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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 04/07/2026

Okay I’ll bite, who’s Taylor Swift?

Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 24/03/2026

I am loving these and not just because @keithamus.social is cool… maybe because I’m actually good at something for once though Hue Shift: 0.0500 total dE Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/hue-shift/?r... #HueShift

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Hue Shift

A chaotic colour-matching game. Drag to shift hue and lightness to match the target. 10 rounds. The clock is ticking.

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Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs.dev · 02/03/2026

“AI is destroying my humanity.” @mitchellh.com (HashiCorp; Ghostty, Vouch). From a conversation @helen.blog and I had with him. Not an anti-AI take. A maintainer capacity take. Creation got cheaper. Review didn’t. Maintainers: what’s helped you keep mentoring sustainable?

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Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs.dev · 20/02/2026

We’re going live in less than an hour 👀 At 3pm ET / 12pm PT, @helen.blog and I will be live with @mitchellh.com, talking about Vouch and what community trust actually looks like in open source. Hope you can join us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npM...

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Open Source Friday with Mitchell Hashimoto

YouTube video by GitHub

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 05/02/2026

Steak too juicy, lobster too buttery, open source contributors too populous

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 23/12/2025

It's been a whirlwind year, including that @github.com put me back on fixing papercuts/"tiny wins" for OSS maintainers! In 5 months a team of just 2 engs plus me and another proper PM shipped 15 things, so I made a little app to celebrate 12 of them 💖 helen.github.io/12-days-of-t...

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12 Days of Tiny but Mighty Wins

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 27/10/2025

If you know me you probably won’t be surprised to find out I am involved with the first thing in here… (so you should watch it!)

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 09/10/2025

One problem with not posting anymore is now that I’m finally speaking at a conf again I don’t know who all I’m gonna see! So… who do I get to hang out with at @allthingsopen.bsky.social 👀 @bryanl.dev @angiejones.tech @jason.energy @bizza.pizza maybeeeee???

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 01/10/2025

I’m 40 today and proud of making it this far! I live a beautiful life surrounded by beautiful people who love me in the same weird way I love them too 🥰

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 30/08/2025

Had to wait a couple minutes to get into an airport lounge and the man behind me went on and on about “being treated like second class citizens with Priority Pass” and is now asking his companion if she preferred this line or the one at the Vatican ?????????

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 30/08/2025

Have I mentioned recently that my team is really, really cool?

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 26/08/2025

Imagining some Waymo trust and safety person randomly watching me say “was it the whip appeal or my baby face” to myself on the way home from the Clipse show

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 16/08/2025

“You know mom, when I think about it this way, we kinda all live on big islands” — my 12yo

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 11/08/2025

Who knew that when I was dubbed Chief Emoji Officer of GitHub 5 weeks into working here that I’d eventually become the one true CEO

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 07/08/2025

The first thing I want to attempt to return to Being Online with is: we went to the Bad Bunny residency in PR and it was beautiful and perfect and a gorgeous celebration of culture and I met my goal of sticking to Spanish a little too well because everybody went right into 90% speed puertorriqueño 😵‍💫

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 07/08/2025

I think I'm ready to capital-P Post again. Maybe. Let's find out!

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 07/08/2025

Oh hey I'm back on my work BS aka trying to do a little bit of good for a lot of people :)

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GitHub @github.com · 08/04/2025

Using a screen reader? Check out our new guides to help efficiently navigate and interact with GitHub repos and issues, plus GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code. accessibility.github.com/documentation

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GitHub Accessibility Documentation

GitHub is committed to developing technology that empowers everyone, including people with disabilities, and helps customers find the essential information they need to use GitHub.

