Cassidy Williams

Using Astro, edge functions, and Netlify on-demand builders, Cassidy built (and open sourced!) a new way to share specific private content publicly. In this talk she'll explain how it works, how she built it, and how you can build it too. Live demo repo: https://github.com/cassidoo/fedc-share-pear

In this engaging episode of Tent Talks, Cassidy shares her insights on thriving across varied tech environments, balancing side projects with professional responsibilities, and her passion for education in the tech industry. Cassidy discusses her approach to career decision-making, her creative process behind innovative projects like W-9 Crafter and Jumblie.com, and the role of teaching in her life. She also provides a look into her personal productivity system and continuous learning strategies in web development.

The internet today reminds me of when I used to live in Seattle.

I, like anyone, love a good "native-feeling" experience on the web. I've really enjoyed creating that vibe with the new View Transitions API, and luckily it's is pretty clean to work with, both with the Astro framework, and out of the box!

A super basic Astro View Transitions demo!

I built an app for generating Form W-9s for U.S. contractors and freelancers, here's how!

Quickly screenshot a website and save it to .png and .pdf files!

Cassidy is a software engineer, advisor, developer advocate, investor, and memer on the internet, and here's the software, hardware, and analog tools she uses in her day-to-day.