I really, really love Julia Evans writing.

She writes from a place of vulnerability and honesty. Most people write to sound smart and she writes to say "I don't know it all but there are some things I discovered I want to share." I almost feel like she writes to share things with people she loves, even though she doesn't know them directly.

She spoke alongside Randall Munroe at the last Strange Loop (RIP). Some people waited to talk to him afterwards, but I waited to talk to her. I don't think she got my joke that she should rewrite her bash scripts into perl and for that I'm truly sorry.