Elin

Elin

@hejelin.com

Hej, I'm Elin! πŸ‘‹ I do research for @pragmaticengineer.com, take pictures of fancy ducks, do various naturey and crafty activities, and think many random thoughts about life, the universe and everything! 🐒πŸͺ΄

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I've started replacing scrolling with solitaire card games during breaks, and this is the closest I've come to beating Klondike so far πŸ₯³/🫠

πŸ“£ Survey time - tell us about your experience with AI for software engineering, me and @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com want to know! The survey takes about 11 mins to fill out πŸ™ results will be published in about a month, full access for those who help out! www.surveymonkey.com/r/tpe-ai-sur...

surveymonkey.comAI tooling for software engineeringHow are software engineers using AI tools today? How has AI changed your work routines and the way you approach software development? Your responses will help paint an accurate picture of where we are...

I was talking with one of the people who runs the coworking space, and she asked what I work with and I said I work "in tech", and she asked what I meant because that could be ANYTHING - civil engineering, biotech, energy technologies, etc. There's so much world outside of the IT software bubble!!!

Society is so cool, humans are so cool, the fact that there's so many tasks and jobs and roles and places in society where people can work and make an impact and difference in the world is awesome. I wanna remember that more often 🌍

Do you have examples or experiences working with MCP servers and solutions? πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» We at @pragmaticengineer.com want to hear from you! We’re looking into MCP and would love to hear how you/your team or company work with MCP! DM me - or fill out forms.gle/4hWZRh4ZKBvn... - or both!

forms.gleMCP servers and setupsHi πŸ‘‹ this is Gergely and Elin at The Pragmatic Engineer. We're researching MCP servers and solutions, and would love to hear about how you've been using or working with MCP, either you/your team or y...

- What servers do you use, and why do you like them? - Have you built MCP servers? What do they do and who are they for? - Any cool stories of what MCP has allowed you to do? - What's the best things you’ve seen implemented with MCP so far? - Do you have any considerations or precautions for others?

awww look at you @bsky.app, making it onto the NYT mini crossword πŸ‘πŸ¦‹ (I don't know how to flag the screenshot as a #spoiler I'm sorry 😭)

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Replying to @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

These are the folks most likely to save PEPFAR. Please call them TODAY and tell them to vote NO on codifying cuts to PEPFAR and other critical, life-saving aid. act.pih.org/global-healt...

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It takes on average 14 mins to answer the survey, but if you're feeling very speedy you can get through it in about 5 mins 😁 The full report will be published in May, but folks who help us fill out the survey will get early access, plus additional analysis from us! Thank you for helping out! πŸ₯³πŸ™

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the creativity of the users of those platforms, but also themselves, because obviously there are loads of us who are on both sides in this! I love enabling creativity in folks working in the tech industry, because software engineering can be such a creative and expressive craft, but I also like..

writing and creating and building things and expressing myself, but it hard to do that when the platforms for expressing yourself are just *massive* hurdles to overcome. It makes me sad to think that so much creativity in one place can harm so much creativity elsewhere... :'(

Being a creative in the tech industry is such a curious place to be - because on the one hand, I know these platforms exist because of the creative process that is software engineering, and developed by creative PMs, devs, designers, people, and at one point, these platforms were supposed to exist..

to unlock and enable creativity and sharing creative work with others. But then, as Cam says, the platforms, and *especially* recommendation algorithms, are seemingly harming creativity more than anything. So the creativity the tech industry uses to develop and monetise the platforms are hurting..

Also @hankgreen.bsky.social this is one of the reasons I've never forgotten to take off my lanyard and put it next to the stage anytime I speak at a conference, so thank you for making your interesting lanyard decision so other people won't have to 😁

I finished my #sensitsweater on new years eve, and have been pretty much living in it since πŸ₯°πŸ§Ά I miss having a big project tho, might need to make another one... 😬 #crochet

I was today years old when I realised the top shelf in my fridge can actually store tall things because there's MORE SPACE AT THE BACK 🀯

Also I've lived in this apartment for SEVEN YEARS and have tried and failed to use the top shelf for taller items THAT WHOLE TIME

I'm crocheting an owl pillow and just finished the eyes and he's so cuuuuuteee!! πŸ₯°πŸ¦‰πŸ§Ά