When I had my phone interview w FT 4y ago, @commuterjoy asked if I'd worked with Node (no) or if I'd managed a team before (no) Then he asked me if I'd like to Me:

Most programming is really the process of realising things are more complicated than you initially thought.

And we're done! 17 runbooks updated, highest runbook score 97% and 70% of puppy stickers on wall! Amazing job Alice Trinh Tatiana Stantonian Jenn Johnson and Jane O'Loughlin 🌈 she/her #docsday2019 Life at FT

"Netflix ... is just a good infrastructure service which has morphed into a monster attempting to control our access to content" This is *fascinating*. 'The slow death of Hollywood' mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-dea…

This is interesting - using AI to detect scam phone calls and cut them off keepel.com/the-solution (via Personal Finance)

What a photo! The reaction from some *other* Cricket World Cup winners to the end of this incredible match! 😍 Reaction: bbc.in/2LkFR7U #CWC19final #bbccricket #CricketWorldCupFinal

Our old tech principles became irrelevant and forgotten so we decided to update them and take steps to apply them more proactively. I've written about how and what we did on the Life at FT blog: medium.com/ft-product-tec…

I feel like I'm constantly explaining these to the people around me. Here's your guide :-)

The beauty of mathematics (gravity vs force tension) in pendulum motion x.com/ZonePhysics/st…

Yet more uncritical PR fluff. If you want the story behind this advert, read my piece at shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/w…

"We realised that the power of engagement would allow us to highlight more than just blank fields" medium.com/ft-product-tec…

Big thanks to Cheryl (and her colleagues) at Kings X and London North Eastern Railway for helping me find seats so children didn't have to stand on a 5 hour train journey. Excellent customer service 👏🙏 ( trainline your wording regarding seat reservations needs to be clearer!)

Meatime, Corbyn, Swinson, Soubry, Sturgeon, Gauke: you’ve got a week to get your act together. Idealogical opponents in Italy have just buried their differences to keep out extremism. No reason why it can’t be done here.

I am very proud to say that after many months (years?) of behind-the-scenes work, the Financial Times is transitioning to a much improved commenting platform, now working with coralproject (and the great .!) ft.com/content/d52a18…

TODDLERS: THE MUSICAL Including hits like: 🎵 I Don’t Want That (Yes I Do) 🎵 NO NO NO NO NO 🎵 He’s Looking At Me, She’s Breathing on Me 🎵 Cough in Your Mouth 🎵 Bedtime is The Time for Questions SHOWTIMES AT 4 AM, 5 AM, and DURING YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW

There is a cupboard under my stairs. The doors cannot open as a nailed down shelf obstructs them. I cannot stop thinking about what is behind them. A cellar? Narnia? More shelves?

I’m going to publish the notes on some of the books I read this year. Here’s the first one: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/what-got-…