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Mika Flowers

Tiny Linux/web tools. Self-taught. Writing daily until someone hires me.

Location Alexandria, Virginia Joined Joined on  Personal website https://miflow13.github.io/my-blog/ github website

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Self-taught Software Developer

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Independent Software Developer · Open Source Builder

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i built a green blob that lives on my desktop. now it has feelings.

Built natively with Python and GTK4
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i built a green blob that lives on my desktop. now it has feelings.

#showdev #python #linux #opensource
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Stop Building Portfolio Projects. They're Making You Worse.
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Stop Building Portfolio Projects. They're Making You Worse.

#discuss #webdev #career #productivity
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Your AI Agent Has Too Many Permissions: A Practical Guide to Not Getting Burned
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Your AI Agent Has Too Many Permissions: A Practical Guide to Not Getting Burned

#agents #ai #cybersecurity #security
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The Sycophancy Problem: Why AI Keeps Agreeing With You (And Why That's Actually a Bug)
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The Sycophancy Problem: Why AI Keeps Agreeing With You (And Why That's Actually a Bug)

#discuss #ai #programming #agents
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Breaking Down the Door
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Breaking Down the Door

#webdev #programming #beginners #career
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Calculators Were the Original "AI Cheating Panic" — And We're Doing It All Again
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Calculators Were the Original "AI Cheating Panic" — And We're Doing It All Again

#discuss #ai #programming #webdev
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why on earth does the Claude logo still look like a sphincter?
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why on earth does the Claude logo still look like a sphincter?

#watercooler #ai #humor #design
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nobody teaches you software architecture. you just break something enough times.
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nobody teaches you software architecture. you just break something enough times.

#showdev #architecture #programming #beginners
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AI Is Making You a Worse Engineer and a Better Employee

Compares velocity to skill depreciation
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AI Is Making You a Worse Engineer and a Better Employee

#ai #career #productivity #programming
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Job-Hunting With a Resume That Doesn't Look Like a Resume
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Job-Hunting With a Resume That Doesn't Look Like a Resume

#discuss #ai #beginners #career
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Walking Into Tech Like It's On Fire (Because, Kind Of, It Is)
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Walking Into Tech Like It's On Fire (Because, Kind Of, It Is)

#ai #programming #career #machinelearning
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Vibe Coding Was Never Going to Be the Future. Architecture Is.
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Vibe Coding Was Never Going to Be the Future. Architecture Is.

#ai #programming #architecture #career
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How I Built a GNOME Utility to Disable My Laptop Keyboard (and What I Learned About Linux Input Devices)
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How I Built a GNOME Utility to Disable My Laptop Keyboard (and What I Learned About Linux Input Devices)

#linux #opensource #productivity #programming
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I Spent 8 Years Managing a Grocery Store. Then I Taught Myself to Ship Linux Apps.

Unconventional path from retail floor to Linux dev
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I Spent 8 Years Managing a Grocery Store. Then I Taught Myself to Ship Linux Apps.

#buildinpublic #career #learning #linux
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Why I Had to Learn About State Machines to Build a Desktop Pet
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Why I Had to Learn About State Machines to Build a Desktop Pet

#ai #programming #tutorial #architecture
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I Built a Desktop Pet That Actually Feels at Home on Linux
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I Built a Desktop Pet That Actually Feels at Home on Linux

#design #linux #sideprojects #ux
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A Tiny Linux Desktop Companion — and Wayland and GTK Kept Getting in the Way
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A Tiny Linux Desktop Companion — and Wayland and GTK Kept Getting in the Way

#linux #python #software
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