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Taylor Barnett-Torabi

@taylorbar.net
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I really just want to touch grass. 🏳️‍🌈 y’all means all. wears many hats, literally and figuratively at developer-focused startups. sometimes I write code and talk sports. Tu lucha es mi lucha. all my own opinions. she/her 👩‍💻Product @netlify.com 📍Austin, TX

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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/05/2026
I think it’s a good day for this shirt in Texas after yesterday to remind folks that our politicians do not represent all Texans ❤️ (shirt from www.instagram.com/emsbrynart who takes second hand shirts and screen prints on top of them with their designs)
A selfie wearing a shirt that says TEXAS is for people with disabilities. trans people, kids, queers, immigrants, everyone!!!

With a cute little cowperson drawing.
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It's Craigin' Time @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 3h
Patrick is a stone cold freak for dropping writing this good into the intro of what is a useful, but fairly formulaic Game 2 preview format: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
There’s an element to sports that sportswriters never weary of trying to capture, hacking through the kudzu of metrics and quotations to get at. It’s the paradox of a sense of overwhelming immortality, mixed with a sense of how fleeting that omnipotence is. Athletes hypnotize themselves into attaining it, fans slurp at it like a shallow oasis in the desert, writers build entire novels constructing a world to provide it. The Boston Red Sox lost a pair of games to the Washington Nationals by 15 runs around the end of June, and then seized that invincibility and held it for more than five full weeks, enjoying a run almost unparalleled in the history of baseball. It was like snorting cocaine while on a runner’s high after finding out you’d aced a college final and fallen in love, all at the same time.

Unfortunately, that time happened to be July, and by the end of September it was a happy memory. Baseball took that perfect month and chewed away at it with its sharp little teeth, as it always does, pulling at hamstrings and snapping bones. And on Tuesday, the capricious and hateful gods of baseball took it and provided it to one Ben Rice, handed him the thunderbolts to strike the heroes down. For one day it was the Yankees who were invincible, led by the league’s best pitcher and a hitter whose resting face might best be described as vague concern, even as their captain stood with his elbows on the dugout railing. The New York Yankees are now, today and only today, the greatest team in baseball. But maybe not tomorrow. The gods need fresh meat.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 3h
sometimes I talk baseball with in real life friends who also follow baseball, and then I realize I am deeper into internet baseball subculture than the people are in real life. awkward. what do you mean you don't know Joey Votto lore???
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 8h
the federal government using an unauthorized trial font license that would cost $$$ of taxpayer money does make me laugh (in a bad way)
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 9h
got up at 4:30 so I could make the #monktoberfest boat tonight, which is literally what I do every year but somehow it is hitting harder this year
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 21h
"He wears number 32 in honor of Josh Hamilton" yeahhhh this White Sox pitcher needs to fail, sorry bud
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Netlify @netlify.com · 29/09/2026
Warm Edge Function invocations on Netlify now take about 5-6ms at the median, down from 25-40ms. Requests run inside our own network now at the same pricing, and your functions work exactly as written. www.netlify.com/blog/edge-fu...
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5x faster Edge Functions: How we replaced v8 isolates with Firecracker MicroVMs
See how Netlify rebuilt Edge Functions on MicroVMs to deliver lower latency, greater reliability, and faster log delivery.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 29/09/2026
I think my favorite part of bluesky, the baseball app, is that it is the good parts of baseball twitter without the shitty ones. like randos coming into my mentions because they don't like the Astros and being mean.
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy Wildcard Day to all who celebrate
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 29/09/2026
a bunch of men wish they were commissioners of a sports league and this is what we get go be commissioner of your fantasy football league instead
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 29/09/2026
hell yeah, bullpen game with a bullpen pitcher starting.
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MMOC @solarfish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 28/09/2026
I'm so glad I wasn't born a Texas Rangers AND Cowboys fan today 😅
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
honestly, if I was the AL West, I'd be sick of the Astros too. good thing I'm an Astros fan though!
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kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yordan telling joe they won the division by saying “my regular season is over” and letting him panic for a minute is extremely funny
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
if you want to know what I've been reading the last two months...
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
being AL West champions for the fifth time in six years is hard work, especially when you have a losing record in the regular season 😂
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
TWINS WON. Astros are going to the playoffs! I will continue to be a sicko. But also, not hating on being up by 8 in the game in 8th.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
lol this detail from Lucas Spence's wiki page, new Astros hero baseball is romantic in the sense of a dude whose minor season just ended gets called up to the majors. then gets 4 homeruns, a double, and a triple with 9 RBIs, and the last game isn't even over.
After catching an 11-pound, 30 1/2-ounce (5.85-kilogram) walleye during the All-Star break, Spence had his contract selected by the Astros from the Triple–A Sugar Land Space Cowboys on July 17, 2026. He made his MLB debut in a 3–2 home loss to the Baltimore Orioles later that night, drawing a walk in his first plate appearance and hitting a leadoff single off Grant Wolfram in the seventh inning.[6]

