Autumn Leaves
Iāve been saying for years I wanted to learn to play jazz. I joke that learning jazz will be my hobby when Iām 35. I decided to give it a go now.
Blink-52
Thoughts, stories, writings
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Someone to Hold Me (live)
Well, here we are. This is a song I wrote. Itās about the aftermath of my Covid-19 lockdown experience.
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Someone to Hold Me (melody)
An Ashlyn Original (melody)
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Cripple Creek
First week of Blink 52.
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ashlyn wrote some memoir
Over the last 6 weeks, Iāve attended a local memoir writing class through Red Bud Writing. This past Friday, I read a portion of my memoir a loud to a group of ~40 fellow writing students, our friends, and our family. This is the selection I read.
Open World Tuning
AI Helped Me Be a Better Volunteer
In early October, I volunteered at Raleigh Wide Open. Itās Raleighās first attempt at hosting a bluegrass festival since IBMA moved the World of Bluegrass to Chattanooga. I watched local performers. I surveyed festival-goers. I answered their questions.
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"you can just do things," but I need to do less
I missed something huge in my last letter. I want to publish to force myself to finish things.
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I'm afraid to be known, so I'm writing online
I fell in love last year, then I spent most of this year hiding. We're not together anymore for many reasons. One is because I was so scared to be seen.
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Notes on Improv Comedy
āyes, andā allows scene partners to agree, open up new discoveries, and push the scene forward
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I spoke at KubeCon!
I travelled to Salt Lake City to share my learnings on Argo Workflows
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Hardwareās Hidden Profit Engine
In 2011, Marc Andressen declared that "software is eating the world." Software ruled everything.
Own the Rails
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles is a nice little twist on the typical Greek tragedy. Itās refreshing.
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The best SWEs need SCA
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) makes it easy to rely on code someone else writes
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The Right way to Instagram
Instagram is powerful, yet I havenāt used it in years.
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How exactly is AI bad for the environment?
Last week a friend asked me how AI is bad for the environment.
Own the Rails
Protect your ego from failure with small manageable wins
I broke my arm twice snowboarding in middle school. This month I skied for the first time in 10 years.
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What's a search problem?
A guide to finding X
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The world needs more kindness ā not geniuses
Medicine might help us live longer.
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Getting to the Graduation Stage
College Graduation
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Broadcom buys VMware in one of the Largest Tech Acquisitions Ever. What's the Big Deal?
The Acquisition So Far
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go is an easy read about intense themes. It starts slow (at least commit to read up to page 80), then it zooms.
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My Ideal Amount of Income
I have always struggled with sticking to something long-term. The act of learning how to do something is much more engaging than doing the thing.
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Who is going to make Vision Pro apps with Unity?
I fear for the VisionOS developer ecosystem.
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