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whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Volunteer: Coder, tech event organiser, mentor, advocates diversity in tech | Working as Community Lead (Resident Tech Mystic 🦄) @ Yard

Dublin, Ireland Joined on Jun 12, 2020 https://beacons.page/whykay

Education

Masters

Work

(Volunteer) DiversityInTech Advocate || (Employed) Community Lead (Resident Tech Mystic 🦄) @ Yard

EuroPython

Coding Grace Foundation

PyLadies Dublin

Django Girls Dublin

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Using Circuit Playground Express (CPX) to countdown 20secs for handwashing

Python • 2 stars

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Python

* electronics (CircuitPython, Adafruit products, Raspberry Pi)
* be more proficient with sewing machine
* back into the groove of digital painting (Procreate on my iPad Pro)

* [WIP] Keeping my 11ty site up-to-date with Irish tech events listings
* Workshop content for Coding Grace
* Workshop video content for Coding Grace/PyLadies

* Advice about running/organising community events/conferences
* Chat about Diversity in Tech
* Chat about anything tech community related, need me to connect you to someone, just ask!

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whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Feb 19

Diversity in the world of CTOs

#diversityintech #cto

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Mar 22

PyLadies Dublin x PyLadies London IWD Special

3 min read

March Newsletter Follow-up during IWD month

[Opportunity] Technologist-in-Residence at The Digital Hub – ...

Mar 23

PyLadies Dublin x PyLadies London IWD Special

Update: PyBelfast is back! When: Thursday, March ...

Mar 22

Diversity in the world of CTOs

130+ women CTOs in Europe: the complete list sifted.eu/articl...

Mar 4

Trying Streamyard for various things

Forgot to end the article properly, you can broadcast a lives...

Feb 16

Trying Streamyard for various things

Thanks, fun as it is using OBS (with a lot of tutorials watch...

Feb 16

Coding Grace Jan Newsletter is out plus updates

📢 Outreachy seeking mentors for May 2022 internships...

Jan 18

Coding Grace Jan Newsletter is out plus updates

📢 Women Developer Academy Europe Application is now ...

Jan 18

Coding Grace Jan Newsletter is out plus updates

🗓 Techstars Startup Weekend Women Dublin Online M...

Jan 18

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whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Mar 9

March Newsletter Follow-up during IWD month

#diversityintech #womenintech #irishtechcommunity

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Mar 8

Nevertheless, Vicky Coded in 2022

#shecoded #community #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity

6 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Feb 21

PyLadies Dublin x PyLadies Munich Valentine's Event Write-up

#pyladies #python #video

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Feb 16

Trying Streamyard for various things

#streaming #production

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Jan 24

PyLadies Dublin 1st Meetup of 2022 - Fun Pair Programming and Iterating with Python

#video #python #pyladies #pairprogramming

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Jan 12

Coding Grace Jan Newsletter is out plus updates

#newsletter #codinggrace #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Jan 7

My latest microphone

#streaming

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Jan 6

Coding Grace - Community Partner with Developer Week 2022

#codinggrace #community #diversityintech #conference

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Dec 20 '21

2021 - A year in review for PyLadies Dublin

#pyladies #diversityintech #pyladiesdublin #community

4 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Dec 19 '21

My highlights of 2021

#highlights #irishtechcommunity #diversityintech #maker

9 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Dec 18 '21

Quick update on my streaming setup up

#streaming

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Dec 10 '21

🎄Coding Grace December Newsletter is out plus extra announcements!

#codinggrace #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity #newsletter

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Nov 25 '21

PyLadies Dublin November Meetup (last meetup of 2021)

#python #maker #datascience #video

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Nov 9 '21

PyLadies Dublin x PyLadies Paris October Meetup

#pyladies #video

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Oct 12 '21

EuroPython 2021: All edited videos now available

#europython #videos #python

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Oct 8 '21

👏 New EuroPython Fellows

#europython #fellows #community

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Oct 6 '21

Coding Grace's Oct Newsletter and moar new announcements regarding grants & opportunities

#codinggrace #irishtechcommunity #diversityintech

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Oct 5 '21

🎞 EuroPython 2021: Edited videos of the second day available

#videos #europython #python

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Sep 28 '21

PyLadies Dublin September Meetup: Lifelogging || Sentiment Analysis

#pyladies #video #datascience

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Sep 28 '21

🌈 Launching the EuroPython Society Fellow Grant

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Sep 28 '21

EuroPython 2021: Edited videos of the first day available

#europython #videos #conference

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Sep 23 '21

👏 List of EPS board candidates for the board vote at this year's General Assembly

8 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Sep 14 '21

Coding Grace September Newsletter switched to Revue from Mailchimp & other news

#codinggrace #newsletter #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Sep 7 '21

Why community is important?