On September 24, 2026, despite previously having had only six hits in 40 at-bats in his MLB career, none of which were for extra bases, Spence hit three home runs in a game against the Athletics, in Sacramento, California.[7][8] This made him only the third player in MLB history to hit his first three career home runs in the same game.
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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
still holds
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⚾️ Sax 🧟‍♀️ @codeveronicaxhd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LMAO intentionally walking Walker to get to Spence??? What #Astros fan DIDN’T love that, even in the moment 😂
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
stranded bases freakin' loaded 😵‍💫 come on Astros
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 27/09/2026
a good friend is moving away 😢 and had one of those late nights in Austin where you had no idea you were going to hear great live music and have Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter (she plays here too!) as your bartender, but it happened. old Austin still exists.
a band playing in a dark venue with a sign that says “Sam’s Town Point”
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 26/09/2026
I’ve cried about this three times today now so that’s cool
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Levi Weaver, but for baseball @threetwoeephus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me: What a cool day. No chance I’m gonna cry at this though. AJ Hinch: [has Justin Verlander’s daughter come to the mound to make the pitching change that ends his career] oh no
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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The greatest thing on the internet today
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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 25/09/2026
I respect the AL West's commitment to the bit (remaining below .500)
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 26/09/2026
you can’t be weak and an astros fan. highest highs, lowest lows. I honestly don’t think they deserve to make the playoffs anymore, and I’m a lifer. I don’t want to keep watching the games, but I will cause I’m a sicko.
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Sickos Haha Yes
ALT: Sickos Haha Yes
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 26/09/2026
the first thing I hear on the broadcast is: “what if the moon is made out of cheese?” is this what they are usually talking about???
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 26/09/2026
never have I cared so much about what the score of the texas rangers game is (this is an astros post)
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 26/09/2026
finally! but also now don’t fuck it up, Mack! 😂
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 24/09/2026
New York Mets, thank you for your service. 🫡
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 24/09/2026
one of the great things about being bi is that it encourages you to be more open and curious about other people’s invisible identities that are important to them. happy bi visibility day, bi friends! 🩷💜💙
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Parker Welch @parkerwelch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gut-wrenching essay about a man that ICE disappeared in North Austin the day before they shot Wilber
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 23/09/2026
this and beating the rangers. love it.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 23/09/2026
Opus 5.5 really came at the right time. I was going to have to question sticking with Claude because while I use the caveman plugin (only on Claude Code) to improve some of the way it speaks, I was still slowly going mad at it's form of AI-speak. my brain can only handle so much of it!
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For your safety and that of your teammates, be aware of the risks of Vibe Contamination. defector.com/maybe-the-wb...
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Maybe The WBC Cursed The Redasses Of Team USA | Defector
A baseball season is very long and offers plenty of time for everyone involved to forget the stuff they would rather forget. For that reason among many others, it would make a great deal of sense to h...
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 23/09/2026
I’m watching preseason Sharks hockey, and I’m already tired of hearing “great save by Carter Hart.” 🙄 he shouldn’t even be playing professional hockey.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 23/09/2026
threw some pottery for the first time in almost two months. seems like I didn’t totally forget how to.
Three damp clay cups and a bowl, sitting on a piece of plastic on a shelf
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Philippe Serhal @philippeserhal.com · 22/09/2026
Excited to finally share this project I worked on! @netlify.com is not immune to the... Cambrian explosion: millions of projects are now created each month. But 93% aren't on GitHub, or GitLab, or any forge(!) Turns out git is really useful. So, we hosted our own: www.netlify.com/blog/how-we-....
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How we built Git storage for millions of Netlify projects
A technical look at how Netlify built Netlify Source: durable Git storage on S3, scalable caching, push consistency, and support for millions of projects.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 22/09/2026
living life on the edge is updating my Mac OS 15 min before a meeting starts that I’m running. (I was also blocked from logging into things.)
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 22/09/2026
okay Unrivaled Houston. Feb 12th. who’s going???
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
walking around with our coaches yesterday and telling girls they were doing good and looked good and seeing them really take it to heart really meant so much to me. i love it so much!!!
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These Rams unis
Bananas
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 22/09/2026
whoever put Pat McAfee and Jason Kelce on MNF commentary is either a genius or an idiot, undecided which would love to listen to Jason without Pat
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 22/09/2026
oh to be someone in tech for 20+ years and legitimately never experienced or witnessed it…
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21/09/2026
If you're mad as hell about this and have some $ to spare, immigrant support activists on the ground here in Austin told me that the Immigrant Support Fund is the best donation destination; Wilber's family (and others) are helped via this stream: givebutter.com/ZkFxFu
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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
LOL the TXDOT traffic camera at the site of the ICE shooting, where protesters are still gathered, has mysteriously gone on the fritz.
Screenshot of four TXDOT traffice camera thumbnails in Austin; the one on the upper right, of US-183 @ Anderson Sq, is displaying static.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just like Americans have from Minneapolis to Houston, Austinites will speak out peacefully against this deadly mass deportation machine. ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long. We will not be silent.
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Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net · 20/09/2026
an ICE agent shot someone in the back today in Austin near 183 and Anderson Mill. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
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ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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