Erica Pisani
@ericapisani.dev
Sr. Software Engineer @ Float Financial
https://www.ericapisani.dev/
Public speaker
Co-founder of The 418 zine
https://www.ericapisani.dev/
Public speaker
Co-founder of The 418 zine
✍️ New blog post alert: How I use AI
Still learning, but starting to see real benefits in my day-to-day work.
www.ericapisani.dev/how-i-use-ai/
Still learning, but starting to see real benefits in my day-to-day work.
www.ericapisani.dev/how-i-use-ai/
How I use AI
Like so many others, I've been experimenting with a number of different AI-powered tools to find the ones that work best for my style of working and how I learn.
For folks trying to get some ideas of...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
✍️ New blog post alert: How I use AI
Still learning, but starting to see real benefits in my day-to-day work.
www.ericapisani.dev/how-i-use-ai/
Still learning, but starting to see real benefits in my day-to-day work.
www.ericapisani.dev/how-i-use-ai/
Is your company considering open sourcing that internal tool? The answer on whether to or not depends on more than "is the code good enough?"
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Considering open sourcing software at your company?
From what I've seen in my career so far, the motivation to open source software at one's company tends to fall into one or more of the following buckets of reasons:
1) As a way of giving back to the ...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Is your company considering open sourcing that internal tool? The answer on whether to or not depends on more than "is the code good enough?"
www.ericapisani.dev/considering-...
www.ericapisani.dev/considering-...
Discovered greenpt.ai and I'm excited to finally see a privacy-focused and environmentally conscious GPT provider out there 🤩
GreenPT - The green AI & privacy-friendly GPT Chat
GreenPT is a green AI and privacy friendly GPT-powered chat platform running on renewable energy and hosted in Europe for strict data protection. Get the answers you need with a clear conscience and t...
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October 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Discovered greenpt.ai and I'm excited to finally see a privacy-focused and environmentally conscious GPT provider out there 🤩
Built my first side project in ages: a Toronto independent grocer finder! 🛒
Turns out parsing municipal data is tricky, but I had a blast working on something I actually wanted to use.
Can read more about it here: www.ericapisani.dev/building-my-...
Turns out parsing municipal data is tricky, but I had a blast working on something I actually wanted to use.
Can read more about it here: www.ericapisani.dev/building-my-...
Building "My Local Grocer"
This is a side project that I've been picking away at on-and-off for the past few years, and I'm finally at a place where I can say I'm "done".
My Local Grocer was my attempt to make small mom-and-po...
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September 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Built my first side project in ages: a Toronto independent grocer finder! 🛒
Turns out parsing municipal data is tricky, but I had a blast working on something I actually wanted to use.
Can read more about it here: www.ericapisani.dev/building-my-...
Turns out parsing municipal data is tricky, but I had a blast working on something I actually wanted to use.
Can read more about it here: www.ericapisani.dev/building-my-...
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Building a conference track? A new guide by Erica Pisani on #InfoQ shares lessons from hosting a track at #QConLondon.
💡 Pro tip: Start outreach months early & be upfront about speaker benefits (travel, etc.). It’s a game-changer.
Read the playbook: bit.ly/4feFxCH
💡 Pro tip: Start outreach months early & be upfront about speaker benefits (travel, etc.). It’s a game-changer.
Read the playbook: bit.ly/4feFxCH
A First-Timer’s Guide to Curating a Technical Conference Track
One first-time track host shares the process, constraints, and takeaways from building a track from scratch at QCon London 2025.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Building a conference track? A new guide by Erica Pisani on #InfoQ shares lessons from hosting a track at #QConLondon.
💡 Pro tip: Start outreach months early & be upfront about speaker benefits (travel, etc.). It’s a game-changer.
Read the playbook: bit.ly/4feFxCH
💡 Pro tip: Start outreach months early & be upfront about speaker benefits (travel, etc.). It’s a game-changer.
Read the playbook: bit.ly/4feFxCH
Joined Gaël Duez on the GreenIO podcast to chat about the track I hosted at @qconferences.com London this year, the tight relationship between performance and sustainability in software, and so much more! 🎙️
Episode is on all major platforms, and also here! ⬇️
podcast.greenio.tech/e/r8km95l8-5...
Episode is on all major platforms, and also here! ⬇️
podcast.greenio.tech/e/r8km95l8-5...
#59 Debriefing Qcon Sustainability track with Erica Pisani
How is sustainability covered in main tech conferences?
