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Valerie Phoenix

@digitalblkhippy.bsky.social
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Fractional CTO for startups @ Phoenixing → Idea → production in months I build compliant, human-centered systems in AI, healthcare, fintech, and fast-growth apps. From architecture to first customer. 🎨 Artist | 🧠 Psychology | 🌴 Your Local Cali Hippie

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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My sister called me telling me everything she learned about Dolly Parton and said “why didn’t I know she did all of this before her death?” I thinking about all the things she did and the fact that so often we don’t know everyone’s impact until after death
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
People keep telling me how cute my baby is But the lack of sleep has reduced my already very limited filter. Funniest response I gave recently was “thanks it really hurt to push her out 😀”
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Do I have someone in my network that works at deepgram?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I feel like I’ve lived a year in 3 days.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
When you have a loud bark deep bite 🖤
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Mostly standup honestly. Sometimes I’ll rabbit hole on an painting/art videos Hair tutorials are always my go to And I’ll randomly deep dive on psychology topics
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
As a society we need to put down the TikTok and pick up the YouTube
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Rage for those who were not allowed to
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Doctors didn’t listen, bed rest isolated me, labor was long and hard. My ending was better than I imagined. This experience is another example of the realities of being a Black Woman. It’s why we make magic out of every experience.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It’s Black Maternal Health Week and I think it’s time to share why I disappeared 2025 and slowly coming back. The joys of bringing life met the complexities of being a Black Woman.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
So if you get accept to YC or on Forbes 30 under 30 there a high probability you’re committing fraud
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’ve done a lot all under the age of 30 I’ve slowed down and became more intentional and this person thought I was just getting started 🤣
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Someone trying to one up me: oh I went to X school, a lot harder to get into then the school you went to Me: oh ya, I taught at that school for a bit, but nice to know you went there ☺️
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Took my first consultation call for a fractional CTO role today ✨ Got to deep dive into a new project and find the gaps I can help with.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Coding a website by hand today just to feel something
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
But somehow, Tyler Perry’s wigs would still be bad. But Druskis skits would be in another level lmfao
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Also potions. Would we be able to do hair growth, potions? The perfect edge control? The perfect LOC/LCO potion?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Or can I enchant gloves to part my hair for me? Can my twist out be done by these gloves? Can they grease my scalp?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Because can I use my wand to do micro braids, and be done with them in five minutes?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
You know, why haven’t we explored Black people in the magical world of Harry Potter and what we would be able to do with our hair?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I’m under the belief I can care for her and work 🙃 But also be looking for in home care
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ok who has advice for a first time mom getting ready to go back to work? I wfh full time and my little one will be 5 months when I go back
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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.blacksky.app · 17/03/2026
“Somewhere on Earth, someone remembers you for something you forgot you ever did. And that version of you lives forever in their head…” even if that version no longer exists for you.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today has been terrible. That is all. I can usually see the positive in everything but today I can’t. Still not the worst day of my life but wow does today suck.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. Have you talked to the person/team that’s blocking you?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Thank you for asking 🥰
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I did! I wrote a poem and will work on a sketch before bed
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Today is a day where I just want to make art Because I’m mourning the creative parts I’ve turned off in order to survive and thrive
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Holding space for how the stress of todays words is affecting our elders who might not have the skills to dig deeper and find information like we can
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It’s amazing and terrifying at the same time. Like I’m excited to see what’s next but also people are not talking about security and compliance enough 😩
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The better of a dev you are, the better you are with gen coding tools AI is amplifying bad patters that devs have Mostly because leadership team are creating environments that allows this to happen When failures happens it's a systems issues.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Railway has to be a prime example of why vibe coding doesn’t work in enterprise. They have had more downtime and outages since saying they opened up to AI coding
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Scale is the first event I went to where I had someone follow me around the conference and didn’t know how to get to my car safely. Reached out to get support and had a team of people come to help me & address the person. Always appreciated that. Glad to hear things are still good over there!
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I’m a parallel universe I’m someone who never forgets the point. I’m trying to make.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I thought the point of international women’s day was not to work to show the impact of women’s work. How did lovable and anthropomorphic get us to work today 😭
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This week completed my first 100 days at the most in the most fulfilling role I’ve had in my life.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Same. I’m noticing things are getting easier by default and I think I have a better understanding of how I like to use the tool. Do you feel the same as far as getting your workflow down?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Building a venture collective that’s already picking up traction and at most we’re all working 4 days a week
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
AI has made my role equivalent to a cobalt developer 🙃
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
As someone who has worked at ML focused tech companies, happy to say it’s not us it’s the insurance companies 🙃
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Pitching in front of investors while having a baby strapped to me was not on my bingo card for 2026. The baby yes. The securing investor money, no lol.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Last night I drafted a blog post talking about how AI without safeguards are making technology unpredictable This morning we have google pushing a slur out in an alert 😵‍💫 This seems unreal. The damage these workflows are causing should really demand change www.patreon.com/posts/151575...
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Amazon's AI deleted a production environment. 13hrs of downtime. Response? "User error." If we wouldn't give the intern this access, why are we giving it to AI? Full breakdown + framework: patreon.com/posts/151575917
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I really found my sweet spot. We went from getting a start up, early revenue through an pilot to getting in front of pre-investors to close the very first round and less than 90 days.
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I love reading you’re threads about these things ♥️
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thanks for replying. We have a big customer demo so I hope things are moving in the right direction 🤞🏾
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I've been building mostly at nights and early in the mornings so I can have a "normal" day but this seems to be the time that railway goes down 🙃 3 days in a role my peak working time has been thrown off because my hosting service can't stay up?!?
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Coming back to this we got the green light. We’re now in talks about rolling out the pilot ✨
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Excited for my first girls night out tomorrow 🥰
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Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I know people are saying ai can design but no matter how good the prompt is, it’s not as good as a human touch.
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