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Shanghainese immigrant building educational experiences for kids at early-stage startup · · prev @joinender , @calhacks , @codeday , @hackclub

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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
8 months
Introducing Human Pendant ™️ — a wearable that does not track, capture, hear, or talk to you. It's a rock. 🪨 Powered by rocks that aren’t tricked to think 🤖 Never be a risk of losing to an AGI revolution 🔒 Private by physics Learn more & preorder:
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Some personal news… 🇺🇸🎉
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
I’m… leaving school (wOW wHO wOuLD’vE tHoUghT) to focus on learning, sharpening my eng skills, and building in education! Today is my first day with @joinender , where I’ll be spending the next few months building a platform for creative kids ❤️ Gonna be a fun semester ⛏💎 🚀
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
Just sayin'... Did y'all get the same designer for your landing page or something?
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
Idea: a hackathon for hackathon organizers to write better tooling for hackathon logistics.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
A week into @todoist and I'm already feeling like my life is running on this thing. Awesome app!
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Mingjie Jiang
8 months
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
1 year
seems like cal is doing what cal students do best… they procrastinate and win at 4th quarter 🤷‍♂️ and there was always stanford who thought they had the upper hand…
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
7 months
hold my beer
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
20! Officially no longer a teenager 😌 Featuring my parents doing their best to celebrate for me from China… Cake looking kind of good, wish I could get a bite 😅
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
“MOM! I told you this is not a sleepover! This is company retreat…” oh yeah we’re actually hacking things out
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
2 weeks in berkeley and I felt more alive than the last 1.5 years combined 😎 the next 3 years is gonna be good, y’all
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
1 year
I hope with AI, the entertainment industry can stop copying and pasting random obvious filler code from GitHub and generate their own, realistic-looking hacker scripts so at least they don't ruin the character setting for the genius hackers
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
8 months
why am i in the saas business when selling rocks on the internet is clearly far more lucrative
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
so i took my parents out for lunch in berkeley today and they were indeed very intrigued about that sign on the wall in the back
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Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Can't believe I haven't really had the courage to say this – recently thinking about potentially teaching at a school in the future – not like being a teacher forever, but maybe something short (half/one year), and experience what it's like to be teaching CS at a public school.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
Got quite some msgs over this week for advice on applying to Berkeley CS as we approach the app deadline, so here’s my generic response: As great of a school it is, I struggled with navigating our CS department. It’s really hard for me to recommend the school to anyone. 🧵
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
just tried to drag and hold with a mechanical pencil expecting the line to just straighten itself
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
As we're wrapping up our own Fellowship this week, we've got some exciting news – @ExecuteBig is now a part of the first cohort of @Replit Ventures! Execute Big is focused on creating accessible CS exploration programs for all. More about us:
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
PSA: Cloudflare being down does not affect your bed or your pillow. Go to sleep, friends 👍
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
being able to just take a walk safely at 2:30am is such a luxury and a privilege
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
@NekomimiScience IKEA should also pay and hire me as a model just so people see what it actually looks like to be in one of those rooms.
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Mingjie Jiang
5 years
It's been a pleasure to host @zeithq at @CodeDayDC ! They were super amazing to work with, and everyone loved @coetry 's workshop! If you need to deploy your website for free and easily, look no further:
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
I have to apologize that I can’t really wear my cap and gown while being graduated because my AC shut down... so yeah go lamp
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
hehe, it’s literally christmas
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Mingjie Jiang
3 years
in today’s spontaneous purchase decisions: @lachlanjc brought me to an @Allbirds store and i decided to buy hopefully my most comfortable pair of shoes within 10 minutes
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
I applied for my second credit card today (Apple) and got an instant offer from Goldman Sachs with a huge "Accept Offer" button. Why can't internship applications be this simple 🥲
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
just witnessed @smsunarto miss his iphone delivery and can confirm he is very angry
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
I live in constant fear that if I ever decide to skip an optional live lecture, I'd slide off the cliff and never attend that lecture live again.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
gonna start a counter for the # of times @hackclub students randomly saying hi to me at the most random moments ever 🦕
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
Fellow student founders: just because your project is “registered” as a company/nonprofit doesn’t suddenly make it more legit. The project doesn’t operate by itself because it’s now legal. It’s still up to you to create the product/impact that defines it. Status doesn’t matter.
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Mingjie Jiang
3 years
This is fking crazy — I think I just somehow convinced my dad that it’s worth (and not “stupid and immature to”) pursuing an idea or a product while in college if I find one that I truly believe in, instead of just going after big techs. Thanks dad, it means a lot to me 🙏
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Mingjie Jiang
2 years
what in the fuck????? this guy out here tweeting “i’m helping women”????? and he’s somehow supposed to be an influencer??????????
