Code Like A Girl
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Welcome to Code Like A Girl, where we celebrate and champion women and non-binary individuals in technology. 🌟
Our mission: Amplify diverse voices, shatter stereotypes, and create a more inclusive tech world. 🚀
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How I Went From Chasing AI Tools to Building AI Systems
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How I Went From Chasing AI Tools to Building AI Systems
How to manage FOMO when AI makes everything feel possible, and build systems that bring the results you need.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
How I Went From Chasing AI Tools to Building AI Systems
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12 Lessons from A Decade in Tech
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12 Lessons from A Decade in Tech
My journey from "one of the guys" to "one of the girls" to building a life that honors all of me!
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February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
12 Lessons from A Decade in Tech
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From Pilots to Production: Why AI Stalls Before It Delivers
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From Pilots to Production: Why AI Stalls Before It Delivers
Why Feasibility Isn’t the Same as Readiness
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February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
From Pilots to Production: Why AI Stalls Before It Delivers
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2025 Was the Year of AI Builders. Why Did So Many Teams Fail to Ship?
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2025 Was the Year of AI Builders. Why Did So Many Teams Fail to Ship?
What 2025 revealed about innovation theater, broken incentives, and stalled AI initiatives
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February 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
2025 Was the Year of AI Builders. Why Did So Many Teams Fail to Ship?
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How to Build a Proprietary Content Engine Using Your Holiday Memories
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How to build a proprietary content engine using your holiday memories
Using AI to translate “non‑work” memories into proprietary strategy your competitors can’t reverse‑engineer.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
How to Build a Proprietary Content Engine Using Your Holiday Memories
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You are Already Technical Enough for AI
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You are Already Technical Enough for AI
Why relational skills are becoming the new technical skill
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January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
You are Already Technical Enough for AI
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We Automated Discrimination and Called it Innovation
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We Automated Discrimination and Called it Innovation
Progressive Regression: How Automation Turns Historical Bias into the Future
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January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We Automated Discrimination and Called it Innovation
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The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication
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The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication
How conversational design disguises constraint optimisation and how linguistics explains what's really happening
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January 22, 2026 at 2:05 AM
The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication
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I Didn’t Plan to Start a Movement. I Just Stopped Staying Quiet.
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I Didn’t Plan to Start a Movement. I Just Stopped Staying Quiet.
Ten years of Code Like a Girl and what happens when women stop staying quiet together
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January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I Didn’t Plan to Start a Movement. I Just Stopped Staying Quiet.
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Forget Building a Second Brain. I Just Wanted My First One Back.
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Forget Building a Second Brain. I Just Wanted My First One Back.
Chemo saved my life, but it also stole my spark. Here’s how I reclaimed it.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Forget Building a Second Brain. I Just Wanted My First One Back.
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How I Became a Woman in Tech (Without Realizing It)
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How I Became a Woman in Tech (Without Realizing It)
Why my path didn’t look like tech and why that’s exactly the point
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January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
How I Became a Woman in Tech (Without Realizing It)
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Curiosity doesn’t disappear in girls — it gets trained out of them.
If we care about women in tech, we need to start where it actually begins: at home, in classrooms, and in everyday moments that shape confidence.
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If we care about women in tech, we need to start where it actually begins: at home, in classrooms, and in everyday moments that shape confidence.
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Raising the Girls Who Will Fix What We Broke
STEM starts at the kitchen table, not the boardroom.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Curiosity doesn’t disappear in girls — it gets trained out of them.
If we care about women in tech, we need to start where it actually begins: at home, in classrooms, and in everyday moments that shape confidence.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/raising-th...
If we care about women in tech, we need to start where it actually begins: at home, in classrooms, and in everyday moments that shape confidence.
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Same idea.
Same platform.
Different gender.
His post: 4,000 likes.
Hers: 47 views.
That’s when she realized her gender was costing her money.
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Same platform.
Different gender.
His post: 4,000 likes.
Hers: 47 views.
That’s when she realized her gender was costing her money.
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The Day I Realized My Gender Was Costing Me Money
Choosing between authenticity and visibility in the age of AI
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January 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Same idea.
Same platform.
Different gender.
His post: 4,000 likes.
Hers: 47 views.
That’s when she realized her gender was costing her money.
open.substack.com/pub/codelike...
