- July 2016: Theresa May replaces David Cameron, no election called - July 2019: Boris Johnson replaces Theresa May, no election called - September 2022: Liz Truss replaces Boris Johnson, no election called - October 2022: Rishi Sunak replaces Liz Truss, no election called

And now lightning talks at SRC2026

Woo woo my moment of fame from @jimwebber.org at SRC2026

@jimwebber.org presenting on Paxos (kind of!) at SRC2026

Nice venue for SRC2026 ...

Arrived for SRC2026. 10th anniversary. uksystems.org/workshop/2026/

Personal opinion: I think that anyone considering building a "no human in the loop" AI SDLC is heading for pain and regret. Ignore the initial hype benefit in favour of pragmatic long term gains.

s/AI/pattern matching/p Then wonder if you would still think the same ;)

Some great and pragmatic advice from @myfear.com on the value of AI. Do your research :)

www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/i...

What's the one thing you wouldn't compromise on if it came down to it at work? Hard choice, I know. But I'll start: integrity.

At times I wonder if I'm in an episode of The Twilight Zone! The world seems to need a rollback to 2016 or thereabouts!

Officially on vacation now for festive season. Taking the weekend off before I start Christmas projects and things I couldn't get to due to day-to-day work. Some of which are team related. Oh and putting up decorations. Fun, fun, fun.

www.linkedin.com/in/davidwilk... We've worked with David for years at Red Hat in the Newcastle office and lots of good feedback from the people he's coached. Thoroughly recommend for others even outside of Newcastle :)

Took my wife walking with wolves (yes, real wolves!) for her birthday last week. Wonderful experience. Magnificent animals.

About to take a week off. Wondering what I'll come back to and hence what value I bring ;) ?

We roasted @emmanuelbernard.com the other day as a way of sending him off into the wilderness from Red Hat :( It was a great event and though with sadness there was a lot of love and respect.

Congratulations to Tim Ellison for stepping into the Primary EC role at the JCP (jcp.org/aboutJava/co...) It's time for me to step back after all these years and Tim is a worthy successor.

My evening out with my wife ...

Making things better for the company and the team doesn't have to mean doing anything mutually exclusive!

It was a busy week at work in Hursley.

I value words of thanks from people in my teams more than from my peers or higher.

Integrity is entirely within your control. It's important to maintain that control or nothing else counts.

When you work with people for years and grow to like and respect them I think they become family. On the one hand it makes it hard if you have to separate but on the other hand it's a proud moment. Doesn't make it easy though.

Sometimes I think my language may not be befitting a VP of any company. But it's me and I probably can't change by now ;)

Did first Town Hall for combined IBM and Red Hat teams this week. Now need to figure out how to do engineering only All Hands and move forward together :)

It's been a long week! Both for me :)

I'm definitely not an "I'm doing it because I've been told to do it" kind of guy and more an "I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do" kind of guy. If you don't like that then ... SMD :)

Hanlon's Razor is in full force these days.

What a tw*t ... www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Recently this feels more like me than at any other time.

Can’t go over it, can’t go under it, can’t go around it, gonna have to try posting my way through it* * my historic decision to bail on UK academia for US academia adjacent in spring of 2025 open.substack.com/pub/rachelfr...

#LangChain4j 1.0.0-beta3 is out! 🎉 github.com/langchain4j/...

Commonhaus is 1! 🎂 14 projects, solid foundations, and more on the way. If you believe in light governance, shared care, and thoughtful support for open source, come see what we’re building. www.commonhaus.org/activity/253...

Joint statement from myself and Abtisam Mohamed MP.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think you reach a point in your life where you care more about your team, their careers and futures than your own. I know I've heard the same from a few other friends and colleagues recently.

Taking a week off for vacation but given everything that's going ok, I reckon I'll be connected a lot.

Every one of these rich freaks is on a personal mission to remove functions of their basic humanity because they realize if people have any sense of basic humanity they will not be fans of rich freaks

Appreciate the people in your team more than the company for which they work. The company can help or hinder, but the right team can make a huge difference regardless of the company.

It has been a good week at my EKO. Always energizes me to be with my team. I feel that together we can achieve great things, no matter the name above the door.

Let's just say that it has been a very interesting week.

Definitely considering ditching twitter for this.