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
11 months
@willdepue this is getting just a little bit out of hand
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
My parents, after 3 years of not understanding what I enjoy doing and what my priorities are, insisted straightforwardly that “you must work at Google to be successful in tech”. Then I got yelled at for “not listening to what they are saying”. I’m so tired of living at home.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
cal day - "what major are you?" - "computer science, in letters and sciences" - (audibly) "oh yikes"
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
Trying out @reflectnotes today and holy shit it is EVERYTHING I wanted in life. Meeting notes, context, suggested backlinks, one-click publishing, browser highlight, daily notes in chronological order, effortless graph building... Literally bullseye on every strike.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
8 months
$19.99 rock for everyone else, $8/month subscription for this guy 🫶
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
this is a good day to subtly share this — for the foreseeable future, I will be living in austin, texas 🤠 it’s a well-managed yet still super energetic city, and I… kind of knew from the start that school wasn’t going to keep me for long ✌️ and sorry that tweet below was 🧢
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
I’ll probably be back this fall in terms of academic progress… probably… But I’ll still be in berkeley for majority of the semester! Just won’t be able to get into Soda without someone swiping me in, probably 😅
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
7 months
found a sick looking vintage sticker from @vercel and @CodeDay from… quite a while ago
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
The lovely @JShermanSteele keeps texting me in lyrics and sometimes it gets real creepy — so i’m just gonna build an automation that checks against all her texts automatically and alerts me when there’s a pattern for lyrics matches 🙃
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
i realized today that i can just read books in chinese… my first language… and read like 5x faster and more effectively the “read in english” mentality started when my parents/teachers asked me to, in order to learn the language. but if i’m reading for the content… 🤯
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
feeling a little guilty for not building for so long... so I learned next.js last weekend and I started rewriting my website in react! great experience so far :D WIP
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
@gumroad Consider Recreating Every Artistic Thing Ever
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
people be copy-pasting my name from my signature bc it’s impossible to spell ❤️
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
COVID-19 Vaccine obligatory post, a thread (1/2)
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
um, can BTS like… temporarily unrelease that one to let her have the complete streak for a day :)
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
So my parents asked me today why I'm "staying up" after 11pm... and "why can't you just do your work in a normal schedule like getting up at 7 and going to sleep at 9" is this my first day I'm going to college virtually with time difference or something?
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
WIP: I'm building a clone of Flomo (), a beautiful notetaking app I stumbled across, mostly to brush up on Next.js! It's like journaling by DM'ing yourself on Slack but more organized w/ integrations. Got the basics working today! Flomo is so pretty ❤️
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Mingjie Jiang
2 years
F I N A L L Y
@NotionHQ
Notion
2 years
We finally did it 😤 Notion’s text editor has been completely rebuilt to combine: - the flexibility of “blocks” - the ease of a traditional word processor Rolling out this month on desktop & mobile: SELECT TEXT ACROSS MULTIPLE BLOCKS!
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
High school kids: “COVID destroyed my resume” Also high school kids: “Yeah I’m not motivated enough to mentor beginners to code for 4 hours a week”
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
New cover: baby mingjie wants to know if you are interested in visiting Shanghai. *might delete later
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
“let’s write a coding problem for our students" @megancui :
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
Using @windscribecom is just a brand new experience every day
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
We're still looking for mentors for @CodeDay Labs, a virtual internship program for everyone! You can join us as long as you have industry experience in tech, and the time commitment is about 6 hours a week with a very flexible schedule. Details here:
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
It's official!🎉 Hackathon organizers (collegiate/high school) — we're launching M3TA: the hackathon for hackathon organizers! Join us to build the tools that you wish you had for the next generation of hackathon organizers. Pre-flight open now!
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
6 years
@toddmotto /open/sesame
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
almost… ✈️🐻🎉
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
started a side project today! let’s see if i can finish it before 1/1
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
It's been a few years since I started using it and I just keep loving @NotionHQ more and more. It literally lives with all academic and side projects that I have... This is probably my second Notion appreciation post but I just feel like it again 🤷‍♂️
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
As the original founder of this organization, I'm proud to report that we have *not* been creating impact for the past 3 years. Every day, thousands of people are STILL illegally breaking into Roblox and Minecraft accounts. This is unacceptable, and we still have some work to do.
@hackclub
Hack Club
3 years
on this day we celebrate the third anniversary of
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
finals week ➡️ winter break lmao apparently you can build sleep credits to cover future sleep deprivations
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
2 weeks before final and I did more studying than the last 4.5 months combined 😎 the next 5 days is gonna be good, y’all
@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
2 weeks in berkeley and I felt more alive than the last 1.5 years combined 😎 the next 3 years is gonna be good, y’all
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
y’all, i think i found where they keep the time that we lost trying to log in
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
that time of the year again… first commit of 2022~
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
I miss the good old days when “starting a business in high school” simply means having a lemonade stand or selling homemade pastries
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
I didn’t have the best day ever, but thank you @hackclub community for sharing this day with me 🙃
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
let’s see if this works metamask
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
I just want to appreciate Apple for sending my AirPods replacement in 3 separate packages, as well as my dear FedEx delivery person for dropping off my charging case and left earpiece, but somehow decided to take my right earpiece with them. Thank you all for your service! <3
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
It has been a pleasure to be able to speak on behalf of @hackclub to student attendees of @VolgenauSchool ’s Engineering Youth Conference!
