Dr. Kate
@radkat.fitzpat.com
Misc misc misc. SWE↔️SRE. Mom of three. Married to @bradfitz.com. Between chaotic good and chaotic neutral.
I wonder who escalator oncall is and what their mitigations are.
July 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I wonder who escalator oncall is and what their mitigations are.
7yo and 6yo boys' math. "3-second farts make 5 people pinch their noses. 11-second farts make 8 people pinch their noses".
I suppose the question is how many people pinch their noses in how many seconds.
Me, I wonder what does one eat for an 11-second fart.
I suppose the question is how many people pinch their noses in how many seconds.
Me, I wonder what does one eat for an 11-second fart.
June 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
7yo and 6yo boys' math. "3-second farts make 5 people pinch their noses. 11-second farts make 8 people pinch their noses".
I suppose the question is how many people pinch their noses in how many seconds.
Me, I wonder what does one eat for an 11-second fart.
I suppose the question is how many people pinch their noses in how many seconds.
Me, I wonder what does one eat for an 11-second fart.
Finally watching Instagram paid off.
May 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Finally watching Instagram paid off.
I love Wallace the Brave.
May 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I love Wallace the Brave.
Still don't really understand Fahrenheit and always wished something like this existed: displaying both F and C next to each other in a weather widget so that I could learn over time, have a feeling for what it is/means.
I present to you Sunday morning vibe coding.
I present to you Sunday morning vibe coding.
April 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Still don't really understand Fahrenheit and always wished something like this existed: displaying both F and C next to each other in a weather widget so that I could learn over time, have a feeling for what it is/means.
I present to you Sunday morning vibe coding.
I present to you Sunday morning vibe coding.
Kids' math school celebrates hard.
March 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Kids' math school celebrates hard.
Happy bucket of salad day to those who celebrate!
December 31, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Happy bucket of salad day to those who celebrate!
Local playground gave up on the plastic shovels and someone bought a bunch of metal ice scoops 🤘🏼
December 28, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Local playground gave up on the plastic shovels and someone bought a bunch of metal ice scoops 🤘🏼
When you get a 3D printer for Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 7:50 PM
When you get a 3D printer for Christmas.
I even asked ChatGPT to help me understand branches -- it generated this picture -- if you see weird stuff happening on GitHub, you know why.
December 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I even asked ChatGPT to help me understand branches -- it generated this picture -- if you see weird stuff happening on GitHub, you know why.
Isn't that true of pretty much every toy though
October 26, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Isn't that true of pretty much every toy though
Essence of parenthood
September 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Essence of parenthood
I struggled to find a working system to describe how effective an engineer is - so I came up with one. I present to you SQUAT.
July 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM
I struggled to find a working system to describe how effective an engineer is - so I came up with one. I present to you SQUAT.
Why is the washer supposed to be on the nut side? It looks better if it's on the bolt side.
March 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Why is the washer supposed to be on the nut side? It looks better if it's on the bolt side.
Nice try, Trader Joe's, nice try.
November 18, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Nice try, Trader Joe's, nice try.
Netflix and chili. Thank goodness there's AI available to make my jokes come through.
October 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Netflix and chili. Thank goodness there's AI available to make my jokes come through.