Michele Hansen
@mjwhansen.com
👩💻 CEO & Co-Founder @Geocod.io
📚 Author of Deploy Empathy, a practical guide to interviewing customers (Updated and Expanded edition out now!)
Free time: bookworm, gymnast, being outside
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📚 Author of Deploy Empathy, a practical guide to interviewing customers (Updated and Expanded edition out now!)
Free time: bookworm, gymnast, being outside
she/her | 🇺🇸 in 🇩🇰
Popovers are poppin’
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Popovers are poppin’
why does rap in languages you don't speak hit so hard? open.spotify.com/track/0WNLM6...
Je veux te voir
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
why does rap in languages you don't speak hit so hard? open.spotify.com/track/0WNLM6...
I can't decide if this song is more like The Black Keys x The Pixies or LCD Soundsystem but make it noisy, but either way, I'm obsessed open.spotify.com/track/4gkAxn...
Post Ryan
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I can't decide if this song is more like The Black Keys x The Pixies or LCD Soundsystem but make it noisy, but either way, I'm obsessed open.spotify.com/track/4gkAxn...
Read this last night and damn, it hits.
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Read this last night and damn, it hits.
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one.
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
My Favorite Reads of 2025
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one. Here are my favorites.
(I'm mostly writing this for myself for future reference purposes, but I'm sharing it as perhaps you've got a few biblioph...
mjwhansen.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one.
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
"The beauty of history lies in its complexities, in its contradictions, in the absurdities...when you get somebody who presents you history neatly wrapped up in a box, it just makes me run with fright because it ordinarily is crafted in a way that is just simply wrong." - Historian Paul Rouse
Ireland: Celts, Conquest and Cromwell (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 29/05/2023 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The beauty of history lies in its complexities, in its contradictions, in the absurdities...when you get somebody who presents you history neatly wrapped up in a box, it just makes me run with fright because it ordinarily is crafted in a way that is just simply wrong." - Historian Paul Rouse
Claude: "I'll need to be strategic about this"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
a cartoon drawing of a sign that says " here be dragons "
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a sign that says " here be dragons "
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Claude: "I'll need to be strategic about this"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
View from the shedquarters today ❄️
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
View from the shedquarters today ❄️
Reposted by Michele Hansen
Get a shockingly-high bill from Google for geocoding?
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Geocodio API Reference
Use our simple API to convert street addresses into latitude/longitude or coordinates to street addresses. Add Congressional districts, census data, timezones, and more.
www.geocod.io
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Get a shockingly-high bill from Google for geocoding?
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
ADHD: when you're starving and have food sitting in front of you that you want to eat but you somehow STILL get distracted from eating and forget to eat (?!?!?!)
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ADHD: when you're starving and have food sitting in front of you that you want to eat but you somehow STILL get distracted from eating and forget to eat (?!?!?!)
Reposted by Michele Hansen
If you're a dev or otherwise *extremely* familiar with #Laravel and you're a great writer, we're looking for the next addition to our GTM team 🔥
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
Content Engineer - Laravel
At Laravel, we are committed to creating tools that empower developers to build exceptional web applications while nurturing a supportive and inclusive global community. By joining our team, you’ll pl...
apply.workable.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If you're a dev or otherwise *extremely* familiar with #Laravel and you're a great writer, we're looking for the next addition to our GTM team 🔥
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
A friend sent me this yesterday, and I just love it:
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
Make a dream come true | Derek Sivers
sive.rs
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A friend sent me this yesterday, and I just love it:
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
this just passed 10k views. damn, the internet really loves it when you mess stuff up and then talk about it 😂
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this just passed 10k views. damn, the internet really loves it when you mess stuff up and then talk about it 😂
remember to say your uptime affirmations today, everyone!
Alright Internet, let’s stay fully functional today shall we?
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
remember to say your uptime affirmations today, everyone!
days since I've made a YAML error: 0
a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
ALT: a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
days since I've made a YAML error: 0
The $1,000 AWS mistake www.geocod.io/code-and-coo...
The $1,000 AWS mistake - Geocodio
A cautionary tale about AWS VPC networking, NAT Gateways, and how a missing VPC Endpoint turned our S3 data transfers into an expensive lesson.
www.geocod.io
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The $1,000 AWS mistake www.geocod.io/code-and-coo...
happy Cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
happy Cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
Just voted for the first time in Denmark! 🇩🇰
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Just voted for the first time in Denmark! 🇩🇰
obsessed with this song. It's like if you threw the Black Keys and the Pixies in a blender open.spotify.com/track/5JPikG...
Lawman
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
obsessed with this song. It's like if you threw the Black Keys and the Pixies in a blender open.spotify.com/track/5JPikG...
ah, so it's a "inexplicably forget the password to my laptop" kind of Monday morning, I see
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
ah, so it's a "inexplicably forget the password to my laptop" kind of Monday morning, I see
The House of Guinness soundtrack absolutely slaps
I've got this on repeat open.spotify.com/track/37xaqo...
I've got this on repeat open.spotify.com/track/37xaqo...
ITS BEEN AGES
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The House of Guinness soundtrack absolutely slaps
I've got this on repeat open.spotify.com/track/37xaqo...
I've got this on repeat open.spotify.com/track/37xaqo...
@typeoneerror.com you’ll love this www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@typeoneerror.com you’ll love this www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
It always makes me a little bit scared when I see that there's a new review of my book... but 9.9 times out of 10, I end up smiling. Thanks, Jens!
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It always makes me a little bit scared when I see that there's a new review of my book... but 9.9 times out of 10, I end up smiling. Thanks, Jens!
I just discovered AbeBooks today, and I am overjoyed.
you mean I can order used and new books a) in English, b) from indie bookstores, c) that are based on the EU so I don’t have to pay customs, AND d) all for reasonable prices rather than 2-3x the price?!
my little foreigner heart SANG 😍
you mean I can order used and new books a) in English, b) from indie bookstores, c) that are based on the EU so I don’t have to pay customs, AND d) all for reasonable prices rather than 2-3x the price?!
my little foreigner heart SANG 😍
a woman is crying in a classroom with the words it 's so beautiful
ALT: a woman is crying in a classroom with the words it 's so beautiful
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I just discovered AbeBooks today, and I am overjoyed.
you mean I can order used and new books a) in English, b) from indie bookstores, c) that are based on the EU so I don’t have to pay customs, AND d) all for reasonable prices rather than 2-3x the price?!
my little foreigner heart SANG 😍
you mean I can order used and new books a) in English, b) from indie bookstores, c) that are based on the EU so I don’t have to pay customs, AND d) all for reasonable prices rather than 2-3x the price?!
my little foreigner heart SANG 😍