The tech industry hates people that work in it— some ideas about how we could do betterAlmost everyone I know in tech does not think of tech the way that I do.Aug 4, 2023111Aug 4, 2023111
Prime Video, serverless, monoliths, bad blog posts, and the importance of definitionsI’ve been seeing the Prime Video “Microservices to Monoliths” post since it came out, because some of my (so called) friends have been…May 16, 2023189May 16, 2023189
4 simple rules for how to start making Wardley MapsI’ve been using and making Wardley Maps for a few years now. They are a hugely useful tool for me to be able to quickly understand a…Nov 18, 2022257Nov 18, 2022257
Learning Serverless (and why it is hard)Where do you start when you want to learn serverless?Sep 16, 20223947Sep 16, 20223947
Serverless systems aren’t software systemsIf you don’t understand why this is, then you’re doing serverless wrong.Jun 13, 20223001Jun 13, 20223001
Opinion: Let’s Have No Guns At Tech Conferences #NoGunsInTechI’ve been watching in horror at yet another mass shooting at a school in the United States.May 26, 20222872May 26, 20222872
Published inI want a Garden OfficeVentilation… Oooh ventilation…Previous post: An… attempt to be basedOct 19, 20212453Oct 19, 20212453
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Published inI want a Garden OfficeBrr… it’s cold outside!Previous post: So… that’s a glorified shedOct 15, 20212501Oct 15, 20212501
Published inI want a Garden OfficeSo… that’s a glorified shedPrevious post: And so it begins… I need more spaceOct 15, 202180Oct 15, 202180
Published inI want a Garden OfficeAnd so it begins… I need more spaceI live in Milton Keynes. Actually I live in the first ever town built because of a railway in the world. It’s exactly halfway between…Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021
How to stop being profiled by twitterIf you’re on twitter, then there is a lot of data that you provide to them, based on the tweets you write, the tweets you like and retweet…Jun 25, 20216Jun 25, 20216
Serverless applications are Hyperobjects… and it really mattersWhen building a complex system, it’s often really hard to hold all the elements of that system in your head. Then things get added to it…Dec 10, 20201Dec 10, 20201
How tech teams should be run more like sports teamsI like lots of different sports and I don’t think tech takes enough notice of the nuances of how top sports teams are run. Tech teams…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
AWS is no longer “green” and I am angryAWS has stopped claiming it has “green” regions. Or, if it hasn’t it is doing a very good job of hiding them somewhere on its…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Published inThe StartupWhat is Serverless? The “2020” editionI’ve spent most of this year avoiding talking about serverless as can be seen from previous blog posts such as Serverless is Doctrine, not…Oct 23, 20192Oct 23, 20192
Tech, Ethics, #ClimateStrikes and “it’s not my decision how you use my software”Yesterday, Chef made a decision.Sep 20, 2019Sep 20, 2019
To fix Climate Change, stop being a techie and start being a humanI have many conversations with people in tech who want to know how to get involved in the Climate Change fight. This is my responseAug 29, 20193Aug 29, 20193
Why Amazon EventBridge will change the way you build serverless applicationsLast week, AWS announced Amazon EventBridge which is, in my view, the most important announcement in serverless since the release of AWS…Jul 15, 20198Jul 15, 20198
Serverless is a Doctrine, not a TechnologyI have spent the last few years in the serverless community trying to figure out how to help other people understand what it means to “go…Jun 18, 20196Jun 18, 20196