I'm at pyconuk again, although just for one day this year. Such a great venue for it.

sara cox💙 When someone says "I've got something to say" I always reply, " It's better to burn out then to fade away!" Full quote is from The Kurgan in the Highlander movie. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOKsO…

ADHD is asking “what are we talking about again?” when you’re the one that was talking.

Seconded. This is an excellent book that really changed my perspective.

Kept scammer for an hour on phone claiming to be from bank’s fraud dept. Fascinating. Be alert for: Withheld number, ‘Messaging you through bank app’ when it’s just security messages generated by their attempts to spend your money, Being made to feel flustered, confused or

I love this! #becauseitdepends

I have written over 800 technical articles in the last 14 years and they have been read millions of times. I see a lot of folks making the same mistakes I did early on in my journey. So here are some principles to help you get better at writing. 🧵

A really useful counterpoint on single-table design from a good friend. One of the key takeaways here -- if you don't query the data together, it shouldn't be in the same item collection and maybe not even in the same table. Single-table is really good for learning DynamoDB

Ryan Florence I get it, but should devrel have this access? Impersonating a user should come with checks and balances and be recorded in a specific way. Enterprise clients would not be stoked to know ANY employee can do this with their data.

The Execute Program "Python for Programmers" course is in open beta! It'll be about a week long, during which the course is free for everyone. More details in my HN post announcing it: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=382957…

I was there for this today. Nice to meet new people, and good to see the kinds of things their dept can do for industry. Particularly making Pokémon teams...

Possibly the best answer to "What does a software architect do?" 🤘 youtube.com/watch?v=FGKGdU…

Do you have ADHD or trouble staying focused while reading a book? Here's a simple hack I created that changed my life. It's called a "Distraction Catcher":

Let's clear up this mystery...

Own 19 great software engineering and software development books for $25.00 (a $671.00 value for $1.31 each), including: - My #DDDesign Distilled - My Strategic #Monoliths and #Microservices - All books in my Pearson Addison Wesley Vaughn Vernon Signature Series Why would

In 2009, S4C current affairs series ‘Taro 9’ interviewed Alan Bates about the Post Office scandal. While lesser known, Welsh-medium broadcaster S4C was *way* ahead of the curve. His excoriating interview is worth digesting. Get the full story on iPlayer.

my whole life i’ve dreamed of delivering measurable value to key stakeholders

Patrick Collison I think there is also a component of leaders and broader society needing to have the “will to have nice things.” Every fountain everywhere will lose a battle with entropy. Someone needs to choose, and keep choosing, that the fountain is a priority.