I am both very cool and very boring. Best described as “a first-round pick for a bar fight or a board of directors.” GitHub CEO (Chief Emoji Officer) and Accessibility EM.https://bsky.app/profile/helen.bloghttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3mprvwbpmq22xOkay I’ll bite, who’s Taylor Swift?04 Jul 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprvwbpmq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3mht6hualak2qI am loving these and not just because @keithamus.social is cool… maybe because I’m actually good at something for once though Hue Shift: 0.0500 total dE Can you beat it? https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/hue-shift/?r=AfQATgA0AEEAPgAmAFcAPAATAAoAHQ #HueShift [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mht6hualak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3me36pmc2gc2eSteak too juicy, lobster too buttery, open source contributors too populous05 Feb 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3me36pmc2gc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3maobustd6k2pIt's been a whirlwind year, including that @github.com put me back on fixing papercuts/"tiny wins" for OSS maintainers! In 5 months a team of just 2 engs plus me and another proper PM shipped 15 things, so I made a little app to celebrate 12 of them 💖 https://helen.github.io/12-days-of-tiny-wins/23 Dec 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3maobustd6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3m47k2mrw5s2nIf you know me you probably won’t be surprised to find out I am involved with the first thing in here… (so you should watch it!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2025 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47k2mrw5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3m2rctlwd322yOne problem with not posting anymore is now that I’m finally speaking at a conf again I don’t know who all I’m gonna see! So… who do I get to hang out with at @allthingsopen.bsky.social 👀 @bryanl.dev @angiejones.tech @jason.energy @bizza.pizza maybeeeee???09 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rctlwd322yhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3m264x7nzks25I’m 40 today and proud of making it this far! I live a beautiful life surrounded by beautiful people who love me in the same weird way I love them too 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m264x7nzks25https://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lxnf7jjrt22vHad to wait a couple minutes to get into an airport lounge and the man behind me went on and on about “being treated like second class citizens with Priority Pass” and is now asking his companion if she preferred this line or the one at the Vatican ?????????30 Aug 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxnf7jjrt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lxml3yncms2qHave I mentioned recently that my team is really, really cool? [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxml3yncms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lxldwxvvvc2qIn honor of / inspired by #WCUS, I wrote my first personal blog post in 4 years :) https://helen.blog/2025/08/accessibility-in-the-age-of-ai/30 Aug 2025 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxldwxvvvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lxbshiaon22xImagining some Waymo trust and safety person randomly watching me say “was it the whip appeal or my baby face” to myself on the way home from the Clipse show26 Aug 2025 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbshiaon22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lwibdpc5g22e“You know mom, when I think about it this way, we kinda all live on big islands” — my 12yo16 Aug 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwibdpc5g22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lw5ivvqclk2wWho knew that when I was dubbed Chief Emoji Officer of GitHub 5 weeks into working here that I’d eventually become the one true CEO11 Aug 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5ivvqclk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lvts7y3fu223The first thing I want to attempt to return to Being Online with is: we went to the Bad Bunny residency in PR and it was beautiful and perfect and a gorgeous celebration of culture and I met my goal of sticking to Spanish a little too well because everybody went right into 90% speed puertorriqueño 😵‍💫07 Aug 2025 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvts7y3fu223https://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lvtrqlnxl22gI think I'm ready to capital-P Post again. Maybe. Let's find out!07 Aug 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtrqlnxl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lvtrouiekc2gOh hey I'm back on my work BS aka trying to do a little bit of good for a lot of people :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtrouiekc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3ll4u6zhvos2cIf you have to ask what vibe coding is you don’t know how to vibe, sorry I don’t make the rules24 Mar 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4u6zhvos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lk5nouui6c26A man interrupted me working on a plane with earbuds in to ask if I was scared (????????) and I got so mad at him he actually apologized to me, in case you were wondering if I’ve still got it12 Mar 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk5nouui6c26https://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3ljutjcsmis2qWe gotta bring back brazy as a term with extra emphasis for brazen08 Mar 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljutjcsmis2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lhybg53ie225The masses can’t tell what’s shitposting or what’s content farming to begin with and now there’s AI in the mix, we’re cooked12 Feb 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhybg53ie225https://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lhtt2xafs22pNihilist mode where I don't know how to exist in a world that doesn't consider risk reduction worth doing anymore10 Feb 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtt2xafs22phttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3lhhyjko4ks2sGuess whatttttt I'm hiring engineers for my team (accessibility engineering) and one of my immediate peers is also hiring for Primer, our design system! We are looking for earlier-in-career folks as Software Engineer IIs, to best complement and round out our teams. githubinc.jibeapply.com/jobs/3987 https://githubinc.jibeapply.com/jobs/398706 Feb 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhyjko4ks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3leiftlkzns23When Cardi said “I blow 50 racks in Target on some stupid shit”… I felt that30 Dec 2024 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3leiftlkzns23https://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3le5su22qu22oBing bong wake up babe new Sidetalk clip I can’t stop thinking about just dropped25 Dec 2024 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5su22qu22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helen.blog/post/3ldzgknnvus2eMost of the time I don’t worry about being middle aged but I just flinched at a comment asking “song name?” on a video using Last Resort so maybe I am old after all ☹️24 Dec 2024 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:imzdghbaehydcrrzbf2cwoqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzgknnvus2e