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How I Went From Chasing AI Tools to Building AI Systems open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

12 Lessons from A Decade in Tech open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

From Pilots to Production: Why AI Stalls Before It Delivers open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

2025 Was the Year of AI Builders. Why Did So Many Teams Fail to Ship? open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

How to Build a Proprietary Content Engine Using Your Holiday Memories open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

You are Already Technical Enough for AI open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

We Automated Discrimination and Called it Innovation open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

I Didn’t Plan to Start a Movement. I Just Stopped Staying Quiet. open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

Forget Building a Second Brain. I Just Wanted My First One Back. open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

How I Became a Woman in Tech (Without Realizing It) open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

Curiosity doesn’t disappear in girls — it gets trained out of them. If we care about women in tech, we need to start where it actually begins: at home, in classrooms, and in everyday moments that shape confidence. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/raising-th...

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Same idea. Same platform. Different gender. His post: 4,000 likes. Hers: 47 views. That’s when she realized her gender was costing her money. open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

@annalevitt.bsky.social writes about leaving a role she was good at and discovering who she was without the title or the performance. This is a grounded, honest piece about identity, grief, and building from zero when the scripts disappear. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/the-first-...

Imposter Syndrome for Vibe Coders & The Myth of the “Real Developer” codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/imposter-s...

Maxine Meurer learned to code with a toddler asleep beside her. No degree. No shortcuts. Just consistency and proof of skill. Eleven months later, she was working full-time in DevOps. This piece shares the real timeline, the rejections, and the roadmap that worked. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Five days before launch, an AI tool rewrote the work of 30 creators in Elena Calvillo’s AI Advent Calendar. Total meltdown. She still shipped. We interviewed Elena for Code Like a Girl about her experience. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Breaking: Santa is not the one fixing the toy machine. It is Mrs Claus. And that one sentence in a letter sparked Dinah's kid’s first STEM dream. New story is up, with a holiday STEM gift list for kids who need to see women building the magic. substack.com/home/post/p-...

AI is now “guessing” kids’ ages by scanning their chats, clicks, and even their selfies. If you care about online safety, AI ethics, or just want to understand what’s happening behind the scenes, give this one a read. @itscourtneyhart.bsky.social codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/age-predic...

We don’t talk enough about how much your team shapes your career in tech. Not the brand name. Not the stack. The people. @stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story is a powerful reminder of why choosing the right environment matters, especially for women in tech. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/choosing-t...

Three AI tools. One simple prompt. Zero images her son could recognise as home. This story isn’t just about bias in training data, it’s about erasure, power, and who gets to be “real” in AI. Read it, then run the experiment where you live. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/ai-when-it...

What if the career your 10-year-old self dreamed of …isn’t the life your grown-up self actually wants? Neela’s new story is a gut-check on evolving dreams, shifting identities, and redefining success, especially for women in tech. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/so-you-ach...

@jenny-ouyang.bsky.social used AI to turn friction points into career power moves. Her story’s up on Code Like a Girl. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/how-i-made...

Tech bros: “vibe coding is dead.” Women: still building. Christine Olukere's piece explains it perfectly. Vibe coding didn’t die, the hype did. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/why-women-...

Are you a vibecoder? If so, you aren’t going to want to miss this detailed guide filled with everything you need to build and launch AI Products. It’s written by the vibecoding experts @productsattitude.bsky.social and Karen Spinner. substack.com/home/post/p-...

It worked perfectly on her laptop. Then real users showed up. 😅 Memory leaks. Slow responses. Voice pitch complaints. Every bug became a lesson. @ds-claudia.bsky.social gives us all the details in her latest post. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/the-messy-...

Have a little fun this Halloween and create a spooky text adventure in Python! Eliza has a full guide for you! Happy Halloween! codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/creating-a...

Are we burning out faster—with better tools? @kimdoyal.bsky.social says: “If AI gives us the ability to do more, we think we should do more.” Maybe it’s time to build slower, deeper, and more human. Read: codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/what-if-we...

Authoritarianism creeps quietly and women pay first. Michelle Redfern’s new story on Code Like a Girl hits hard: DEI frozen, equity silenced, rights rolled back. But she also shows how we fight back through courage, protection, and persistence at every level. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Magic of Side Quests — how small, playful projects can reignite your creativity and transform your career. Check out this awesome story by @katrinawatson.com codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/the-magic-... What’s your current side quest?

Hard skills open the door. Emotional intelligence keeps you in the room. Colette Molteni’s latest on Code Like A Girl is a reminder that EQ isn’t soft, it’s essential. The real career killer? Ignoring your human skills. substack.com/home/post/p-...

“If your business depends on you, you don’t have a business. You have a job.” Neela 🌶️’s latest story is a spicy takedown of hero ops culture. Where the “indispensable” employee isn’t a blessing, but a liability. Start building systems that run when you aren't there. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ever feel like you’re turning into an office dinosaur? 🦖 That creeping sense that your skills are stuck while everyone else is evolving? In her new story, Ivyna Koh shares how she faced that fear head-on and how leverage became her secret weapon for growth. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ever built something with AI that worked perfectly… until it didn’t? @jenny-ouyang.bsky.social breaks down why that happens and how a few old-school software engineering habits can prevent 80% of AI build failures. Smart, practical, and grounded in real experience. open.substack.com/pub/codelike...

Why “Growth at All Costs” Was Always Going to Fail code.likeagirl.io/why-growth-a...

Gestures came before language and maybe they’re the key to more human tech. In her latest story, @blessingokpala.bsky.social connects Igbo storytelling to the rise of gesture-driven UX. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/gesture-dr...

When code runs fast, no one notices. When you do great work quietly, same thing. In code, invisibility is success. In your career, it’s a trap. Read @stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story on Code Like a Girl Substack. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/when-perfo...

The Hidden Dangers of Dirty Filenames code.likeagirl.io/the-hidden-d...

Shift-Left QA: How Early Is Too Early? medium.com/code-like-a-...

The ‘Manager’ Trap medium.com/@prifranca.t...

One act of recognition can change everything. When a professor credited Dinah on a research paper, it opened doors she didn’t know existed. Her latest story reflects on how that moment shaped her career and how we can all pay it forward. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/why-recogn...

Staging Tables in SQL: Versions of You in Progress code.likeagirl.io/staging-tabl...

Walking While Woman: Psychogeography, Gender, and the Digital Safety Net code.likeagirl.io/walking-whil...

How to build a Roadmap as an Engineering Leader code.likeagirl.io/how-to-build...

What happens when you vibe code for women in tech? Elena Calvillo built a $15K-level prototype for $0 — in 18 hours — using AI tools. Her platform helps women share real workplace challenges safely and anonymously. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/what-happe...

One push from a guidance counselor changed the course of Bette Ludwig’s life. Decades later, she’s circled back to her first love, writing, this time combining it with her expertise in higher ed and AI. Her story is proof that detours can bring us home. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/i-was-set-...

Compilers aren’t magic. They’re translators that turn human-readable code into the 1s and 0s your CPU can run. Nidhi’s latest shows the journey from source code → syntax trees → optimized machine code, in a way anyone can follow. Read here: codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/compiler-s...

Appreciate @codelikeagirl.bsky.social for highlighting how the @shewritesai.org directory started and how it’s growing into a community to support #WomenInAI ! #DiversityInTech #ArtificialIntelligence

Neural networks were built on sexist theories of “male” vs. “female” brains. That bias didn’t stay in the lab—it’s coded into today’s AI. Feminist Science unpacks how flawed science shaped neural nets, and why it matters now. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/toxic-algo...