Sure cybersecurity, DevOps, or anything related to SRE, is covered at length. Not to mention AI… But what room is left for the environmental i...
podcast.greenio.tech
June 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Joined Gaël Duez on the GreenIO podcast to chat about the track I hosted at @qconferences.com London this year, the tight relationship between performance and sustainability in software, and so much more! 🎙️
Episode is on all major platforms, and also here! ⬇️
podcast.greenio.tech/e/r8km95l8-5...
Episode is on all major platforms, and also here! ⬇️
podcast.greenio.tech/e/r8km95l8-5...
Reflections on the "Performance and Sustainability" track that I hosted at @qconferences.com London this year:
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www.ericapisani.dev/reflections-...
Reflections on "Performance and Sustainability" at QCon London 2025
I had the privilege of hosting the "Performance and Sustainability" track at QCon London this year. It was my first time hosting a track, and I was incredibly fortunate to have the following talented ...
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April 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reflections on the "Performance and Sustainability" track that I hosted at @qconferences.com London this year:
www.ericapisani.dev/reflections-...
www.ericapisani.dev/reflections-...
For those at @qconferences.com London 2025, come check out the last talk of the day in the Performance and Sustainability track up in Mountbatten - Holly Cummins' "The Efficiency Paradox"!
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For those at @qconferences.com London 2025, come check out the last talk of the day in the Performance and Sustainability track up in Mountbatten - Holly Cummins' "The Efficiency Paradox"!
Sarah Hsu introducing us to Green Observability at @qconferences.com London 2025 as part of the Performance and Sustainability track 🤩
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sarah Hsu introducing us to Green Observability at @qconferences.com London 2025 as part of the Performance and Sustainability track 🤩
Alex Good talking about how we can build build more local-first software - removing the high level of dependency that often exists in software today on centralized servers that are often outside of our control at @qconferences.com London 2025
April 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Alex Good talking about how we can build build more local-first software - removing the high level of dependency that often exists in software today on centralized servers that are often outside of our control at @qconferences.com London 2025
"Sustainability means different things to different people"
Jade Abbott speaking about AI and sustainability at @qconferences.com London 2025 in the "Performance and Sustainability" track
Jade Abbott speaking about AI and sustainability at @qconferences.com London 2025 in the "Performance and Sustainability" track
April 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Sustainability means different things to different people"
Jade Abbott speaking about AI and sustainability at @qconferences.com London 2025 in the "Performance and Sustainability" track
Jade Abbott speaking about AI and sustainability at @qconferences.com London 2025 in the "Performance and Sustainability" track
"The frontend is the most overlooked area in Green IT"
One of the many valuable lessons shared by Ludi Akue in her talk as part of the "Performance and Sustainability" track at @qconferences.com #QConLondon2025
One of the many valuable lessons shared by Ludi Akue in her talk as part of the "Performance and Sustainability" track at @qconferences.com #QConLondon2025
April 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"The frontend is the most overlooked area in Green IT"
One of the many valuable lessons shared by Ludi Akue in her talk as part of the "Performance and Sustainability" track at @qconferences.com #QConLondon2025
One of the many valuable lessons shared by Ludi Akue in her talk as part of the "Performance and Sustainability" track at @qconferences.com #QConLondon2025
Reposted by Erica Pisani
Issue 3 is out now! Visit our Etsy Store to get it, as well as issues 1 and 2!
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We are so excited to have you join our community. If you haven't already, head to the418.dev to sign up for our newsletter ❤️
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We are so excited to have you join our community. If you haven't already, head to the418.dev to sign up for our newsletter ❤️
The 418 Issue #3 (PHYSICAL) - Etsy Australia
This Zines item is sold by The418. Dispatched from Canada. Listed on 04 Mar, 2025
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March 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Issue 3 is out now! Visit our Etsy Store to get it, as well as issues 1 and 2!
www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...
We are so excited to have you join our community. If you haven't already, head to the418.dev to sign up for our newsletter ❤️
www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...
We are so excited to have you join our community. If you haven't already, head to the418.dev to sign up for our newsletter ❤️
I'm excited to announce I'll be hosting the "Performance and Sustainability: How to make Software Greener" track at #QConLondon, April 7–11, 2025!
You can check out all the amazing speakers that will be a part of it here:
qconlondon.com/track/apr202...
Hope to see you there!
You can check out all the amazing speakers that will be a part of it here:
qconlondon.com/track/apr202...