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
1 year
@jarredsumner broad take causing splash damages, in current env: - int'l students need degree to stay in the US (or similar countries) - underprivileged rely on resources that may be taken away if they stop pursuing edu being able to make college not matter is a privilege in itself
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Just testing if I can charge my phone with a mug heater
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
alternatively… “your least favorite social media just got worse!”
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Even the email scammers are "wishing me well during these challenging COVID-19 times" now
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
8 months
@ronawang *University of California* the entire thing
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
feels good. binged the entire "What If..." today like how i binged half a semester of lectures all in last week. it's what i do 😋
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
So great to be here helping out with CodeDay Ohio and reunite with all these friends 💖
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
9 years ago, i was learning to speak english through singing taylor swift songs back in shanghai. my english teacher (thank you Summer!) taught us to sing 😊 “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble” were my first ones!
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
so I'm doing homework by myself today
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
somebody at starbucks launched a partner integration with delta airlines without staggering the marketing messages now they crashed both the integration entry (deltastarbucks .com) and Delta’s entire auth system (probably an API got overloaded lol)
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
2 weeks into this school thing, i’ve been… - locked in a stairwell in my classroom building for 3 minutes (time-based keycard access) - locked out of my classroom building for 10 minutes (^) - locked out of my apartment complex for 5 minutes (gate lost internet?) what’s next?
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Today is July 14, 2 years since that cup of Tall Latte from Starbucks #16781 at 44 Montgomery St in San Francisco minted me the name "Mimiggie". Today, dozens of people I know, personally and professionally, refer to me as "Mimiggie". I will treasure this cup of latte forever.
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Mingjie Jiang
3 years
damn being the “tech support” in an all-CS major apartment is really another level
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
We need UBI… as in “Universal Builder’s Income”… to get people excited about building cool stuff
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
“is this a @thesephist project” *clicks link* *scrolls to bottom* “yup”
@newsycombinator
Hacker News Bot
2 years
This AI Does Not Exist
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Mingjie Jiang
5 years
High school CS departments and programs should organize field trips to local hackathons.
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Mingjie Jiang
2 years
haven’t watched spidey-boy yet (thanks, covid 🥲) and multiverse of madness trailer dropped today… but it’s time to begin my annual rewatch of bbc’s sherlock. i have to get my dose of benedict cumberbatch somehow
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Mingjie Jiang
4 years
Tuesday. English teacher over video announcement: “Have a great weekend”
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
6 years
Whoa! @Netlify Lambda function launch is killin' it :)
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Mingjie Jiang
2 years
the way i realized i’ve been leaving my apartment at 2pm and always saying “good morning” to the front desk lady oh that’s why she always just silently smiles at me
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
Ok, I get the “switch to Microsoft Edge" CTA... but... “keep using this browser"? feels a little desperate, no?
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
2 years
Happy about proper, user-centric Web Push support! 👍 Proper, strict restrictions— user must initiate the subscription 👍 UserVisibleOnly 👍 Exactly where you’d expect to find controls— both System & Safari settings. 👀 “Keep an eye out for Web Push on iOS and iPadOS in 2023”
@jensimmons
Jen Simmons
2 years
What excites you most about the new web technology shipping in Safari 16?
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Mingjie Jiang
3 years
@thesephist i’m interested! myemailaddress @gmail .com
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
4 years
In fact, the reason why orgs like @ExecuteBig operates under @hackclub Bank is to avoid the tedious legal process, so we can focus on what matters. If you want to create an impact NOW — go chat with the crew at . Go make it happen. Status can come later.
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
5 years
BIG NEWS: I'll also be working @hackclub HQ this summer in SF running Hack Camp ()! 🎉 I'll also try my full best to show up to @windyhacks and @hackcincinnati , two awesome programs run by some of my best friends in the Hack Club community. Catch you there!
@theombl
Theo Bleier
5 years
BIG NEWS: I'll be interning @hackclub HQ this summer in SF working on Bank! 🎉 If you live in SF, I'd love to meet you, reply to this tweet :) (also, I got my Twitter account back)
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Mingjie Jiang
2 years
Starting #AdventOfCode 2021 today instead of finishing my CS project <3
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@itsmingjie
Mingjie Jiang
3 years
there there
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