Michele Hansen
@mjwhansen.com
👩💻 CEO & Co-Founder @Geocod.io
📚 Author of Deploy Empathy, a practical guide to interviewing customers (Updated and Expanded edition out now!)
Free time: bookworm, gymnast, being outside
she/her | 🇺🇸 in 🇩🇰
📚 Author of Deploy Empathy, a practical guide to interviewing customers (Updated and Expanded edition out now!)
Free time: bookworm, gymnast, being outside
she/her | 🇺🇸 in 🇩🇰
Am I making a massive mistake by running an ad on Reddit with my face on it?
Feels like I might as well go to the nearest zoo, stroll into the lion cage, and offer myself up as dinner...
Feels like I might as well go to the nearest zoo, stroll into the lion cage, and offer myself up as dinner...
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Am I making a massive mistake by running an ad on Reddit with my face on it?
Feels like I might as well go to the nearest zoo, stroll into the lion cage, and offer myself up as dinner...
Feels like I might as well go to the nearest zoo, stroll into the lion cage, and offer myself up as dinner...
Reposted by Michele Hansen
Easier than ever to make the switch to @geocod.io
Same request format. Same response structure.
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
Switching to Geocodio Just Got Easier with Google Maps API Compatibility - Geocodio
Announcing Google Maps API compatibility mode
www.geocod.io
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Easier than ever to make the switch to @geocod.io
Same request format. Same response structure.
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
Switching to Geocodio Just Got Easier with Google Maps API Compatibility - Geocodio
Announcing Google Maps API compatibility mode
www.geocod.io
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Same request format. Same response structure.
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
Saving 90%+ on geocoding by switching from Google to Geocodio just got so much easier: www.geocod.io/updates/2025...
I am so ridiculously excited for this
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am so ridiculously excited for this
Reposted by Michele Hansen
We recently rolled out a major upgrade to our geocoding engine 🎉
➡️ 57% reduction in low-accuracy results
➡️ Increase in the average accuracy score from 0.9733 to 0.9810
➡️ 1.6% more perfect-score results
➡️ 5% faster processing speed
www.linkedin.com/posts/geocod...
➡️ 57% reduction in low-accuracy results
➡️ Increase in the average accuracy score from 0.9733 to 0.9810
➡️ 1.6% more perfect-score results
➡️ 5% faster processing speed
www.linkedin.com/posts/geocod...
2025 Geocoding Engine Upgrade: Better Accuracy and Faster Performance | Geocodio
We recently rolled out a major upgrade to our geocoding engine. Key highlights:
- 57% reduction in low-accuracy results
- Increase in the average accuracy score from 0.9733 to 0.9810
- 1.6% more perfe...
www.linkedin.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We recently rolled out a major upgrade to our geocoding engine 🎉
➡️ 57% reduction in low-accuracy results
➡️ Increase in the average accuracy score from 0.9733 to 0.9810
➡️ 1.6% more perfect-score results
➡️ 5% faster processing speed
www.linkedin.com/posts/geocod...
➡️ 57% reduction in low-accuracy results
➡️ Increase in the average accuracy score from 0.9733 to 0.9810
➡️ 1.6% more perfect-score results
➡️ 5% faster processing speed
www.linkedin.com/posts/geocod...
I have 8am meetings every day this week 🫠
but at least they’re with this handsome stud
but at least they’re with this handsome stud
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I have 8am meetings every day this week 🫠
but at least they’re with this handsome stud
but at least they’re with this handsome stud
Our daughter, now 12, driving the tractor with the Christmas tree on the back (which we just cut down on the edge of our property). This has become an annual tradition
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our daughter, now 12, driving the tractor with the Christmas tree on the back (which we just cut down on the edge of our property). This has become an annual tradition
Popovers are poppin’
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Popovers are poppin’
why does rap in languages you don't speak hit so hard? open.spotify.com/track/0WNLM6...
Je veux te voir
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
why does rap in languages you don't speak hit so hard? open.spotify.com/track/0WNLM6...
