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Paul Johnston

The tech industry hates people that work in it— some ideas about how we could do better

Almost everyone I know in tech does not think of tech the way that I do.

16 min readAug 4, 2023

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The tech industry hates people that work in it— some ideas about how we could do better

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Paul Johnston

Prime Video, serverless, monoliths, bad blog posts, and the importance of definitions

I’ve been seeing the Prime Video “Microservices to Monoliths” post since it came out, because some of my (so called) friends have been…

7 min readMay 16, 2023

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Prime Video, serverless, monoliths, bad blog posts, and the importance of definitions

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Paul Johnston

4 simple rules for how to start making Wardley Maps

I’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…

7 min readNov 18, 2022

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4 simple rules for how to start making Wardley Maps

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Paul Johnston

Learning Serverless (and why it is hard)

Where do you start when you want to learn serverless?

15 min readSep 16, 2022

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Learning Serverless (and why it is hard)

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Paul Johnston

Serverless systems aren’t software systems

If you don’t understand why this is, then you’re doing serverless wrong.

4 min readJun 13, 2022

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Serverless systems aren’t software systems

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Paul Johnston

Opinion: Let’s Have No Guns At Tech Conferences #NoGunsInTech

I’ve been watching in horror at yet another mass shooting at a school in the United States.

6 min readMay 26, 2022

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Screenshot of Gun Violence Archive from May 26th 2022

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Paul Johnston
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I want a Garden Office

Ventilation… Oooh ventilation…

Previous post: An… attempt to be based

4 min readOct 19, 2021

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Paul Johnston
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I want a Garden Office

#An… attempt to be based

Previous post: Brr… it’s cold outside!

4 min readOct 17, 2021

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#An… attempt to be based

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Paul Johnston
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I want a Garden Office

Brr… it’s cold outside!

Previous post: So… that’s a glorified shed

5 min readOct 15, 2021

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Brr… it’s cold outside!

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Paul Johnston
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I want a Garden Office

So… that’s a glorified shed

Previous post: And so it begins… I need more space

3 min readOct 15, 2021

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So… that’s a glorified shed

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Paul Johnston

Paul Johnston

ServerlessDays CoFounder (Jeff), ex AWS Serverless Snr DA, experienced CTO/Interim, Startups, Entrepreneur, Techie, Geek and Christian

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