Jun 4, 2019You and I Will Always Be Back Then: A Love Letter to JSConf EU, AgainI have attended JSConf EU in Berlin three times. I have spoken there twice. This piece is about JSConf EU. I often tend to be late to the party. So I suppose it’s no surprise that I didn’t start watching Adventure Time until after I watched Steven Universe, both of…JavaScript6 min readJavaScript6 min read
Published inMicrosoft Azure·Nov 21, 2018Writing Unit Tests For A Rewrite: A Case StudyThis blog post is the first post in a series that discusses my efforts to convert Raspi IO to TypeScript and modernize its architecture. This blog post series will explore how to write unit tests specifically for rearchitecting or rewriting a project, how to create TypeScript base classes and functionality…JavaScript11 min readJavaScript11 min read
Jul 12, 2018Why I Won’t be Speaking at OSCONAs you may have seen recently on Twitter, some problematic language was slipped into OSCON’s Code of Conduct that added “political affiliation” as a protected class. In addition, there was language in the speaker agreement that stated: 8. In keeping with the O’Reilly Code of Conduct, I agree to refrain…Code Of Conduct2 min readCode Of Conduct2 min read
Jun 26, 2018Intention and Racism: We Have It All BackwardsAuthor’s note: This article is written specifically for an audience of white liberal folks. This article assumes that you are white and you already agree racism is an issue in this country and that we need to work to end it. Just so we’re clear, when I say things like…Racism8 min readRacism8 min read
Feb 27, 2018Stuck In The In-Betweens of QueernessI find myself reflecting on my queerness tonight. It’s certainly not an unusual topic; I think almost every other queer person I know contemplates about their queerness a lot. I sit in a strange spot. I’m older than the majority of queer folks I know. It’s not that I’m particularly…LGBTQ4 min readLGBTQ4 min read
Jan 29, 2018My Journey to Stable Anxiety“And it feels like I can’t win I’m growing up and I’m giving in And it’s starting to hurt And it feels like I can’t win I couldn’t wait to be alone again And I’m getting worse” - PUP If ever there were a theme song to a segment of…Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
Oct 11, 2017The Intersection of Gender Power Dynamics and Bisexuality, A.K.A My LifeYou may have seen an article floating around on Twitter or Facebook, titled “The Rock Test: A Hack for Men Who Don’t Want To Be Accused of Sexual Harassment.” It’s great, you should go read it. Wonderfully tongue-in-cheek, there is a lot of truth to it. I want to add…LGBTQ4 min readLGBTQ4 min read
Sep 8, 2017Life is a Series of StepsCW: brief discussion of suicide I have a quote that I’ve been working on for some time, a mantra if you will. Something to guide me through my long and winding life. It has shifted over the years, with words being trimmed, rephrased, parts added and removed. …Burning Man5 min readBurning Man5 min read
Aug 22, 2017Why I’m leaving the Node.js projectAs you may have seen on Twitter yesterday, I stepped down from the Node.js Foundation Technical Steering Committee (TSC) along with three other members. I am also announcing my intention today to step down as the chairperson of the Node.js Foundation Community Committee, and to leave the Node.js project entirely. …JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Jun 2, 2017My Identity as a Non-Explanation for Who I AmI’ve been thinking about identity a lot lately. It’s no secret that I’ve changed a lot of my identities over the years. “Atheist” replaced “Christian,” “bisexual” replaced “straight,” “Californian” replaced “Texan,” and a whole host of others. Through most of these changes in identity, I realize that I’ve donned them…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