I can't decide if this song is more like The Black Keys x The Pixies or LCD Soundsystem but make it noisy, but either way, I'm obsessed open.spotify.com/track/4gkAxn...
Post Ryan
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I can't decide if this song is more like The Black Keys x The Pixies or LCD Soundsystem but make it noisy, but either way, I'm obsessed open.spotify.com/track/4gkAxn...
Read this last night and damn, it hits.
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Read this last night and damn, it hits.
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
(From Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”)
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one.
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
My Favorite Reads of 2025
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one. Here are my favorites.
(I'm mostly writing this for myself for future reference purposes, but I'm sharing it as perhaps you've got a few biblioph...
mjwhansen.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So far in 2025, I've read 35 books and written one.
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
In case you've got some bibliophiles on your holiday list, here are my favorites: mjwhansen.com/my-favorite-...
"The beauty of history lies in its complexities, in its contradictions, in the absurdities...when you get somebody who presents you history neatly wrapped up in a box, it just makes me run with fright because it ordinarily is crafted in a way that is just simply wrong." - Historian Paul Rouse
Ireland: Celts, Conquest and Cromwell (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 29/05/2023 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The beauty of history lies in its complexities, in its contradictions, in the absurdities...when you get somebody who presents you history neatly wrapped up in a box, it just makes me run with fright because it ordinarily is crafted in a way that is just simply wrong." - Historian Paul Rouse
Claude: "I'll need to be strategic about this"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
a cartoon drawing of a sign that says " here be dragons "
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a sign that says " here be dragons "
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Claude: "I'll need to be strategic about this"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
translation:
"I'm going to cut corners here"
View from the shedquarters today ❄️
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
View from the shedquarters today ❄️
Reposted by Michele Hansen
Get a shockingly-high bill from Google for geocoding?
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Geocodio API Reference
Use our simple API to convert street addresses into latitude/longitude or coordinates to street addresses. Add Congressional districts, census data, timezones, and more.
www.geocod.io
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Get a shockingly-high bill from Google for geocoding?
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
Saving money by switching to Geocodio just got even easier with our new Google Compatibility Mode
www.geocod.io/docs/#google...
ADHD: when you're starving and have food sitting in front of you that you want to eat but you somehow STILL get distracted from eating and forget to eat (?!?!?!)
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ADHD: when you're starving and have food sitting in front of you that you want to eat but you somehow STILL get distracted from eating and forget to eat (?!?!?!)
Reposted by Michele Hansen
If you're a dev or otherwise *extremely* familiar with #Laravel and you're a great writer, we're looking for the next addition to our GTM team 🔥
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
Content Engineer - Laravel
At Laravel, we are committed to creating tools that empower developers to build exceptional web applications while nurturing a supportive and inclusive global community. By joining our team, you’ll pl...
apply.workable.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If you're a dev or otherwise *extremely* familiar with #Laravel and you're a great writer, we're looking for the next addition to our GTM team 🔥
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
apply.workable.com/laravel/j/9F...
A friend sent me this yesterday, and I just love it:
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
Make a dream come true | Derek Sivers
sive.rs
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A friend sent me this yesterday, and I just love it:
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
"When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your utopia." sive.rs/ayw4
this just passed 10k views. damn, the internet really loves it when you mess stuff up and then talk about it 😂
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this just passed 10k views. damn, the internet really loves it when you mess stuff up and then talk about it 😂
remember to say your uptime affirmations today, everyone!
Alright Internet, let’s stay fully functional today shall we?
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
remember to say your uptime affirmations today, everyone!
days since I've made a YAML error: 0
a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
ALT: a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
days since I've made a YAML error: 0
The $1,000 AWS mistake www.geocod.io/code-and-coo...
The $1,000 AWS mistake - Geocodio
A cautionary tale about AWS VPC networking, NAT Gateways, and how a missing VPC Endpoint turned our S3 data transfers into an expensive lesson.
www.geocod.io
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The $1,000 AWS mistake www.geocod.io/code-and-coo...