2026-10-04 17:48 UTC
but only rich girls get to be designers. we working class drones, on the other had, are meant to the sweatshops… and i promised mami i wouldn't end in one.
but back to the computing 🫱🏽🫲🏿 sewing connection: #1 reason i ended up using #Drupal to run my blogs was because, back in the day, the community leaned on A LOT on #sewing and fiber arts metaphors for explaining web development. everything i know about #software #computers #tech i owe to sewing…
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2026-10-04 17:54
heck, i owe to #sewing all my professional experience as an educator, curriculum developer and technical writer. i have always had a love-hate relationship with Simplicity pattern instructions. i often told my employers, if i can make it easy to LOOK at, as a Simplicity sewing pattern, but write it and illustrate it better, then i’ve done my job. which is why i can look at an app or even a codebase and go, yup, none of the dev(s) are a designer or have any arts skills… 🧵…