Nicole Tietz

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Nicole Tietz on software engineering, programming, accessibility, writing, career development, and personal life.

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Where I've been, and the future of this blog #Tech #Writing #Career
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Jun 17, 2026
Let yourself fall down more #Learning #Growth #SelfImprovement
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Mar 9, 2026
You can't always fix it #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #CareerDevelopment
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Mar 2, 2026
Binding port 0 to avoid port collisions #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Networking
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Feb 23, 2026
TIL: Docker log rotation #Docker #DevOps #SysAdmin
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Feb 16, 2026
Using an engineering notebook #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment #Productivity
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Feb 9, 2026
Some good English word datasets #Programming #Data #Writing
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Feb 2, 2026
Making niche solutions is the point #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Niche
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Jan 26, 2026
3D printing my laptop ergonomic setup #Tech #3DPrinting #Ergonomics
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Jan 19, 2026
Bayes theorem and how we talk about medical tests #Science #Math #Health
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Jan 12, 2026
Reflecting on 2025, preparing for 2026 #Reflection #Planning #Career
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Jan 5, 2026
A new system for organizing my writing and projects #Writing #Productivity #Organization
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Dec 1, 2025
Automating updates to a digital vigil #Tech #Automation #Software
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Nov 24, 2025
Interview with a new hosting provider founder #Tech #Business #Startup
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Oct 20, 2025
Custom for designing, off-the-shelf for shipping #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #CareerDevelopment
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Sep 15, 2025
Visualizing distributions with pepperoni pizza (and javascript) #Programming #DataVisualization #JavaScript
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Aug 18, 2025
Covers as a way of learning music and code #Learning #Music #SoftwareEngineering
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Jul 21, 2025
That boolean should probably be something else #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #BestPractices
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Jun 30, 2025
Proving that every program halts #ComputerScience #Programming #Logic
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Jun 23, 2025
Taking a break #SelfCare #WorkLifeBalance #MentalHealth
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May 5, 2025
Measuring my Framework laptop's performance in 3 positions #Tech #Performance #Hardware
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Apr 28, 2025
The five stages of incident response #IncidentResponse #DevOps #Tech
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Apr 21, 2025
Python is an interpreted language with a compiler #Python #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 14, 2025
Typing using my keyboard (the other kind) #Keyboard #Typing #Accessibility
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Apr 7, 2025
Shadowing in Python gave me an UnboundLocalError #Python #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Mar 31, 2025
Big endian and little endian #ComputerScience #Programming #Tech
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Mar 24, 2025
Who are your teammates? #Teamwork #Career #ProfessionalDevelopment
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Mar 17, 2025
Stewardship over ownership #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #CareerDevelopment
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Mar 10, 2025
Some things that make Rust lifetimes hard to learn #RustLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Mar 3, 2025
Your product shouldn't require showing my legal name #Privacy #Identity #SoftwareDev
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Feb 24, 2025
Can I ethically use LLMs? #AI #Ethics #LLM
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Feb 17, 2025
What's in a ring buffer? And using them in Rust #Programming #Rust #DataStructures
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Feb 10, 2025
Summarizing our recommendations for software documentation #SoftwareEngineering #Documentation #Tech
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Feb 3, 2025
Bright lights in dark times #Tech #Career #Life
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Jan 27, 2025
My writing process, and how I keep it sustainable #Writing #Productivity #CareerDev
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Jan 20, 2025
Beginning of a MIDI GUI in Rust #Rust #Programming #OpenSource
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Jan 13, 2025
Great things about Rust that aren't just performance #RustLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Jan 6, 2025
Reflecting on 2024, preparing for 2025 #Reflection #Planning #Career
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Dec 30, 2024
Feel, don't think #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #CareerDevelopment
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Dec 23, 2024
Estimating projects sells them short (and that's okay) #SoftwareEngineering #ProjectManagement #Productivity
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Dec 16, 2024