What I have found gripping

• Adding a feature to track changes made to data within an application

• Collaborative problem-solving

• Using proprietary software is running the risk of suddenly losing data, not being able to get things done if a sudden closure happens after an acquisition. Fortunately, open-source software tools exist and should be supported whenever possible

• Identifying open-source tools to use requires some benchmarking, testing and finding documentation to figure out if they meet one’s requirements

• Delving further into niche topics

• Making shared humanity a focus through paying attention to small details

• Learning from folks from very different contexts

What I have read

• Perceptions of Software Developer Inclusion: A survey at Google, Maggie Hodges & Emerson Murphy-Hill 

• Weeknotes 2026 W09: Optimized away, Denis Defreyne

• The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries #218, Nadia Odunayo

• How to navigate unexpected role changes, Vaidehi Joshi

• RubyEvents.org February 2026 Newsletter, ChaelCodes

• The Balanced Engineer • Issue #44, Brittany Ellich

• Power Hungry: AI and our energy future (package), MIT Technology Review

• Choosing the Right Starting Lineup, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

• Trouver son bureau de vote : un parcours compliqué, Sylvie Duchateau

• L’IA est conçue pour terminer le travail, pas pour le commencer, Gaurav Gupta & Neha Chaudhuri

• Travail des femmes : ce qu’on voit… et ce qu’on a ignoré,  Barbara Petrongolo, Stessie Ann Auguste & Lucien Sahl

• Vocabulaire et diversité linguistique : comment l’IA appauvrit le langage, Guillaume Desagulier

• La Vasque des Jeux Olympiques^TM et Paralympiques^TM de Paris 2024

• From Isolation to Belonging: Building Connection Across Divides, Chi Nguyen

• Five Ways to Have Better Conversations Across Difference, Adrian Michael Green

• Every Language is Welcome, Natalie Tay

• 5 Ally Actions - Mar 6, 2026, Better Allies

What I have listened to

Something heavy (Sleep Version), Jacob Collier

What I have watched

My God It’s Full of Stars, Tracy K. Smith

Featured quote

Change is inevitable and the only constant. Whether the changes for you have been welcome or unwanted, knowing that we have tools available to help us navigate them can help put some of that discomfort at ease. And if we accept and even lean into that discomfort, we can navigate the unexpected gracefully. — Vaidehi Joshi

Further reading and resources

In English

• ChaelCodes’s website

• 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron

• Tracy K. Smith’s website

• The True Cost of Being a Woman, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

• Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman’s website

In French

• Sylduch Conseil (accessibility expertise)

• Comment fonctionne la vasque olympique ? Quentin Duval