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Attorney, open source developer, Product Manager working on Product Security and Platform Health at . Previously Presidential .

Washington, DC
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    8 hours ago

    Thanks to (and team) for the idea/spec and thanks to for volunteering to update our SMS code sending to support it.

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  2. Jul 27

    ...and then a year and a half later, he put a URL on it:

    As the wise said, “if you like it then you should put a url on it”
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  3. Jul 9

    Jumping on the GitHub README profile bandwagon with my own GeoCities throwback, complete with working hit counter (best viewed in IE3 or later).

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  4. Jun 30

    A long, but interesting read that does a great job of putting labels on and boxes around many of the concepts product managers rely on each day (and a few that were new to me too).

    50 Short Product Lessons Got around to posting this. It is a bit rough, but some might find it helpful. Link: The topics👇
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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 26

    I just realized that security, privacy, and anti-abuse product reviews all boil down to two questions: 1. Does the system actually do what you think it does? 2. Is that going to hurt anyone?

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  6. Jun 23

    It's a small change, but we're hoping to encourage more maintainers to choose to accept and moderate reports of disruptive content within their repositories (and for potential contributors to see if maintainers have agreed to do so prior to joining the community).

    Community content reports included in community profile
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    Jun 5

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    Jun 3

    “Washington” is home to monuments & federal buildings The District is home to 700K of the best, most energized, active, intelligent, caring, & badass Americans you’ll ever meet We’re no one’s backdrop. We’re no one’s “battlespace” We have no vote in Congress now!

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  9. May 15

    Writing a post on "open source community management at scale" and realized it was turning into a bit of a treatise, so I decided to break it up. Here's the first part on how to set contributors up for success, well before they interact with your project.

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  10. May 12

    One aspect of GitHub's internal developer experience that I really love is that if bootstrapping on your machine fails, it automatically opens an issue. An amazing coworker just DM'd me with a fix before I even noticed the script I had running had failed.

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  11. May 11

    Open source maintainers, you can now invite a trusted user to manage your open source projects in the event that you are unable to do so yourself. Help ensure the future of your work (and the work of others) by inviting an account successor today.

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  12. May 11

    Thanks for all the thoughtful feedback. The account successors feature is now available to all users:

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  13. May 8

    We're beta testing a new GitHub feature that allows you to invite someone to manage your open source projects in the event that you are unable able to do so yourself. If you'd like early access, reply or DM with your GitHub handle and I can add you.

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  14. Apr 28

    Answering "why was this specific phrase added to the Privacy Policy?" is a heck of a lot easier when all your policy doc changes are discussed in pull requests and tracked by Git. Reblame is still one of the most powerful but least known GitHub features.

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  15. Apr 24

    A coworker bravely shared a screenshot of their text replacements and I learned they use text replacements to prevent themselves from using filler words. I use text replacements to de-acronym acronyms (e.g., PM becomes Product Manager). What are your text replacement hacks?

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    Apr 22

    Tired: having a -ops channel in your work Slack with chatops to coordinate deploys Wired: having a -ops channel in your work Slack with chatops to coordinate turnip sales when the price spikes H/t to for the name

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  17. Apr 17

    Talked a bit on how remote work requires an async-first culture.

    Our remote work Q&A series continues with a post on how to work better together when we’re working apart.
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    Apr 17

    New to working from home? The GitHub team has worked remotely for years and we're sharing what we've learned and some tips. Today our remote work series continues with on working together when we’re not together

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    Apr 16

    first work-related sketch I can publicly share: gave an AMAZING internal talk today on how we think about and protect the safety of users and communities on . If you want to read more, check out 's blog post:

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  20. Apr 13

    Actions, , interaction limits… what are you favorite tools, tips, and tricks for managing popular GitHub repositories and open source communities at scale?

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