Software Engineer. Freelance Developer. 100Devs. Artist. Innovator. Singer. Master of Music Education. I like helping people https://katiehom.carrd.co/https://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3mm3rmf46fk2qMy first teaching job out of college was in a very small town. This is what they called “muddin’” where you drive into mud and see if you can drive back out. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3rmf46fk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3miusfzcws22gIt’s launch day! Houston, we have a website!07 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3miusfzcws22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3mihdk2olok2oWatching some of the live NASA updates for Artemis II and I keep thinking, “I hope they used the good tape.”01 Apr 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihdk2olok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3mg2bm55wuc2dGitHub captcha is the worst.02 Mar 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2bm55wuc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3mavz756ots2bIf you need a little giggle [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Dec 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mavz756ots2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3m4faaazctc2eMy very first time going on a rollercoaster with loops and the guy behind me yelled, "HOLD ONTO YO' GLAAASSES!!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2025 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4faaazctc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3m2jrgrhuvs2vMy noise cancelling headphones are no match for the accordion playing in the airport. WHYYYYYY06 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jrgrhuvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lzhb5vcxxc2sI got to fly to TX over the weekend to see Ben Folds perform with one of my best friends. He is still my favorite and I was definitely crying at several points. It's so amazing to hear such a breadth of music -- it was his own "theme and variations" on his songs which was absolutely incredible.22 Sep 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhb5vcxxc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lyst4tqmx22fI got to see Nate Bargatze yesterday! A legend!14 Sep 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyst4tqmx22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lw4tjeerps23"Not my gumdrop buttons!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4tjeerps23https://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lukoy5uugs2nWhy is the quality of phone hold music so bad? You'd think with technological advances it wouldn't sound tinny, robotic, like I'm underwater, and have inconsistent volumes. 🧐22 Jul 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukoy5uugs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3luilatylic2uYesterday I made some raaaaaaaaaaaspberry sorbet the kind you find in the grocery store21 Jul 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3luilatylic2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3luarc6tuds25Today's the day! I'm updating a project for work from Node v. 18 to the latest stable version and then updating each dependency individually and testing to see if anything breaks!18 Jul 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3luarc6tuds25https://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lsidlp3w722zHim: Would you like to go out for dinner for our anniversary? Me: Yes, where would you like to go? Him: Well, we could go to IHOP - the kids would like it. Me: Have you heard of Dee-vor-chay? Him: Ooh that sounds interesting - is it Brazilian?26 Jun 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsidlp3w722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lqyd3hof722qWhat's up with Amazon advertising "local" products to me? Seems like a marketing ploy.07 Jun 2025 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqyd3hof722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lqlspggask2wI'm upgrading a site from the Next.js pages router to the app router and switching files from JS to TS.... Currently playing whack-a-mole with random linting errors.02 Jun 2025 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqlspggask2whttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lqgegstd4k2b(alarm rings) Me: "Hey Google, cancel." Google: "It looks like you have 46 alarms. Do you want me to cancel the...." 🫣🤭30 May 2025 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqgegstd4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lqfbkgxrps2sI had a blast last night at the live taping of "Syntax" in Denver! I got to meet @wesbos.com, Scott, and CJ and network with a lot of other people at the event! It was so much fun. My favorite part was watching them do the CSS battle.30 May 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfbkgxrps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lppudutw3k2zI was trying to search for a GIF and typed "Guillermo del" and intellisense suggested "taco" as the next word. Guillermo del taco - that's a new one!22 May 2025 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppudutw3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lojdg6oqgk2vI like the idea of zip closure on food bags to keep things fresh. I hate the execution.06 May 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojdg6oqgk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3loarrryf422iI am not a fan of Google opening links within Gmail and then when trying to login to that website they send a code to my email but if I go back to my email, I start the loop all over again. Anyone know if you can default Gmail to open links in the browser instead?03 May 2025 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3loarrryf422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lnilkxpvxc2kI got to build a micro React project that will be embedded in a Squarespace site - that was cool :) Also, didn't know that was possible! I've embedded a web page before but not a separate app.23 Apr 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnilkxpvxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lne274odws2hAnd now... back to your regularly scheduled programming.21 Apr 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lne274odws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lndsojj4lc2hAlways do your due diligence before jumping to conclusions.21 Apr 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndsojj4lc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lndp6mbac22fWhat tech documentation do you use the most? For me, it's Tailwind CSS.21 Apr 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndp6mbac22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3ln4btrovx22pFound some cool background designs here: www.svgbackgrounds.com https://www.svgbackgrounds.com/18 Apr 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4btrovx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3ln4bkjvxzc2iI love listening to Lofi Girl when I'm coding... I just can't take any songs that have phasing from right to left.18 Apr 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4bkjvxzc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lmy7vjpbjs2pI just typed `npm ruin dev`... Thankfully, it didn't work.17 Apr 2025 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmy7vjpbjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/katiehom.bsky.social/post/3lmhqs24rw22jI worked with a team to create an application called DSD Services and then made a video all about it! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOdAjtuCWm410 Apr 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:itm6b6ikk3doajmp7vqo3o7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhqs24rw22j