Will You Survive or Thrive in Twenty Twenty Five?
I have a problem with New Year. Why should we get excited about the possibility of a new year when every day brings so much… Read More »Will You Survive or Thrive in Twenty Twenty Five?
Is AI a threat to your job security?
I have a few friends who think that AI will be the end of their software engineering career. Honestly, I don’t agree with them. I… Read More »Is AI a threat to your job security?
The Real Value of Team Topologies
What is Team Topologies? Is it a framework? Is it a set of principles? How can you start using it without having a big-bang, top-down… Read More »The Real Value of Team Topologies
Self-Compassion on the Anxiety Boredom Threshold
Alongside my day job I’ve been making a concerted albeit slightly haphazard effort to build a consulting career over the last few years. This means… Read More »Self-Compassion on the Anxiety Boredom Threshold
Humans Screw Up. Why Don’t Other Humans Accept This?
Do you know how many mistakes the average software engineer makes over their career? It’s a lot. In fact, it’s directly proportional to the number… Read More »Humans Screw Up. Why Don’t Other Humans Accept This?
Why I still love Legacy
Almost three years ago I started a podcast without really knowing where it was going. The only thing I knew was that it was good… Read More »Why I still love Legacy
Exploring Neurodivergence: ADHD and me
I’m in my 50s and I’m interested in learning more about ADHD. So I spend a long, long time reading around the subject and then… Read More »Exploring Neurodivergence: ADHD and me
How to be a People Pleaser
Like the washing machine, we all have our time. I started to listen to you back then when you were hearing the talking of the… Read More »How to be a People Pleaser
The Limitations of the One-Person Consultancy
In January 2022, I started writing a book about automation. Shortly afterwards, I set up a blog. Every day, I wrote about things that annoyed… Read More »The Limitations of the One-Person Consultancy
The Gift of Helplessness
Did Philip K. Dick ever take a vacation? From reading him you wouldn’t think he strayed far from his thoughts. On my vacation I just… Read More »The Gift of Helplessness