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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 23/09/2026

Remembering that one time I was speaking very passionately in a huge meeting about a very serious topic and I got this very unserious notification, which made me reflect on how much I talk with my hands lmao 💅🏾

Invitation to a #nailsatnetflix slack channel

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 17/09/2026

"When the problem is too much screen time, solve it by giving the kid another screen" -Proverbs 3.14159

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 05/08/2026

ThE NeXt STep iS juSt mAkiNG an eFficiEnt bInArY diReCtlY wITh Ai 3 rounds of back and forth with Claude and it’s resolution was to re-word a comment in the test file

Me: wtf claude. i asked you to resolve the error.
the error’s not because the comment needed to be changed

Raggedy ass Claude: You're right, I only patched the comment instead of fixing the actual
detect - that's not what “resolve the error" means. Let me look harder for a real fix.

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 15/05/2026

Someone saw a post that I wrote about how inauthentic AI messages are and sent me an inauthentic message written by AI that opens with a reference to said post, asking for my business 🥀

Al and Authenticity Struggles
Hey Shaundai,
I saw your post about feeling let down by Al and how it's just weights and biases pretending to understand. It's so real, I've been there too. Thanks for sharing such an honest take.
From what I've seen, the depth of your work feels like the kind of insight that belongs in a book - not for attention, but as something others in the field can learn from and return to.
This might be totally out of the blue, but have you started working on a book?
I help product professionals and other leaders turn their content into finished, credible books that reflect their real voice.
Is that a direction you're moving toward now?

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 15/04/2026

Which of you intelligent folks are creating or consuming content about using AI responsibly in interviews and schools? My sister is doing research for her grad school and is looking for some resources!

Me: Two questions:
Can you tell me more about what they want to understand about Al? There are a bunch of different domains within Al and I want to point you to something relevant
Does it have to be a book? I feel like Al is changing sooo fast that the contents of a book might be outdated by the time it gets delivered lol. An online course might be a better option
Sister: yes! so one thing that was communicated to me already was that this year, as they were reviewing admissions applications, some of the personal statements were a little too perfect (in syntax, language, etc.) my guess is, they want to understand how grad-level students might be using it and strategies to embrace it responsibly.
i don't know if it has to be a book. and that really was my first thought - as soon as you publish the book about it, it's already gone through 3 new iterations. but if you do have online course recommendations, that would be helpful

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 02/04/2026

Food excites me, period. But, pretty food? In a to-go box? Yeah I’m about to Cookie Monster this thang in the parking lot 😂

Two pieces of avocado toast..one with goat cheese, pears, honey, and toasted walnuts, the other with cream cheese, smoked salmon, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled onions, and dill. Both on sourdough and in a to go box and heavenly-looking

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 26/03/2026

ugh i hate when i do this. i keep a sticky note for this exact reason

Yellow sticky note that says: • rescue a kitten
• Cure world hunger
* DO NOT* forget about high-end electronic drum Kits!!!

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 28/02/2026

I wish I had a photo of his look of absolute confusion and DISGUST with me when I asked if he wanted to “see the pictures” 😂😂 but he fell sound asleep while I read and it was a great night overall(4/4)

‘One possible architecture for a data system that combines several components’ diagram

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 18/12/2025

I started taking pics of little things I do that make other people feel good and now I’m flipping back through said pics 🥹 Def recommend this for anyone who does That Thing. Here is a small sampling of the photos (all the notes I’ve put in my 8yo’s lunch box over the past week 🍕)

Pete (villain cat from Dog Man books) with a blurb from outside the picture that says “Papa?” Pete’s caption says “eat your nuggets, kid!”

Ninja turtle drawing on a post it with the caption “eat your pizza, dude. Or I will!”

Chicken nugget drawing on a post it with the caption “hey! Who you callin’ chicken?”

drawing of a sandwich on a post it with the caption “i sandWICH I was playing Minecraft”

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 04/12/2025

Me: I’m going to bring you over your grandparents’ house for 2 hrs. Grab some toys or some things to do while you’re there My 8yo:

Like 85 million books and 3 action figures

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 06/11/2025

Happy 8th birthday to my fluffy haired baby 🎂

Child sitting at a table with his head in his arms and a massive amount of curly hair blocking his face

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 01/11/2025

My kid was the spookiest 👻

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 28/10/2025

GitHub Universe Day 0! (feat @mewtru.com 💕💕)

Shaundai sitting on the GitHub universe main stage

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 15/10/2025

Okay is my response to this spam text believable? Or how would you tweak it? Gonna start keeping a couple of these as templates lol (My response is in the green)

Text from scammer:
Excuse me. I'm Paula of Procom. Just reaching out to reach out about a current role. Would you like the details?

Reply from Shaundai:
NOREPLY: This is an automated message.
Your IP address has been recorded and forwarded to the following divisions of the FBI:
FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Please allow up to 30 days for processing. If this message was sent from outside of the United States, this claim may also be sent to the CBI.

