Software engineer ish, food, textiles, ex ex ex food writer, curlsbot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mtez5gfqmk2rParents too into LLM AIs? Try this weird tip: tell them all the bad or weird decisions you made recently were recommended by AI18 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtez5gfqmk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3msvxgp4krc23Omg this ad…12 Aug 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvxgp4krc23https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mpjt4cianc2wI hear the Zelda “you’re taking heat damage” fx every time I go outside30 Jun 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjt4cianc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mpc7z6fgn22gI live for the stories on the FitBit Reddit about the AI “coach”. One user it told her to ditch her dog because the dog was making her walk too slow 🤪 https://www.reddit.com/r/fitbit/s/LAKvcdrMD027 Jun 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpc7z6fgn22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3moxqtvihos2dWould love to be able to enjoy a Civ game without it completely taking over my brain like some malignant fungi23 Jun 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxqtvihos2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mihv326tgk27Having a normal one (spending real money to make my Neopets look like they did in 2000)01 Apr 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihv326tgk27https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3miflvh676c2pMost marketing software doesn’t report statistical significance because then people might realize a lot of their a/b tests are useless01 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3miflvh676c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mh23zu2mpk2rApparently there is a setting in Canva called “chronically online” that turns the text into this. Office prankster gold mine.14 Mar 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh23zu2mpk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mfa6uhlm6s2oPlaying old school RPGs hits different these days. Used to think the cackling menacing villains were too exaggerated but now that’s like my country’s government…19 Feb 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfa6uhlm6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3mezdf7s5pc2wJust remembering the era when the tech world thought Sheryl Sangberg/Lean In was good… and if you were like idk I’m a wit and this book seems bad you were considered a freak17 Feb 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezdf7s5pc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3m5wfmxs3s22pMy fav shows are now Chinese microdramas where the plot is like a modern woman ends up in the Tang Dynasty or something and invents like guns and washing machines18 Nov 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wfmxs3s22phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3m3sdj4lq7226I do a lot of boring social media graphics which is something you'd think AI might actually be useful for, but Canva's AI is hilariously bad22 Oct 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sdj4lq7226https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lztabuyjns26Empathy is carefully trying to determine if the bartender would be pressed before you order that Ramos Gin Fizz.27 Sep 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztabuyjns26https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lzqxwuhpnk2zThe cta survey26 Sep 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqxwuhpnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lxlaeeh3hs2nI’m reading Frankenstein and Dr. Frankenstein is so relatable! Hyperfocusing for months of something that turns out to be a grotesque disaster and then having a nervous breakdown? We’ve all been there, at least I have.29 Aug 2025 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlaeeh3hs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lwwoxqkhws2nThe stray kitten saga was a sober realization that a lot of the resources for low cost neuter/spay are still too hard to access. Like I’m not sure how someone without a lot of time is supposed to do this.21 Aug 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwoxqkhws2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lwvdn2wi5c2cI found a stray kitten I’d like to find a home for and every time I post a pic people are like “it’s your cat now” smh21 Aug 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvdn2wi5c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lwm25nkmws24Someone I know was like “AI is great for bill splitting” and he sent ChatGPT our bill and told it to split it. ChatGPT returned an AI generated image of people splitting a bill…17 Aug 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwm25nkmws24https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lwlzq4tw7k24This must be what it was like to live in the heyday of seances except instead of “oh the ghost in my house told me” it’s “ChatGPT told me”17 Aug 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlzq4tw7k24https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lwkuhpv3qk2jI’m not sure what data I accidentally shared that caused this glorious instacart ad that features jackfruit, ???? pepsi, a tripe dog toy (I don’t have a dog), and ube queso ice cream (ok this sounds good and my Filipino friend said it’s legit)17 Aug 2025 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwkuhpv3qk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvthsg4cfc2pLlm coding agents are like if you had a real junior developer except all the parts where its unable to meaningfully learn and there are no consequences for it making stuff up or deleting tests to make them pass07 Aug 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvthsg4cfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvr3eir6uk2eI’ll never eat tuna, chicken, or egg salad. They just seem like dishes designed to hide something suspicious.06 Aug 2025 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvr3eir6uk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvr2mh2k7c2oEver since my bf told me that Trader Joe’s employees are REQUIRED to compliment at least one of your purchases, I’ve lost all faith in humanity06 Aug 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvr2mh2k7c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvqq4nmpws2sLet me just never log in to LinkedIn again06 Aug 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqq4nmpws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvol7z2dpc2kThe most important part of every project is spending at least 8 hours looking at fonts not because you need to but because you think they are neat05 Aug 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvol7z2dpc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvmiqq5p6c2yHow can something so small be that heavy05 Aug 2025 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvmiqq5p6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvcg3pphj227It’s funny how the whole “every resume bullet point needs a number” thing has become so common even though we all know it forces made up numbers like “lmproved coding by 55%”01 Aug 2025 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvcg3pphj227https://bsky.app/profile/melissamcewen.bsky.social/post/3lvcc5qpvzc2h31 Jul 2025 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:oi25rxwdetgtxcenv5eadfow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvcc5qpvzc2h