Julia Breeden

Off the Happy Path

Reflections on software engineering, focused on practical tradeoffs and lessons learned once things drift off the happy path.

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Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 2

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...

Building a Facial Tension Detector, Part 1

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...