#community #psf

7 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Sep 1 '21

In-Person Tech Events - Yes or No?

#events #conferences

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Aug 21 '21

PyLadies Dublin Aug Meetup: HuggingFace Transformers || PySparks 101

#pyladies #python #pysparks #video

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Aug 20 '21

My streaming setups since Dec

#streaming #gadgets

6 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Jul 31 '21

PyLadies Dublin July Meetup: FastAPI, Lambdas, PyTest and other cool things

#pyladies #meetup #video

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Jul 22 '21

EuroPython 2021: Data Science Mini-Conference

#europython #conference #keynotes

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Jul 20 '21

EuroPython 2021: Full-Day Workshops (by Django Girls and Humble Data)

#europython #workshops #djangogirls #humbledata

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Jul 19 '21

EuroPython 2021: Keynotes and Booklet

#europython #conference #python

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Jul 16 '21

Conference Organisers & Community Discounts

#europython #community #organisers

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Jul 6 '21

EuroPython 2021: Trainings and Workshops

#europython #workshops #diversityintech

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Jun 28 '21

PyLadies Dublin: Shipping Python Apps using Podman / Collaborative documentation as code with Git, Mkdocs and Pandoc

#pyladies #python #video

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Jun 2 '21

An Irish Hackerspace looking for a new home

#hackerspace #makerspace

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

May 17 '21

EuroPython 2021: Talk Voting is Open

#europython #conference

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

May 6 '21

Bias in NLP || Automating social media content w/ Python & Mako

#python #pyladies #nlp #video

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

May 5 '21

My experience with Code of Conduct

#codeofconduct #diversityintech #events #inclusionintech

6 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

May 5 '21

Coding Grace Irish Tech Newsletter is out (May Fourth)

#irishdev #diversityintech #community #newsletter

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Apr 28 '21

EuroPython 2021: Speaker Mentorship Program

#europython #diversity #mentoring #speaking

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Apr 26 '21

📢 EuroPython 2021 Call for Proposals

#europython #cfp #conference

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Apr 24 '21

Coding Gracing: Introduction to Raspberry Pi Pico Part 2

#raspberrypi #electronics #micropython #video

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Apr 24 '21

Pi Day & Introduction to Raspberry Pi Pico with Coding Grace

#raspberrypi #electronics #video

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Apr 24 '21

That HDR to SDR message in Final Cut Pro

#todayilearned #finalcutpro

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Apr 21 '21

EuroPython 2021 Financial Aid

#europython #conference #financialaid #diversity

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Apr 10 '21

Update your branch name at where you are deploying 🤦🏻‍♀️

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Apr 7 '21

Presenting our EuroPython 2021 logo

#europython #logo

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Apr 1 '21

Moved to 'main' branch for my git repo

#git #irishtechcommunity #diversityintech #womenintech

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Mar 25 '21

🎉 20th Anniversary of EuroPython

#europython #anniversary #conference #community

6 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Mar 15 '21

Pi Day and Coding Grace's first video - Intro to Raspberry Pi Pico (plus behind the scenes pics)

#piday #raspberrypi #video #equipment

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Mar 11 '21

My Journey with Dublin Maker Podcasts so far

#dublinmaker #maker #podcast #steam

3 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Mar 8 '21

Ink Art with 3D Printing Press (& Lino)

#3dprinting #opensource #art #maker

4 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for Coding Grace Foundation

Mar 4 '21

Coding Grace's March Newsletter is out

#diversity #newsletter #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Mar 3 '21

Nevertheless, whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) Coded in 2021!

#shecoded #choosetochallenge #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity

4 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Feb 28 '21

Wee update to my Diversity in Tech and Events Listings 11ty site

#11ty #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity #community

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for PyLadies Dublin

Feb 26 '21

PyLadies Dublin Feb'21: Automatic multiclass news classification w/ DL and NLP

#pyladies #deeplearning #nlp #diversityintech

2 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Feb 23 '21

Diversity in Tech Groups Page created with 11ty

#11ty #diversityintech #irishtechcommunity #netlify

6 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) for EuroPython

Feb 18 '21

EuroPython 2021: Call for Volunteers

#europython #calltoaction #volunteering #ep2021

1 min read

whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)

Feb 12 '21

DCUHack4Change 2021 - Call to Action

#dcu #hackathon #calltoaction #dcuhack4change

1 min read

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