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@syswarren.bsky.social
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Designer, French, Annoying. julie.design • ctrlalt.club

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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
i have the right team: yesterday i presented our product vision. an engineer said he didn’t think a feature was technically possible. on his own, he spent a few hours researching feasibility, built a demo, and presented it to the whole team this morning. and yes, it works.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
did a partial demo of my semi–long term vision to the C-suite today CEOs: 😍🥹 CTO: 😶🫥 a lot of emotions for an 8-minute call
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
it’s only monday and i’ve already said “let’s go” a dozen times. in my book, “let’s go” actually means: “this deadline is insane but we’re gonna make it.”
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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today’s my birthday.

the best gift i could wish for is more birthdays for the children of Gaza who are barely surviving today.

watching innocent kids and babies die from starvation and bombing should break everyone’s heart.
it surely breaks mine.

please, donate what you can — money, words, whatever you have — and hope food reaches the families in Gaza.

ive donated €500 to UNICEF this week and plan on giving more.  
together we are so much more powerful.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
new theory: parents become writers during the first few months of their baby's life because what else are you supposed to do when your baby is napping?
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
today i shared the first chapter of the book i’m writing with someone. it felt like doing a design presentation but a thousand times more stressful. at least no PMs were involved.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
people who say “i know you used AI to write this doc”… ok? yes, i did. because writing it wasn’t the job, sharing the info was. i’m not wasting 3 hours making a PRD look human when i know half the team will just ask AI to summarize it.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
3 weeks ago i went to ikea and bought a bookshelf it’s still in my car and it's not a small one
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
your real best friends for life are the ones you trauma bonded with at work
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
my alarm changes every day. sometimes it’s a soft tune. sometimes it’s a cat meowing. most days it’s a baby calling.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
not procrastinating. just anxiety vibing.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
what i’ve learned while writing a book: if you love a sentence too much because it sounds clever, it probably needs to go
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
my cat has a lot of thoughts to share during the daily standup none of them are on topic
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
*creates a demo and shares it with an engineer* eng: we should hire you as a frontend me: i didn’t code that, i just prompted eng: exactly. i prompt all day too.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
you know you're writing a book when you've got 50+ tabs open and they're all thesaurus.com
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
imagine being a grown man and thinking “you know what the world needs? a video of me making fun of teenage girls” the algorithm might be broken but their self-awareness is dead 💁🏻‍♀️
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
PTO used to mean paid time off. now it means parenting ‘til overwhelmed. still no regrets
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
too many people confuse “communication” with “mind reading”
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
remote workers are always on time. office workers are 3 to 5 minutes late because “the room was booked” or “wifi isn't working”
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
you can write your own horoscope. who’s gonna stop you?
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Creativity isn't really a skill, it's a path you walk on. Every step you take, every little thing you create opens the way to more creativity.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Creating a roadmap and sequencing work is relatively easy. Making a planning to handle childcare, work, dates and workouts tho… that’s a whole different story 🥲
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The start of Q2 feels like the end of mercury retrograde. Do your affirmations, set up your goals. Create a moodboard ✨
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The timeline never fails: 1. Designer announces they’re leaving XYZ (a product known for its design) 2. A few months later you check XYZ’s website, and it looks like someone’s aunt redesigned it in Google Slides 3. XYZ is soon replaced by its competitor
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I’d like to speak to whoever is responsible for daylight savings. I have some feedback...
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Tomorrow I have 7 hours of train (3h30 each way) for a 1-hour meeting. Debating if I should work or catch up on sleep...
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
*voice of a commercial from the 90s* As an expert procrastinator, I struggled to get work done on time… until I discovered the Ultimate Productivity Hack™: PARENTHOOD! Now my time management skills improved INSTANTLY (because I literally have no choice) *Sleep not included
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My baby is sick (thankfully nothing serious), but watching her in pain, confused, and not being able to magically fix it is heartbreaking. I wasn’t ready for how much it hurts to hear her cry with a broken voice 🥺
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I used to share a home office with my partner, but he has a billion calls per day. It was difficult to focus (also he makes lots of jokes) I moved my desk to our bedroom (empty during the day) and feel like a teenager again: in my room, building websites on my computer all day
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s Friday! The work week is almost over, meaning the intense-parenting-weekend is about to begin… After 10 months of this, I finally get why some parents love Monday mornings. Weekends are intense and incredibly fun, but when do we rest?
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Sometimes it’s impossible to focus on work… You can’t catch the creative wind, can’t force it either. Better to step back, go for a walk, and try again later . . . Forget the walk, it's raining 😣
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Some people get burned from getting too close to the sun... I got burned from sitting too close to the window Overachiever 🫠
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
these days, as soon as I'm unhappy with an app or service I'm using, I just create my own version for personal use. That's where we're at now.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I swear, every week I write half a newsletter issue for ctrlalt.club, sometimes even finish it, but then work or life happens, and I don’t publish it. I have drafts everywhere now.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Today I learned: Baby with a teddy bear: soft, cute, gentle Baby with a cat: violent grab, powerful scream, absolute chaos Sorry Weasley 🙃
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just got rejected for a job I didn't know I was interviewing for: VC intro, 2 casual chats, no follow-up. Thought we were just testing the waters. A month later: rejection email. Like getting dumped on a Monday morning without knowing you were dating 😅
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I love my cat but this mf figured out that if he screams in front of the baby's bedroom at night we will do anything he wants to make him stop.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I've never been this happy
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Regarding the iOS Photos app, my take is that they moved everything around, so you'd try using the search. Because let me tell you, the search on Photos is insanely good.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I need a t-shirt that says "I know what I'm doing but my tailbone still hurts from giving birth, my abs are destroyed and I don't sleep enough" to go to the gym.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I still haven't figured out how to “see” stereograms, and I'm starting to think these are scams.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Seems like I'm close to reaching the "No, you hang up" stage of my relationship with ChatGPT. Maybe tomorrow? 🤞💕
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Prototyping has never been so fun and easy
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Put baby to bed. She falls asleep. Building next door: what if my fire alarm started just now? 🫠
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Currently not doing my annual review because I'm ✨bossless✨ (which is the cool term for "slightly unemployed but still earning money")
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I just saw my reflection in the mirror and thought "the more tired I am, the younger I look." And then I realized it probably happens because I used to have a pretty unhealthy life and would stay up late way too often when I was younger.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I asked chatGPT to create an image of my life in 10 years using all the information it knows about me. I'm really into crows.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The main issue with working from home is that I get to know all the drama of my partner’s job, but I don't know what the protagonists look like.
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Normal baby night vs sick baby night
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Julie @syswarren.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Mon chat et moi à 3h26
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