·8 min read
AI Is Fertilizer. Now We Have to Learn to Prune. 🌳
Agents are growing our codebases faster than we can maintain them. Orchard engineering pairs every growth loop with a pruning loop so code stays healthy at agent scale.
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Hi, I'm Frances! 👋🏽
I help whole companies build with AI agents, engineers and everyone else.
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic SDLC @ Slack
Writer & Speaker on AI Adoption
Former Engineering Manager @ Slack
Proud Peruvian-American
Latinos 40 Under 40, SF/Silicon Valley
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AI is fertilizer. I help teams learn to prune. 🌳
·4 min read
I think I’m becoming a “cracked” engineer ⚡⚡⚡
AI tools have me in a new flow state—Idea → prompt → output → refine → ship. It’s fun, addictive, and changing how I build.
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·5 min read
How Claude Helped Me Navigate a Travel Nightmare (Without Losing My Mind)
Our Belize diving trip got derailed by an emergency diversion to Amarillo, Texas. Here's how I used Claude to turn chaos into a series of informed decisions, fast.
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Experience 💼
Mar 2026 – Present
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic SDLC
Part of the Agentic SDLC team within Slack DevXP, focused on transforming how software gets built by integrating AI agents across the entire software development lifecycle, from idea to production. Agentic SDLC → DevXP → Dev & Data → Slack → Salesforce.
Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
Senior Software Engineer, Messaging
Worked on the Sidebar Systems team, focused on building the best in class messaging platform for getting work done. Sidebar Systems → Messaging → Slack Core Experience → Slack → Salesforce.
Jan 2025 – Jun 2025
Engineering Manager, Lists
Explored the Engineering Manager path at Slack, leading a team of three engineers on the Lists team under the Productivity pillar.
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