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Katie Fenn

@katiefenn@front-end.social
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She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Joined November 13, 2022
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · May 04, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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There’s a Deep Space Nine episode for every occasion and every mood.

Today it’s “It’s Only a Paper Moon”.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · May 02, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Made it all the way round without hurting myself or my bike this time

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · May 02, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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I’ve heard of internal combustion engine cars parking in charging bays, but this is the first time I’ve seen an EV blocking a petrol pump

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · May 01, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @chicgeek@front-end.social
@chicgeek Now the swelling’s gone down and it’s been cleaned up, it’s not quite as bad as it looked. I did get a telling off at when I got home 😅
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · May 01, 2026
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@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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I understand that cats like to sleep in strategic places because it comforts them.

What I don’t understand is why they also decide to sleep in the middle of the hallway where they are very vulnerable to being pounced on by siblings.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 29, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @lornajane@indieweb.social
@lornajane Yeah, I’m alright - pretty sure it’s treatable by first aid 🙂
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 29, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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This year has not been a good year for bike accidents. I fell into a bush and now I’ve got an eight inch long gash on my leg 😅

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 26, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
Unmounted the derailleur, replaced the derailleur hanger, and then remounted. A quick clean, figured out I’d threaded the chain around the chain tensioner incorrectly, and then fixed. Good as new. Shame about the graze on the mech.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 25, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @rowan_m@mastodon.social
@rowan_m@mastodon.social Welcome! 💚
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 25, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Yeah, me neither tbh

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 25, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
Yep. Derailleur hanger. Here’s my derailleur hanger sat on a wrench. The wrench is straight, and the bent derailleur hanger shows a gap between it and the wrench, where it wouldn’t be if it were straight.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 25, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Consoling myself with an iced cream at Forge Dam after my bike fell shortly after taking the photo on top of the hill near Stanedge Pole 😅

Suspect a bent derailleur hanger.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 23, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @glenjamin@hachyderm.io
@glenjamin It had crossed my mind! Completely possible to get over to Ladybower from Castletown in that time. It’s going to be total chaos, but potentially fun chaos 🙂
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 23, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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The Tour de France Femmes is coming to Sheffield next year, and it’s going to take in two of our greatest roads. My only choice is, which one should I go watch it on?

It might be nice to cycle up Snake Pass when it’s closed, but Winnats Pass is closer and the atmosphere there will be electric.

Decisions, decisions.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @craignicol@glasgow.social
@craignicol Replying with “nice” is also an acceptable answer
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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I just called my Switch a “Wii”, absent mindedly, and realised that I’ve become my parents.

“Stop playing the Sega PlayStation and go outside!”

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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The fact that Kezia Dugdale is saying “things could go backwards” when trans people are already losing their human rights tells you absolutely everything you need to know about Stonewall and Kezia Dugdale.

It tells you exactly who they care about, and who doesn’t matter.

https://archive.ph/2026.04.19-075343/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/19/things-could-go-backwards-kezia-dugdale-on-safety-lgbtq-rights-and-the-future-of-stonewall

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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I wish I could frame a video, this is one of my favourites of Ico.

Your browser does not support the video tag.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @lornajane@indieweb.social
@lornajane Yeah, it feels like I’ve been on a long haul, which is pretty close to what happened!
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 18, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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My Brompton wasn’t shifting properly after my crash, but after taking its drivetrain off, giving it a proper clean, then putting it back together, it’s back to normal.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 18, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @janl@narrativ.es
@janl I’d been planning a day of zen bicycle maintenance now I’ve got my Brompton back, but you’re right, I could totally do that with my hair in a towel and my feet in a footspa 🧖‍♀️🚴‍♀️
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 18, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Spending seven hours on a commuter train, and then three hours in a black cab really mucks your body up. I feel like I cycled 50 miles yesterday.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 17, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @sarajw@front-end.social
@sarajw @Edent Yep - thankfully the cabbie took me all the way to my house from Kings Cross Station. Were four of us going to Yorkshire, he took all of us home
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 17, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @chicgeek@front-end.social
@chicgeek He told us he was working the night of the Huntingdon incident too, so he’s got a few stories to tell
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 17, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @Edent@mastodon.social
@Edent There were four of us in a Black Cab driving up the M1. I was the first drop off in South Sheffield, then another in the North, then one in Huddersfield, and then another in Leeds.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 17, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Just got home after catching the 19:08 Kings Cross to Leeds.

The East Coast Main Line closed between Retford and Doncaster. We got turned round at Grantham and were taken back to Kings Cross. Caught a taxi at about 3am.

