Stella Achenbach

I've been thinking a lot about what it means to exist digitally. The first time that topic piqued my interest was in 2019, when I created ALANA within a digital fashion community. It didn't take long, and many designers wanted to dress her. This is when I realized a digital character can mean so much more than I originally anticipated. Eventually, ALANA became the unification symbol of a community I founded, and we continuously decentralize: The ALANA Project. A bit later in that journey, The......

I vibe coded a website, it all started with the recent dog I adopted here in Lima, Neptuna. When I went through the adoption process with her, I got closer than I ever had to how animal rescue actually works in Peru. And what I found broke my heart a little.Independent rescuers are doing extraordinary work with zero infrastructure. Posting to Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, hoping the algorithm is kind that day. No centralized platform. No formal process to protect the animal or the person a......

Just last week, I told fellow creator Vesna Stawa, aka Orchidea3D, that it had been a slow start this year. She looked at me like I'd said something ridiculous. I had shipped three web apps for creators, published three websites, held a webinar, and I was still calling it 'slow.' This piece is about how that happened and what building specifically the three creator-focused web apps taught me about myself and others.What is vibe coding, and why don't I feel bad about itVibe coding is a term us......