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 03/10/2025

Already did everything on my to do list. Feeling super accomplished 🥳

List “To Do Today”
One item on list: Wake up

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 02/09/2025

Resting Spider Man 🕸️

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 02/09/2025

Some of us have RBF Others have..Resting Robot Face 🤖

Scott Moss posing for a photo and Shaundai Person posing like a robot

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 31/07/2025

~True story~ Me: *fighting a routing/forwarding bug in my code* Me: *remembers AI exists* Me: ChatGPT, here's my code. It's super broken. I am sad. Pls help. Chat: Girl! You. Are. A. GENIUS! GREAT JOB!!!! 👏🏾 👏🏾 ✨ Me: ...... Chat: yeah, no notes babe. You're good 😉

Text screenshot from ChatGPT: Summary
You do not need to change anything!
Your current setup already forwards…

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 17/07/2025

Did you know there’s a Stranger Things show on Broadway? 👀

Playbill and ticket for Stranger Things Broadway show

Shaundai in front of a sign that says “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”

Intermission stage for Stranger Things Broadway show that says “Chapter Two | Captain Midnight”

Stranger Things Emmy from the Netflix NYC office

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 27/06/2025

Happy birthday to one of my most favorite friends I’ve ever met!!! @jason.energy, you bring something so incredibly rare & special to this world, and I’m not just talking about unhinged projects. I’m abundantly grateful for the laughs, the advice, & the giant hugs 🎂 You mean so much to me! 💛

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 31/05/2025

I accidentally ran a glue stick through the laundry and what do ya know…they actually ARE washable 😆

Elmers glue stick with cap on. Label says: goes on purple. Dries clear. Washable. Safe. Non toxic

Glue stick with cap off. Glue stick is still in tact with purple glue inside.

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 17/05/2025

At this exact moment I’m hiding in the guest tub with the shower curtain closed 🙈 I’m good, just playing a really intense game of hide n seek

Shaundai’s adorable knees in zebra striped sweatpants sitting in a tub with a white shower curtain closed around her

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 17/05/2025

Did ya hear that the US government’s credit score dropped? 👀

Article text:
The U.S. has lost its last triple-A credit rating.
Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. government on Friday, citing large fiscal deficits and rising interest costs.
Expanding budget deficits mean U.S. government borrowing will rise at an accelerating rate, pushing interest rates up over the long term, Moody's said. The firm said Friday that it didn't believe that any current budget proposals under consideration by lawmakers would do anything significant to reduce the persistent gap between government spending and revenues.
The move strips the U.S. of its last remaining triple-A credit rating from a major ratings firm, following similar cuts by Fitch Ratings in 2023 and S&P Global Ratings in 2011. Moody's downgraded the U.S. to Aal, a rating also held by Austria and Finland.
"Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest costs,"
Moody's wrote in a statement.

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 16/05/2025

My 7yo and I started a list of things we wanna do during his summer vacation 🥰 The last day of school is next week!

Things me and 🥰 will do this summer
Orlando vacation
Go to the beach
Get ice cream
Have a barbecue
Go on a train
Go on a boat
Take scooter or bike to the park
Visit animals
Hiking in the woods
Go up a hill
Go fishing
Jump rope outside
Hula hoop outside
Write with chalk outside

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 12/05/2025

Went to Sedona for my birthday!

Shaundai in front of a butte wearing an orange dress

Shaundai in front of a butte wearing shorts and putting her right arm in the air and left arm down

Shaundai standing in front of some Arizonan mountains wearing a pink shirt and blue shorts

Shaundai sitting in a train car wearing a white floral print dress

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 07/05/2025

Gave a super important presentation at work today

Shaundai standing in front of a slide that says “chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken”

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 17/02/2025

Double the price, double the yolk

Two eggs in a pan, one with a regular yolk and one with two small yolk

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 13/02/2025

Even though we’re not together, I’m grateful that my son’s dad and I agree on all the top important things Co-parenting is sooo much easier when you don’t have to also fight about education, religion, health, political, social, or financial diffs MOST of the time our msgs are just us agreeing lmao

Text message saying I’m getting me and my son to eat all organic from now on. Son’s dad texts back saying okay and he’ll do the same

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 18/01/2025

I’m getting active on YouTube again. So far, practice is going pretty great!

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 08/01/2025

Look what my baby and I made! 🦊🐱

Ceramic orange fox that looks worried and a blue spotted ceramic cat

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 01/01/2025

Unacceptable when you’ve got a universe of memes, emojis, and stickers, really 😒

Text that dryly says Happy new year and nothing else

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 04/12/2024

Let me see your wrapped! I’m a huge neo-soul girl but my top song is alwayssss a Megan and/or Cardi song 💅

Top artists are Alex Isley, moon child, Cleo sol, the Internet, and snoh aalegra

Top listened to song is bongos with cardi b and Megan thee stallion

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 24/11/2024

1.5 months into my loc journey 👀

The back of Shaundai’s head..with 6 week old locs

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 04/11/2024

Here’s the recording! I’m on version 1.92.1

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 18/10/2024

Please clap for my amazing joke

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 18/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #29,976!

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 24/03/2024

Had such a great time at #ReactParis this week! Thank you to the BeJS team for putting on such an incredible event. This has been one of the best conferences I’ve ever been a part of!

Shaundai on stage at React Paris with a title slide behind her that says “Lag? What Lag?! How Remix Makes Your App Feel Faster Than the Internet”

Group of speakers from React Paris posing on the stairs

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 02/02/2024

This was one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to. Even as the keynote, I felt like I got more out of this one than I put into it! Caught up with old friends and made so many new ones. Bye, THAT Conference!

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 29/01/2024

Giving a keynote on this stage at 8:30am central tomorrow…INSANE 😍😍

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 09/01/2024

Your favorite’s favorite is back out here keynoting again! This time in Round Rock, TX! Hope to see you in a few weeks at THAT conference ❤️🙌🏾🎤 I’ll be talking about how to leverage your transferable skills to build the career of your dreams 🔥

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 06/07/2023

Okay okay okay I’m on the other new one! Also..secret’s out. I use light mode 😭

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 02/06/2023

If you’re at Render today, come check out my talk about improving your user experiences using SSR with Suspense in React 18!! 1:40 pm on Stage 1, 4th Floor 🔥🙌🏾

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 13/05/2023

Online dating has been simultaneously “too much” and “not enough”

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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 05/05/2023

It’s turn up weekend 👀🎂 Doing a new puzzle and eating Cheetos lmao

Spotify playlist of a bunch of birthday-themed songs

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