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 24/03/2025

If you have to ask what vibe coding is you don’t know how to vibe, sorry I don’t make the rules

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 12/03/2025

A man interrupted me working on a plane with earbuds in to ask if I was scared (????????) and I got so mad at him he actually apologized to me, in case you were wondering if I’ve still got it

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 08/03/2025

We gotta bring back brazy as a term with extra emphasis for brazen

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 13/02/2025

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 12/02/2025

The masses can’t tell what’s shitposting or what’s content farming to begin with and now there’s AI in the mix, we’re cooked

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 10/02/2025

Nihilist mode where I don't know how to exist in a world that doesn't consider risk reduction worth doing anymore

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 06/02/2025

Guess whatttttt I'm hiring engineers for my team (accessibility engineering) and one of my immediate peers is also hiring for Primer, our design system! We are looking for earlier-in-career folks as Software Engineer IIs, to best complement and round out our teams. githubinc.jibeapply.com/jobs/3987

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Software Engineer II in United States | GitHub, Inc.

GitHub, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer II in United States. Review all of the job details and apply today!

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 30/12/2024

When Cardi said “I blow 50 racks in Target on some stupid shit”… I felt that

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 25/12/2024

Bing bong wake up babe new Sidetalk clip I can’t stop thinking about just dropped

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 24/12/2024

Most of the time I don’t worry about being middle aged but I just flinched at a comment asking “song name?” on a video using Last Resort so maybe I am old after all ☹️

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 19/12/2024

Me, an industry professional, and my little bsky full of Tasky thirst posts.

Meme, decribing a situation in which a skilled industry professional that I forgot has followed me, suddenly likes one of my posts. I get scared and exclaim FUCK.

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 18/12/2024

You ever wake up convinced everybody finds you annoying and nobody wants to tell you haha no not me never

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 18/12/2024

The single greatest group energy I've ever experienced was when Redman made a surprise appearance at a Wu-Tang show in Bryant Park for Da Rockwilder, I mention this because right now I am basically feeling exactly the opposite energy and that is bad!!

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 14/12/2024

This Trader Joe’s Cinnamon Bun pancake mix man…

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Ashley Willis-McNamara @ashley.dev · 05/12/2024

We haven't done this before, but this year we saved some of the hackable badges for the shop! There aren't many available, but if you want to have some fun hacking on cool hardware, here you go!

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GitHub Universe '24 Hackable Badge

Based on the Pimoroni Badger 2040 but uses a newer RP2350a microprocessor Features: Built-in 2.9" E Ink® display (296 x 128 pixels), Battery connector, 5 user-configurable buttons, QT/Stemma expansion...

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 05/12/2024

Get yourself a work buddy who gets physical stickers made of your company’s fave Slack emoji and mails them to you

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 05/12/2024

People who talk at length on the phone while in public restrooms: why?

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 02/12/2024

“Do you rap or do you tweet cuz I can’t tell, get in the booth” >>>>> “walk the talk”

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 20/11/2024

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

A rendering of a Winamp player with its default skin as though it were a 3 piece folding physical media player with the player, equalizer, and playlist sections.

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 18/11/2024

I got a pair of those carbon fiber plate Vaporflys on clearance and did sprints at 14.3mph/23kmph today, that was… maybe not fun but validating!

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 17/11/2024

Shout out to the man at Target who stopped me to say he has a crush on me and must text me and responded “I can be a side thing!” after being informed I’m married with kids, kinda respect the boldness

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 17/11/2024

It is time for another shoe purchase confession (the swoosh is iridescent how could I not)

Stock image of a Nike Air Max 90 LV8 in the 'Sail Siren Red' color way which is a white body with neon red accents and a pink iridescent Nike swoosh

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 15/11/2024

We put way too much faith in those steel plates over road repairs

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 10/11/2024

Pepperoni, hot sausage, and shrimp pizza fresh out of the Ooni

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 07/11/2024

Getting into the post-Halloween sale candy stash and got 3 Starbursts instead of the usual 2 in the first pack, telling myself this is a good luck sign

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 06/11/2024

This election should be about as competitive as I would be in a marathon with Ruth Chepngetich but instead we’re all losing

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 05/11/2024

I still stand by my previous post from a year and a half ago but okay let's try this again, hello

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 28/05/2023

It’s really easy to tell when somebody’s never had more than one Black friend at best, anyway punch all white supremacists (metaphorically but also literally)

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 27/05/2023

I no longer know what anybody is talking about online it’s so beautiful

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Helen Hou-Sandí @helen.blog · 19/05/2023

Fucked up when men have nicer legs than me

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