Same platform.
Different gender.
His post: 4,000 likes.
Hers: 47 views.
That’s when she realized her gender was costing her money.
open.substack.com/pub/codelike...
@annalevitt.bsky.social writes about leaving a role she was good at and discovering who she was without the title or the performance.
This is a grounded, honest piece about identity, grief, and building from zero when the scripts disappear.
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This is a grounded, honest piece about identity, grief, and building from zero when the scripts disappear.
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The First Time I Didn’t Perform
For years, I was a Porsche surrounded by Hondas. I made myself smaller, slower, more digestible. Then I started a company and had to stop performing.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@annalevitt.bsky.social writes about leaving a role she was good at and discovering who she was without the title or the performance.
This is a grounded, honest piece about identity, grief, and building from zero when the scripts disappear.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/the-first-...
This is a grounded, honest piece about identity, grief, and building from zero when the scripts disappear.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Imposter Syndrome for Vibe Coders & The Myth of the “Real Developer” codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/imposter-s...
Imposter Syndrome for Vibe Coders & The Myth of the “Real Developer”
A gentle smackdown for the voice telling you you’re not technical enough.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imposter Syndrome for Vibe Coders & The Myth of the “Real Developer” codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/imposter-s...
Maxine Meurer learned to code with a toddler asleep beside her.
No degree. No shortcuts. Just consistency and proof of skill.
Eleven months later, she was working full-time in DevOps.
This piece shares the real timeline, the rejections, and the roadmap that worked.
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No degree. No shortcuts. Just consistency and proof of skill.
Eleven months later, she was working full-time in DevOps.
This piece shares the real timeline, the rejections, and the roadmap that worked.
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How I Got Into Tech With a Toddler and No Degree
My journey into tech, broken down into a path you can follow today.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Maxine Meurer learned to code with a toddler asleep beside her.
No degree. No shortcuts. Just consistency and proof of skill.
Eleven months later, she was working full-time in DevOps.
This piece shares the real timeline, the rejections, and the roadmap that worked.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No degree. No shortcuts. Just consistency and proof of skill.
Eleven months later, she was working full-time in DevOps.
This piece shares the real timeline, the rejections, and the roadmap that worked.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Five days before launch, an AI tool rewrote the work of 30 creators in Elena Calvillo’s AI Advent Calendar. Total meltdown. She still shipped.
We interviewed Elena for Code Like a Girl about her experience.
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We interviewed Elena for Code Like a Girl about her experience.
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How one builder rallied thirty creators, survived an AI meltdown, and shipped anyway.
A Conversation with Elena Calvillo about what it took to build the AI Advent Calendar
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December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Five days before launch, an AI tool rewrote the work of 30 creators in Elena Calvillo’s AI Advent Calendar. Total meltdown. She still shipped.
We interviewed Elena for Code Like a Girl about her experience.
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We interviewed Elena for Code Like a Girl about her experience.
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Breaking: Santa is not the one fixing the toy machine.
It is Mrs Claus. And that one sentence in a letter sparked Dinah's kid’s first STEM dream.
New story is up, with a holiday STEM gift list for kids who need to see women building the magic.
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It is Mrs Claus. And that one sentence in a letter sparked Dinah's kid’s first STEM dream.
New story is up, with a holiday STEM gift list for kids who need to see women building the magic.
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The Magic of Making Mrs. Claus an Engineer
Representation starts in the stories we give our kids
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December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Breaking: Santa is not the one fixing the toy machine.
It is Mrs Claus. And that one sentence in a letter sparked Dinah's kid’s first STEM dream.
New story is up, with a holiday STEM gift list for kids who need to see women building the magic.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
It is Mrs Claus. And that one sentence in a letter sparked Dinah's kid’s first STEM dream.
New story is up, with a holiday STEM gift list for kids who need to see women building the magic.
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AI is now “guessing” kids’ ages by scanning their chats, clicks, and even their selfies.
If you care about online safety, AI ethics, or just want to understand what’s happening behind the scenes, give this one a read. @itscourtneyhart.bsky.social
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If you care about online safety, AI ethics, or just want to understand what’s happening behind the scenes, give this one a read. @itscourtneyhart.bsky.social
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Age Prediction & Your Child’s Safety in the Age of AI
New digital gatekeeping is promising to keep your child safe. We need to keep learning, asking questions, and advocating for more.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
AI is now “guessing” kids’ ages by scanning their chats, clicks, and even their selfies.
