 Clearly I was too pessimistic with how many seeds I put in some pots 😂 hopefully I can successfully separate them when they’re a bit bigger 🤦‍♀️ No idea where they’re actually going in the garden yet.
Rudbeckia seeds sprouting, one of the cells has 4 seedlings
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 07/01/2025
Thank you! If I didn’t like the original pattern so much I might never have finished it 😅
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 07/01/2025
Pattern: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 07/01/2025
Finally (poorly, idc) framed this thing I spent about a year making 🥲 #crossstitch #lordoftherings #whatajourney
Lord of the rings themed cross stitch. Illustration showing the shire, Rivendell, Moria, Rohan, minas tirith, barad-dûr and mount doom.
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 22/12/2024
And one of these.
Homer’s electric hammer
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 22/12/2024
IDK how we got through so much flat pack furniture before we had an electric screwdriver. Significantly improved QOL. Now we just need two…
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 08/12/2024
Love actually is the best Christmas film (joint with Muppets Christmas Carol obvs)
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 24/11/2024
Last full day of packing and I’ve declared basically so many items I own as “coming in the (v. small) car” 😂😭 obviously this isn’t going to work but everything is so precious 🥲 How do you just entrust your life to people you’ve never met 🤷‍♀️
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 09/11/2024
At least I’m not stuck in the attic sorting through 20 years of receipts though 👀👀
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 09/11/2024
When you’re partway through packing up your house and wonder…is it too late to change your mind? 😭
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 19/02/2024
I've got my whole "new laptop" setup down to about 30 mins and I'm so pleased! No more remembering what I need to install or awkwardly transferring config between laptops 🤩
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 27/11/2023
_If you go all in on trunk-based development_, committing small, straight to main etc, how do you stop yourself watching CI after every commit to make sure you didn't break anything? There's only so much you can do in a pre-commit hook right 🤔 🤔
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Becky @bekapod.dev · 20/11/2023
I stand by that red isn’t a word 🙈 Jumblie #48 🟢🔵🟠🔴 22 guesses in 12m 27s jumblie.com
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Jumblie
A word search game with new words and themes daily
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