Living in the SF cloud and engineering in the data cloud. Also: plants, coffee, cooking, a chemeng microbio phd, she/her, via Portland and Boulder. Are these views even mine? We just don’t know. Same handle most other spots.https://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mweu2efg4c2fKey engineering skill: differentiating when you need to do something clever/advanced vs are doing something dumb and need to stop25 Sep 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweu2efg4c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mw5sdmnat22gProposal: rebrand "info dump" as "can't contain the explain"23 Sep 2026 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5sdmnat22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mw2bug4pqk2zBoosting in case anyone has a phone a friend at GitHub account management [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2bug4pqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mvjvgrfmfk2a*blinks* ... maybe I spent too much time on early Bluesky15 Sep 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjvgrfmfk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mv6rkceuac2mBirb sartorial inspo [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6rkceuac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mv3pxhnxis2jSuch a strangely still and warm day waiting for the train here in the Sunset - hang onto your hand fans folks it's gunna be toasty09 Sep 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3pxhnxis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3muzhoo6wac2vOnce again: [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzhoo6wac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3msxxnkejrc2bLittle wobbly earthquake in SF13 Aug 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxxnkejrc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mrt7jmcrpk2na fulfillment warehouse keeps re-shipping with the same order to me with minimal packing and is just feeding porcelain to FedEx30 Jul 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrt7jmcrpk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mrgjc3dz4s2sI cannot stress enough how much everyone should read this book! Numeracy is as important as literacy and also it's a pretty and enjoyable source too [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgjc3dz4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mrfrpsw45c2iIn mythology Reddit would be called 'the great well of actuallys'24 Jul 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfrpsw45c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mr7c7xfdmk2tSupport page: if this Apple ID is over 10 years old... Me: *laughs in this Apple ID is over 20 years old*22 Jul 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7c7xfdmk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mqgmxunlm22gLooking on the bright side of the gerontocracy this week12 Jul 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgmxunlm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mqgfsd6tnk2bQ for other kids that went to summer camp in the 90s: was Closer to Fine a campfire song for you? Or was this just a Portlandia thing12 Jul 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgfsd6tnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mqb3m2b4qs2wI've observed for a while that iMessage was replacing the social parts of social media and it will be interesting to see how long it holds [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb3m2b4qs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mqb3g752lk2wLiterally just Facebook circa 2010 https://www.vox.com/advice/494526/photo-dump-friendship10 Jul 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb3g752lk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mpuiqwgks22rMy husband unpacked some groceries just enough to get the perishables in the fridge and in the Stonehenge of cans waiting to be organized I found this unintended marvel05 Jul 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuiqwgks22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mpjwpcumhk2uSpotted Claude IRL30 Jun 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjwpcumhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/elsabirch.bsky.social/post/3mpeqj5lmms2xOH on Muni: marriage was just LinkedIn for peasants back in the day28 Jun 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:bl6puc6bfgltavqfnam4ip2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeqj5lmms2x