Now I’m home. Thank goodness LNER are picking up the bill.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 16, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Happily reunited.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 15, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @cjwatson@mastodon.ie
@cjwatson Nice one 🙂
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 15, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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My post bike crash list of chores is now at 9/22 items done.

It didn’t incapacitate me, but it did wipe me out long enough such that chores really piled up. I think this is largely what contributed to the burnout I was experiencing.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 15, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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It’s a pity that the biggest assholes I’ve ever worked with live rent-free in my head to this day, but they help me to do better than they did. I keep them in mind whenever I work with newbies, and hopefully I’ll never be as big a jerk as they were to me.

Congratulations, champs - you’re still top of the pile 20 years later. That’s quite an achievement.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
@hugh Oh, one more: All the food is great. Even the department store restaurants. If you’re not feeling adventurous and just want something from Yoshinoya or a Kamukura noodles, it’ll probably still be good food.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
@hugh Oh, one more tip - prioritise Tokyo City View over Tokyo Sky Tree. It’s not as tall as the other, but it has a much better view of Tokyo Tower, and it’s closer to the centre of the city. It’s the view in my profile picture!
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
@hugh (If you can scroll back through my feed, you can find photos of everything we did in late September 2024)
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
@hugh Look out for lockers when you go sight seeing - they’re incredibly cheap and they’re everywhere. Also, seconding Team Labs!
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @katiefenn@front-end.social
@hugh Check out the Yamato luggage delivery service. They offer a very reasonable same (or next) day delivery for your luggage. There are desks in the major Shinkansen stations, and you can often mail your luggage direct from your departure hotel to your arrival hotel, where it will be waiting for you. Take a change of clothes in a backpack, and mail the rest. Don’t be afraid to use local coin-operated laundry shops. They work really well, and they’re available everywhere.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 14, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @hugh@social.crablab.uk
@hugh It may sound obvious, but make sure you try the Shinkansen bullet trains. They’re incredible and make getting around the country really easy. I can also recommend trying some of the scenic railways around the country - travelling slow through rice fields was the standout surprise of our trip, and such a vibe. We did the Wakayama Railway, which is world famous for its line of cat station masters. We also used Ninja Food Tours in two cities to get to know the local cuisine.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Apr 05, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @GlasWolf@mastodon.scot
@GlasWolf That’s amazing 🤩
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 13, 2026
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@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@sarajw@front-end.social @cory@follow.coryd.dev @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com @lloydi@mastodon.social Seconding Black Books. It’s definitely up there with Father Ted.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
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@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com
@philip @PragmaticAndy It’s not the agile people telling me this - that’s me lamenting the gradual chipping away of humanity from our work.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
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@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@inecas The person I’m subposting specified LLMs and JS frameworks.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
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@glenjamin Yeah. LLMs don’t scare me. People deciding a person is irrelevant does.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Replying to @glenjamin@hachyderm.io
@glenjamin Sure - I’ve dabbled with a bit of Codex at work and can see it can be useful. I’m reserving judgment for the time being. The person I am subposting directly compared “people who are averse to using LLMs” to “CSS die-hards [who] refused to use JS frameworks”, and suggested that both are consigned to irrelevance. It was wrapped in faux concern for people making the wrong choice, and felt completely devoid of humanity - as well as being plain wrong that a skill can make you irrelevant.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@devolute The person I’m subposting directly compared “people adverse to using LLMs” to “CSS die-hards [who] rejected JS frameworks”. They’re wrong, of course, about both of them. But the underlying assertion that you’re on one team or another, rather than being human beings with skills and experience really got to me this evening. Seeing someone I used to respect show such a lack of humanity was upsetting.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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Fuck, man. I don’t even know where to begin. This isn’t even about LLMs anymore. Casting aside human beings for their particular skills and experience is a fucking repulsive attitude.
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Mar 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
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She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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2001: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

2026: Use this tool, or you’ll fade into irrelevance

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Jan 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@bjn Super, formidable 👏👏👏
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Jan 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@bjn (But seriously, TGVs are seriously cool trains 🇫🇷 ) https://youtu.be/EOdATLzRGHc
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Jan 08, 2026
Katie Fenn
@katiefenn@front-end.social

She/her. Talks about tech, bikes, trains and trans rights. Engineer (@npmjs, @monzo, @canonical). Speaker and co-organiser Front End North. General dogsbody for Greens for HS2. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚

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@bjn Fine. La vie moderne est nulle. 😂
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Jan 08, 2026
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@GlasWolf YES
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Katie Fenn @katiefenn@front-end.social · Jan 08, 2026
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