Cassidy Williams
Cassidy Williams
Cassidy Williams
Hi! I’m Cassidy, and I like to make memes and dreams and software. I’m the Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub! Outside of that fancy title, I’m a startup advisor and investor, open source-er, and meme-maker on the internet. I enjoy building mechanical keyboards, playing music, hanging out with my family and friends, and teaching in my free time.
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It’s Blogvent, day 22 where I blog daily in December! I write my blog posts in markdown, and I write quotes like so: > I miscounted the men! > > - Gavin Volure This results in the following: I miscounted the men! Gavin Volure It always...
It’s Blogvent, day 21, where I blog daily in December! I saw a post on Mastodon recently: We need to normalize declaring software as finished. Not everything needs continuous updates to function. In fact, a minority of software needs...
It’s Blogvent, day 20, where I blog daily in December! Last year, almost exactly a year ago today, I wrote that I was becoming a minor writing utensil snob. Unfortunately for my wallet, I don’t think I can call myself a minor snob...
It’s Blogvent, day 19, where I blog daily in December! If you’ve bounced around GitHub before, it’s likely you’ve seen a .github/ folder at the top-level of a repository. You might have even seen a .github repository in some...
It’s Blogvent, day 18, where I blog daily in December! This week was so busy that my brain has just slowed to a halt. Tons of work, babies not cooperating, travel, pre-holiday jitters, family moving… it’s been a lot. When I’m...
It’s Blogvent, day 17, where I blog daily in December! These are a bunch of things I would genuinely love to study more deeply. Someday if I ever make it big, you’ll see me studying these. Anna Ancher’s art Irish history in general,...
It’s Blogvent, day 16, where I blog daily in December! It is hard coming up with blog topics. Especially when I’m trying to post every single day. I often just start writing, sometimes on my laptop, sometimes on my Micro Journal, and a...
It’s Blogvent, day 15, where I blog daily in December! Leading a project without formal authority can be challenging. Having accountability on the success of a project without the authority to direct/prioritize its direction can be...
It’s Blogvent, day 14, where I blog daily in December! I’ve always liked taking photos of things, but since becoming a parent… I have thousands and thousands of pictures and videos of my children. I like looking at them, I like looking...
It’s Blogvent, day 13, where I blog daily in December! I don’t mean to make this a hardcore hot take, but… vibe coding is boring. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been trying it out, and it can be fairly effective. It’s innovative. I started my...
It’s Blogvent, day 12, where I blog daily in December! I admit I’m not a huge podcast person. No, scratch that: I love listening to podcasts but I never have time to, and when I finally do, I think, “wow, I should be more of a podcast...
It’s Blogvent, day 11, where I blog daily in December! I learned about The Abilene Paradox a while back from Ben Hong. Long story short, this is when a group of people ends up doing something that nobody actually wants to do because they...
It’s Blogvent, day 10, where I blog daily in December! I often get asked about food and things to do in Chicago! There’s sooo many stereotypical things to do and get, like the architectural boat tour and some deep dish pizza. And...
It’s Blogvent, day 9, where I blog daily in December! CSS animations are cool, but sometimes you want them to just cool it. You can pause them by using the getAnimations() method! When you call getAnimations() on an element, you get an...
It’s Blogvent, day 8, where I blog daily in December! Sewing is fun but inertia exists I’ve been wanting to get back into sewing for a while. When JoAnn Fabrics announced they were going to be shutting down this year, I raided the sales...