Laura Rubin
@sanscontext.bsky.social
Entropy Tamer / Docs & Knowledge Management / Staff tech writer / Formerly @nylas, @Segment, @docker, @PalantirTech / Tweets = my own /
Nothing like getting a few kind words on a grey Wednesday morning. Just a reminder: people will remember the good you did, even if it feels incomplete sometimes.
github.com/segmentio/se...
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[Content]: You can probably remove "blocks"? · Issue #6100 · segmentio/segment-docs
What article on segment.com/docs is affected? https://segment.com/docs/guides/intro-impl/#message-schemas-blocks-and-specs What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated? When I wrote th...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nothing like getting a few kind words on a grey Wednesday morning. Just a reminder: people will remember the good you did, even if it feels incomplete sometimes.
github.com/segmentio/se...
github.com/segmentio/se...
Reposted by Laura Rubin
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
Reposted by Laura Rubin
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
Dusting off this "work" account, and... wow. I have a lot of followers just in the last few months.
Hi everyone. I'm a staff technical writer with lots of experience in B2B software and strong product management skills.
I'm taking a lil break for Dec, but will looking for what comes next in Jan.
Hi everyone. I'm a staff technical writer with lots of experience in B2B software and strong product management skills.
I'm taking a lil break for Dec, but will looking for what comes next in Jan.
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Dusting off this "work" account, and... wow. I have a lot of followers just in the last few months.
Hi everyone. I'm a staff technical writer with lots of experience in B2B software and strong product management skills.
I'm taking a lil break for Dec, but will looking for what comes next in Jan.
Hi everyone. I'm a staff technical writer with lots of experience in B2B software and strong product management skills.
I'm taking a lil break for Dec, but will looking for what comes next in Jan.
Today, in things I never expected to say about a work related (sort of) event: “The DJ is accompanying the Take On Me karaoke live on the sax”
February 3, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Today, in things I never expected to say about a work related (sort of) event: “The DJ is accompanying the Take On Me karaoke live on the sax”
...And I just got into another API related convention to give a talk about API docs.
If you'd told me two years ago I'd be talking to people about OpenAPI _for work_, I would've laughed at you.
If you'd told me two years ago I'd be talking to people about OpenAPI _for work_, I would've laughed at you.
January 23, 2024 at 2:59 AM
...And I just got into another API related convention to give a talk about API docs.
If you'd told me two years ago I'd be talking to people about OpenAPI _for work_, I would've laughed at you.
If you'd told me two years ago I'd be talking to people about OpenAPI _for work_, I would've laughed at you.
Just submitted a talk for Write the Docs Portland. Eeeep.
Hilariously, I'm more nervous about this than API Days Austin? Lolwut brain, what is this...
Oh I guess it's the difference between "I don't know anyone here" and "I will see these people every year for eternity"
Hilariously, I'm more nervous about this than API Days Austin? Lolwut brain, what is this...
Oh I guess it's the difference between "I don't know anyone here" and "I will see these people every year for eternity"
January 13, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Just submitted a talk for Write the Docs Portland. Eeeep.
Hilariously, I'm more nervous about this than API Days Austin? Lolwut brain, what is this...
Oh I guess it's the difference between "I don't know anyone here" and "I will see these people every year for eternity"
Hilariously, I'm more nervous about this than API Days Austin? Lolwut brain, what is this...
Oh I guess it's the difference between "I don't know anyone here" and "I will see these people every year for eternity"
It's the first week of January y'all. Not everyone was away. As you return to work, remember:
`git pull` before you do anything else.
`git pull` before you do anything else.
January 3, 2024 at 10:03 PM
It's the first week of January y'all. Not everyone was away. As you return to work, remember:
`git pull` before you do anything else.
`git pull` before you do anything else.
Reposted by Laura Rubin
me watching the openai drama
November 20, 2023 at 7:46 AM
me watching the openai drama
**cough**
Hello World.
Hello World.
October 9, 2023 at 11:04 PM
**cough**
Hello World.
Hello World.