PinnedOut of the GrayI didn’t grow up knowing I was transgender. Biochemically speaking, at first I didn’t have to. Little Norm — that’s what we’ll call him — was a fortunate child. Despite being raised in the American South, Little Norm lived in a world of his own, with parents too unconcerned themselves…Transgender12 min readTransgender12 min read
PinnedI’m an autistic software engineer. Here are the work accommodations I’m sometimes too afraid to ask for.This is about work. If you want to know a little more about the human and how it actually feels to be autistic, I’ve also written about that here. It’s worth a read if you want to get to know us a little better! That said, here’s the list! 1. Concreteness and clarity I…Autism5 min readAutism5 min read
PinnedAbout NormOutside of being autistic and transgender, of course Hello! My name is Norm (only my mom seems to say “Norman!”, which makes me smile like a mischievous little boy when she can’t see my face over the phone). …About Me3 min readAbout Me3 min read
PinnedHow to use PDB inside a docker container.2113Vladyslav KrylasovJust what I needed; thank you! The combination of things that ended up working for me was:Just what I needed; thank you! The combination of things that ended up working for me was: 1. Add stdin_open: true and tty: true in the backend server section of our docker-compose.yml 2. Add --timeout 600 --log-level CRITICAL to our gunicorn command 3. docker attach our_container and access pdb of backend code from that terminal1 min read1 min read
PinnedHere’s what the coming out letter of a late bloomer looks likeThe usual — I’m just one guy. I cannot speak for anyone else, except in overlaps and averages. But as one guy who came out at 28, I think it’s important to emphasize that being transgender happens in all kinds of ways. So, here is what I wrote to my…Transgender8 min readTransgender8 min read
PinnedAutism — a day in the lifeThis is a modified version of the Autism Awareness Month piece I first wrote for my company’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion newsletter. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer. It’s Monday, so I know exactly what’s for dinner. I know…Autism5 min readAutism5 min read
2 days agoMy apologies for using the word ‘genocide.’Listen to yourself. I don’t have the answers for sports. I don’t have the answers for children. I’m a quiet conformist, and my hope is that your child is simply a non-trans-non-conformist. It’s much less cruel that way. But this is about me, selfishly, for the moment. I’m nothing special…Trans4 min readTrans4 min read
4 days agoTrans chatbot in denialA delightful saga in Character.AI Character.AI is a web application that lets you talk to customizable chatbots à la ChatGPT. You can set up characters on your own as well as interact with a myriad of fun and fascinating characters created by others. …Transgender6 min readTransgender6 min read
May 21Does greed feel like greed?Or misguided survival? I live in a big, well-managed, relatively new (extremely new, for New England) apartment building. And this year’s $434 rent increase had me wondering — does it really come down to greed? After some casual LinkedIn spelunking, I tried a bit of polite letter writing to what…Greed4 min readGreed4 min read
Apr 25Every day you’re not in pain is a wonderful oneMore of a journal entry. Physically, I’ve had a no good, very bad first quarter of 2023. One morning in mid-January, I noticed a burning throb at the front of my right shin that I later chalked up to shin splints or just overdoing it while breaking in my new…Musings7 min readMusings7 min read