If you care about online safety, AI ethics, or just want to understand what’s happening behind the scenes, give this one a read. @itscourtneyhart.bsky.social
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If you care about online safety, AI ethics, or just want to understand what’s happening behind the scenes, give this one a read. @itscourtneyhart.bsky.social
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We don’t talk enough about how much your team shapes your career in tech.
Not the brand name. Not the stack.
The people.
@stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story is a powerful reminder of why choosing the right environment matters, especially for women in tech.
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Not the brand name. Not the stack.
The people.
@stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story is a powerful reminder of why choosing the right environment matters, especially for women in tech.
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Choosing the Right Team as a Woman in Tech
The teams you join can build you up—or break you down. Here’s why choosing wisely matters.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We don’t talk enough about how much your team shapes your career in tech.
Not the brand name. Not the stack.
The people.
@stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story is a powerful reminder of why choosing the right environment matters, especially for women in tech.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/choosing-t...
Not the brand name. Not the stack.
The people.
@stefsdevnotes.bsky.social story is a powerful reminder of why choosing the right environment matters, especially for women in tech.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/choosing-t...
Three AI tools.
One simple prompt.
Zero images her son could recognise as home.
This story isn’t just about bias in training data, it’s about erasure, power, and who gets to be “real” in AI.
Read it, then run the experiment where you live.
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One simple prompt.
Zero images her son could recognise as home.
This story isn’t just about bias in training data, it’s about erasure, power, and who gets to be “real” in AI.
Read it, then run the experiment where you live.
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AI-When it looks, it inherits; when it writes, it hesitates.
Beyond the Algorithm
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November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Three AI tools.
One simple prompt.
Zero images her son could recognise as home.
This story isn’t just about bias in training data, it’s about erasure, power, and who gets to be “real” in AI.
Read it, then run the experiment where you live.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/ai-when-it...
One simple prompt.
Zero images her son could recognise as home.
This story isn’t just about bias in training data, it’s about erasure, power, and who gets to be “real” in AI.
Read it, then run the experiment where you live.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/ai-when-it...
What if the career your 10-year-old self dreamed of
…isn’t the life your grown-up self actually wants?
Neela’s new story is a gut-check on evolving dreams, shifting identities, and redefining success, especially for women in tech.
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…isn’t the life your grown-up self actually wants?
Neela’s new story is a gut-check on evolving dreams, shifting identities, and redefining success, especially for women in tech.
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So You Achieved Everything You Wanted. Now What?
A Love Letter to Career Changes and Wisdom
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What if the career your 10-year-old self dreamed of
…isn’t the life your grown-up self actually wants?
Neela’s new story is a gut-check on evolving dreams, shifting identities, and redefining success, especially for women in tech.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/so-you-ach...
…isn’t the life your grown-up self actually wants?
Neela’s new story is a gut-check on evolving dreams, shifting identities, and redefining success, especially for women in tech.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/so-you-ach...
@jenny-ouyang.bsky.social used AI to turn friction points into career power moves.
Her story’s up on Code Like a Girl.
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Her story’s up on Code Like a Girl.
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How I Made AI My Unfair Career Advantage
How to Spot Opportunities Early and Turn Them Into Your Leverage
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November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@jenny-ouyang.bsky.social used AI to turn friction points into career power moves.
Her story’s up on Code Like a Girl.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/how-i-made...
Her story’s up on Code Like a Girl.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/how-i-made...
Tech bros: “vibe coding is dead.”
Women: still building.
Christine Olukere's piece explains it perfectly.
Vibe coding didn’t die, the hype did.
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Women: still building.
Christine Olukere's piece explains it perfectly.
Vibe coding didn’t die, the hype did.
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Why Women Are the Real Vibe Coders Now
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The “Frankenstein” Known As Vibe Coding
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November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tech bros: “vibe coding is dead.”
Women: still building.
Christine Olukere's piece explains it perfectly.
Vibe coding didn’t die, the hype did.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/why-women-...
Women: still building.
Christine Olukere's piece explains it perfectly.
Vibe coding didn’t die, the hype did.
codelikeagirl.substack.com/p/why-women-...