Have you ever tried the Advent of Code? It’s a fun piece of data processing, problem-solving, software puzzling, and trivia for December and also a… Read More »The Advent of Code and GPT-3

There are so many books on every aspect of computer science, algorithms, software development practice, DevOps, software delivery, organisational structure and now platform engineering. Surely… Read More »Towards an Evidence-Based Software Practice

As a recently appointed tech leader, you want to show you can do it all. Mentoring, guiding, coaching and setting an example. Proving yourself to… Read More »Want To Succeed at Coding and Managing?

I almost called this article – The Anti Engineer – but I don’t want to piss off those who consider themselves software engineers. That’s not… Read More »Are You An Engineer or A Dreamer?

This US English idiom* comes up a lot in software development. Why and what is it? It means being too close to a problem that… Read More »When You Can’t See the Forest for the Trees

I’ve recently caught up with an episode of Humans + Tech podcast with the great Kelsey Hightower. Kelsey is a principal engineer at Google, Kubernetes… Read More »Getting The Basics for Kubernetes: Linux

I went to see the Stones last night. Yes the Rolling Stones. They were very good but the real show was on our side of… Read More »How to Commit like Keith and Mick