The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries #210
Behind-the-scenes coding, an Instagram Live Q&A, upcoming coding in California, and a book that’s been on my want-to-read list for two decades!
Background Work
Sometimes you work so hard and are super productive, but feel like you have nothing to show for it. 😆
That was the case last week when I got my head down and finally finished developing some Librarian tooling that I’d been working on, on and off, for just over a year.
So, I felt compelled to share it on social media:
I didn’t expect this work to take up the whole week, but it did…
Hey ho, at least it’s done now.
6 weeks left to do everything else. 🙃
Live Q&A
Rob and I went live last night on Instagram, answering a range of questions, including what our vision for 2026 is, what we think are the most underutilised features on the app, the iterations of the Personalized “Who’s It For” feature, and more.
You can check it out on Instagram (even if you don’t have an account).
California Co-Working
Next week I’m going to be in California visiting Rob and Saron.
As well as hanging out with them, I’m especially looking forward to several hours of focused co-working with Rob. 🤩
What I'm reading
I am FINALLY reading Middlemarch, the classic by George Eliot. I’ve wanted to read it for about 18 years, ever since my Sixth form English teacher told me, without hesitation, that it was her favourite book.
I used to always ask people what their favourite book was, and the last person I expected to be so confident about their answer was an incredibly well-read English teacher.
I knew I had to check out the book at some point.
In November of last year, I was invited to speak at the high school I went to when I was 11-15 years of age, and that very English teacher was now the Head over there!
I told her that I’d always remembered the Middlemarch conversation and still wanted to read it. She said several girls (I was at a girls’ school) had written to her over the last couple of decades saying they’d finally read it and loved it. I promised to read it before 2025 was up.
And here we are in November…
I’m a woman of my word so I have to start it now. Luckily I roped in book buddy, Johann, to read it with me.
We’re tackling one part/”book” each week, which will see us through to December 28th. Just in time. 😅
Have a great week,
Nadia
P.S. I loved Sea of Tranquility.