Brittany Ellich

Staff engineer @github.com | Speaker & educator | Talking accessibility, refactoring, AI & career growth Podcast: @overcommitted.dev Newsletter: balancedengineer.com Website: brittanyellich.com ATProto Site: opensocial.community #pdx

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Why I'm betting on ATProto (and why you should, too)

Social media was supposed to connect us, but most of it has turned into ads, division, and loneliness. I'm betting on ATProto as a way to fix that, and not just for developers. Whether you're a scient…

Mar 30·1 min read·66 words

Capacity is relative

You can handle so much more than you think

Jan 20·3 min read·441 words

The subtle peer pressure of working in public

How to go from starting things to finishing things.

Jan 10·2 min read·397 words

2025 in review

A look back at conference talks, starting a podcast, finishing a Spartan Beast, and learning that doing things begets doing more things.

Jan 9·1 min read·25 words

2024 in review

A look back at parental leave, switching teams at GitHub, finding crochet, and starting therapy and an SSRI that changed everything.

Dec 22·1 min read·24 words

Book Summary: Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Notes from reading Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim, and the practices that separate high-performing software organizations from the rest.

Sep 2·1 min read·40 words