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Julia Breeden

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Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 2

Part 1 of this series introduced the facial tension detector I am building, inspired by a rough night in the ER with a migraine. I am building this project to explore whether making facial tension visible and interruptible can meaningfully change how...

Jan 128 min read

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Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 1

I’m building a web app that watches me while I work at my computer and alerts me when I start tensing my facial muscles. The goal is to notice tension earlier, interrupt it sooner, and see whether awareness alone can change an outcome. In other words...

Jan 87 min read

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OAuth Tokens in a Race: A Production Debugging Story

Note: After I reported and investigated the issue described in this post, Apideck published a guide outlining the issue and recommended mitigation strategies. If you’re looking for a practical reference, you can find it here. Part 1: The Problem Cont...

Dec 31, 202510 min read

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When TypeScript “Works” but You Still Lose Type Safety

At the beginning of 2025, I ran into a “bug” (caught before PRed!) that forced me to rethink what “type safety” actually means in a dynamic code path. My code was working, the data was correct, and the TS linter wasn’t yelling at me. The problem was ...

Dec 28, 20254 min read

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Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 2

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OAuth Tokens in a Race: A Production Debugging Story

When TypeScript “Works” but You Still Lose Type Safety

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Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 2

Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 1

OAuth Tokens in a Race: A Production Debugging Story

When TypeScript “Works” but You Still Lose Type Safety