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Gesture-Driven UX: The Future of Interaction Beyond Clicks

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 2d

Gestures came before language and maybe they’re the key to more human tech.

In her latest story, @blessingokpala.bsky.social connects Igbo storytelling to the rise of gesture-driven UX.

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What Igbo storytelling can teach us about building more intuitive, gesture-driven user experiences.

When Performance Feels Invisible

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

When code runs fast, no one notices.
When you do great work quietly, same thing.

In code, invisibility is success.
In your career, it’s a trap.

Read @stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story on Code Like a Girl Substack.
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I optimized the code. Then I realized I needed to optimize myself.

The Hidden Dangers of Dirty Filenames

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 5d

The Hidden Dangers of Dirty Filenames code.likeagirl.io/the-hidden-d...

Why your app might be one emoji away from disaster and how to fix it.

Shift-Left QA: How Early Is Too Early?

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

Shift-Left QA: How Early Is Too Early? medium.com/code-like-a-...

Why rushing testers into early phases can sometimes backfire — and how to get it right.

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

The ‘Manager’ Trap medium.com/@prifranca.t...

The ‘Manager’ Trap

How Companies Are Losing Their Best Engineers (And How to Fix It)

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

One act of recognition can change everything.

When a professor credited Dinah on a research paper, it opened doors she didn’t know existed.

Her latest story reflects on how that moment shaped her career and how we can all pay it forward.
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Why Recognition, Not Just Hard Work, Opens the Next Chapter of Your Career

How one professor’s choice to credit me set me on a path I never expected

Staging Tables in SQL: Versions of You in Progress

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

Staging Tables in SQL: Versions of You in Progress code.likeagirl.io/staging-tabl...

Nowadays, productivity means a lot, and we tend to fight a lot to give up on bad habits and work hard on adopting good ones. But this isn’t…

Walking While Woman: Psychogeography, Gender, and the Digital Safety Net

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

Walking While Woman: Psychogeography, Gender, and the Digital Safety Net code.likeagirl.io/walking-whil...

The streets weren’t built for women. But women are walking them anyway — rewriting the rules with each stride, app, and act of resistance.

How to build a Roadmap as an Engineering Leader

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 7d

How to build a Roadmap as an Engineering Leader code.likeagirl.io/how-to-build...

So, stepping into the Engineering Manager role, it’s not just a notch up the ladder. It’s a whole new way of operating. Your technical…

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 9d

What happens when you vibe code for women in tech?
Elena Calvillo built a $15K-level prototype for $0 — in 18 hours — using AI tools.
Her platform helps women share real workplace challenges safely and anonymously.

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I Was Set on My Future—Then One Conversation Rerouted My Entire Life

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 12d

One push from a guidance counselor changed the course of Bette Ludwig’s life.

Decades later, she’s circled back to her first love, writing, this time combining it with her expertise in higher ed and AI.

Her story is proof that detours can bring us home.
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How a push I didn’t want shaped the career I never planned

How does a Compiler Work?

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 13d

Compilers aren’t magic. They’re translators that turn human-readable code into the 1s and 0s your CPU can run.

Nidhi’s latest shows the journey from source code → syntax trees → optimized machine code, in a way anyone can follow.

Read here: codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/compiler-s...

Learn the whole compilation process.

The Story of SheWritesAI: Building a Home for Women in AI

Reposted by Code Like A Girl

Karen Smiley (Everyday Ethical AI) @karensmiley.com · 17d

Appreciate @codelikeagirl.bsky.social for highlighting how the @shewritesai.org directory started and how it’s growing into a community to support #WomenInAI !

#DiversityInTech #ArtificialIntelligence

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 20d

One message. Zero women on a “top AI writers” list.

That spark grew into SheWritesAI—A global directory of 500+ women & nonbinary voices in AI across 50+ countries, created by @karensmiley.com

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How a single message grew into a movement of 500+ voices

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 16d

Neural networks were built on sexist theories of “male” vs. “female” brains.
That bias didn’t stay in the lab—it’s coded into today’s AI.

Feminist Science unpacks how flawed science shaped neural nets, and why it matters now. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/toxic-algo...

Toxic Algorithms: Neural Networks and the "Sexed Brain"

Why Neural Networks are popular in AI.

Invisible in Plain Sight: The Emotional Cost for Women at Work

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 19d

Being “invisible in plain sight” at work isn’t about age—it’s about power.

Emanuela’s piece for Code Like A Girl shows how women are sidelined in decision-making spaces, and what it costs us.
Worth the read: Invisible in Plain Sight

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The unseen toll of being overlooked in rooms where decisions are made

What Is Fine-Tuning in LLMs?

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 19d

What Is Fine-Tuning in LLMs? code.likeagirl.io/what-is-fine...

A Beginner-Friendly Guide

Achieving data maturity (3)

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 19d

Achieving data maturity (3) ameikpe.medium.com/achieving-da...

Part 3: From jupyter notebooks to CI/CD pipelines

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 19d

From Treats to Tech: Why My Dog Made Me a Better Manager medium.com/code-like-a-...

From Treats to Tech: Why My Dog Made Me a Better Manager

How Karen Pryor’s “Don’t Shoot the Dog!” taught me more about building tech teams than any management book ever did.

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Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 20d

One message. Zero women on a “top AI writers” list.

That spark grew into SheWritesAI—A global directory of 500+ women & nonbinary voices in AI across 50+ countries, created by @karensmiley.com

substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Story of SheWritesAI: Building a Home for Women in AI

How a single message grew into a movement of 500+ voices

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Why Your Strategy Is Worthless Without an Execution System?

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 23d

Neela shows why leaders don’t need another deck, they need a system that sharpens clarity, stress-tests ideas, and builds rhythm into execution.

Your real strategy? The decisions you make when pressure is high and time is short. codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/why-your-s...

The Decision Machine

AI Needs Women: Why Your Voice Belongs in the Future of Tech

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 26d

78% of AI builders aren’t women. That shapes how algorithms see us—and often gets us wrong.

@nicolleweeks.bsky.social makes the case for why women need to be at the table shaping AI, not sidelined by it.

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You don’t need to code to shape the future of AI, you just need to show up. This guide is your starting point.

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Designing Human-Centric Agentic AI Applications

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 26d

Designing Human-Centric Agentic AI Applications code.likeagirl.io/designing-hu...

Planning for people first in times of autonomous systems is easier than you think

5 Data Anonymization Techniques I Use Every Day

Code Like A Girl @codelikeagirl.bsky.social · 26d

5 Data Anonymization Techniques I Use Every Day code.likeagirl.io/5-data-anony...

How to Hide Personal Data Without Losing Its Value