Hope to see you there!
QCon London 2025 | Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm excited to announce I'll be hosting the "Performance and Sustainability: How to make Software Greener" track at #QConLondon, April 7–11, 2025!
You can check out all the amazing speakers that will be a part of it here:
qconlondon.com/track/apr202...
Hope to see you there!
You can check out all the amazing speakers that will be a part of it here:
qconlondon.com/track/apr202...
Hope to see you there!
Reposted by Erica Pisani
Edge computing is more accessible than ever. Learn what it is, why it’s growing, and how to use it in your apps. Watch @ericapisani.dev's talk to explore the future of #EdgeComputing.
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Living on the Edge • Erica Pisani • GOTO 2024
YouTube video by GOTO Conferences
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February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Edge computing is more accessible than ever. Learn what it is, why it’s growing, and how to use it in your apps. Watch @ericapisani.dev's talk to explore the future of #EdgeComputing.
youtu.be/K6c29Gtlpjs?...
youtu.be/K6c29Gtlpjs?...
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Any Gen Z podcast fans here?
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Any Gen Z podcast fans here?
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
I'm doing a research project on younger podcast fans, and I'm trying to get 100 responses to this survey:
forms.reform.app/pF4xrZ/podca...
(Feel free to pass it along to folks you know! 🙏)
@the418.bsky.social is officially migrated over to BSky! 🎉
February 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
@the418.bsky.social is officially migrated over to BSky! 🎉
TIL about "The Copenhagen Catalog" and I kind of want a poster of these.
Anyone know where I can find one (or even the ebook for it)?
Sadly, it looks like the original site no longer runs, but I found what it used to look like on the internet archive - web.archive.org/web/20180914...
Anyone know where I can find one (or even the ebook for it)?
Sadly, it looks like the original site no longer runs, but I found what it used to look like on the internet archive - web.archive.org/web/20180914...
The Copenhagen Catalog
150 principles for a new direction in tech - The principles were created by hundred and fifty humans in 48 hours at Techfestival in Copenhagen as the next step after The Copenhagen Letter.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
TIL about "The Copenhagen Catalog" and I kind of want a poster of these.
Anyone know where I can find one (or even the ebook for it)?
Sadly, it looks like the original site no longer runs, but I found what it used to look like on the internet archive - web.archive.org/web/20180914...
Anyone know where I can find one (or even the ebook for it)?
Sadly, it looks like the original site no longer runs, but I found what it used to look like on the internet archive - web.archive.org/web/20180914...
For those who need something light hearted in their feed right now:
Here's a clip of my dog Ada walking down stairs entirely on her front paws because she hates the feeling of her winter boots on her back paws
Here's a clip of my dog Ada walking down stairs entirely on her front paws because she hates the feeling of her winter boots on her back paws
January 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
For those who need something light hearted in their feed right now:
Here's a clip of my dog Ada walking down stairs entirely on her front paws because she hates the feeling of her winter boots on her back paws
Here's a clip of my dog Ada walking down stairs entirely on her front paws because she hates the feeling of her winter boots on her back paws
Reposted by Erica Pisani
1/5 ➡️ How Cell-Based Architecture Enhances Modern Distributed Systems by Erica Pisani & Rafal Gancarz
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@ericapisani.dev
January 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1/5 ➡️ How Cell-Based Architecture Enhances Modern Distributed Systems by Erica Pisani & Rafal Gancarz
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@ericapisani.dev
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@ericapisani.dev
Really cool to see how folks used to program.
I can't imagine the fear of dropping the cards and having to figure out how to put them back in order though 😅
I can't imagine the fear of dropping the cards and having to figure out how to put them back in order though 😅
December 26, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Really cool to see how folks used to program.
I can't imagine the fear of dropping the cards and having to figure out how to put them back in order though 😅
I can't imagine the fear of dropping the cards and having to figure out how to put them back in order though 😅
Last assorted reads post for the year! 📚
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Hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays, and a great start to the new year!
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Hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays, and a great start to the new year!
Assorted reads (December 2024)
Hi folks! I hope you all have a relaxing holiday season ahead. I plan on using mine to make one last push to finish a book or two before the year ends to try and beat my reading goal from last year, a...
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December 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Last assorted reads post for the year! 📚
www.ericapisani.dev/assorted-rea...
Hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays, and a great start to the new year!
www.ericapisani.dev/assorted-rea...
Hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays, and a great start to the new year!