Emma
Williams

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Software engineer
from United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Born in England, Emma loves solving problems and helping others to learn.

Having worked initially as a Sound Engineer in theater, Emma woke up one day wanting to know how to make a website. She never looked back. Fascinated by the JavaScript ecosystem and both front-end and mobile development, she loves breaking down problems and writing code. When she is not working, Emma can usually be found in a gym practicing Olympic Weightlifting!

What are your favorite bands or music?
Jason Mraz

Deserts or oceans?
Oceans

About Emma

Base: United Kingdom (UK)
Studies: Music, London City University
Passions: Weightlifting and playing the flute and piano

Expertises

JavaScript
React Native
React

Articles by Emma

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Your second brain knows more than you do

LLMs

Team dynamics

An AI-assisted note system captures faster than you can understand, and the gap compounds into internalisation debt: a dense graph of links attached to a thin mental model. The test of a knowledge base is not how much it holds, but how much you could still explain with the file closed.

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The learning debt: what happens when delivery always wins over development

Team dynamics

Technical debt

Due diligence

Teams accrue learning debt when shipping always beats getting better. It stays invisible on every dashboard, compounds fastest under AI-speed change, and quietly caps the ceiling a buyer is willing to price.

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Hermes: the agent that doesn't quit when you close your laptop

AI Agents

LLMs

Hermes is an open-source AI agent that runs on a server, remembers across sessions, and builds reusable skills over time. The shift it represents: AI moving from something you summon to something that runs.

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