There are warlords with like six guys and a Hilux who’ve more successfully resisted the United States trying to meddle in their shit

Call for speakers is now open! Whether you’re an experienced presenter or it’s your first time on stage, DDD is about sharing knowledge and stories from across our community. sessionize.com/ddd-brisbane...

Just spotted in the @yowconf.bsky.social newsletter that this year Diversity Scholarships are available, thanks to @lizthegrey.com and the fine folks at @honeycomb.io! 👏 ❤️ You can apply here: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... (cc @damianm.com )

Wordle 1,544 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It finally happened. One of my starter words

Merging onto the M1 near the Gold Coast

We’re proud to announce our 2nd #YOW25 keynote speaker: @kentbeck.com! His keynote “Sustainable Augmented Development” explores how we can keep development velocity high without sacrificing long-term sustainability. 🎟️ MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

This worked for me. Funny timing, I’d been off the bike for a little while and went I started again last week GPS didn’t work. Happy this morning though.

Also I bought two domain names this weekend. I’ve clearly not learned my lesson

I finally finished up my blog post about last weekends amazing @dddbrisbane.bsky.social DDD Outback event. I am still buzzing from it, it was a very special weekend. damianm.com/posts/tech/2...

Tech hot take: platform teams are ops. We’re rolling back the DevOps culture changes

RT @fernandogros.com If .@ means anything to you then you were probably on Twitter when it was golden.

I also got the opportunity to take some more photos of the stars because of clear sky. #dddoutback

I got back to basics and had a lot to say about what a whole bunch of our industry practices actually mean vs what gets sold a most of the time. It was a little ranty, but got people through the tiredness for the last part of the day.

Just spent the weekend 700km from home at the Nindigully pub for #dddoutback. An amazing weekend. I have a whole lot of thoughts I want to write up today. But this was a special weekend.

I feel this is a very @frank.computer story. www.theverge.com/news/756444/...

Please help us thank Auth0 who are a #YOW25 SILVER sponsor across all three cities! 👏 Auth0 provides a customer identity platform that enables secure, scalable access to any application, for any user. Visit auth0.com.

KEYNOTE: Larene’s path into digital accessibility was shaped by her blind father, navigating a world that often overlooks people like him. She believes we all have the power and responsibility to design a more inclusive digital society. 🗓 14th Sep 👉 For more 2025.pycon.org.au/program/DVTWWU

This one stings. This was one of my dad's favourite records so I grew up listening to it. I even played this song for a performance exam at uni.

Bloody hell, bikes on a car blog? Yeah, look, sorry. Lots of motorists are cyclists. In fact, weirdly, a lot of car guys and motoring journos are cyclists too. Can we just... have a think about getting along? It's doable, y'know.

This maybe an unpopular take today, but I feel that Ozzy really destroyed his legacy with the TV show. He looked like a buffoon, his kids were entitled shits, and Sharon is awful.

Data helps us live informed lives, but are we designing it for everyone? At #YOW25, Frank Elavsky shows how to make charts, dashboards & data tools accessible for people with disabilities. Practical tools & examples included! MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Yes! "Dad, how far away is dinner?" *looking at kitchen* "About 3 metres" "🙄🙄🙄🙄 I mean what time are we eating, I want to know if I have time for a shower first". "Ahh yes, you do, it will be ready in about 30 minutes"

Are any folks I know here into Kettlebells? I've been doing the Dan John's ABC workout with a single kettlebell for a few weeks, but this week started doing it with two kettlebells at once. OMG that's a workout, I can feel it in my whole body today.

Perhaps one of the reasons I find chatgpt so loathsome is that it offers to automate so many things that have brought me life. I will still write (even if machines can for me) because writing has been, for the most part, my most-sacred and selfish act of creation.

Despite all the terrible news lately, I want to share an incredible update: I've been invited to *go on tour* as a speaker for @yowconf.bsky.social! I'll be in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney in December along with an outstanding cast of other speakers. I'm speaking on accessibility+visualization.

Modern inconveniences, the robot vacuum cleaner deciding to do the kitchen as I start making a coffee. Was a bit of a dance

Had my first go at #astrophotography last night. Was just outside my house so there’s a bit of light pollution. But it turned out ok I think.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

@microlitigator.bsky.social you now have 666 followers 👹

Good morning people. Have a coffee

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I think somebody with an AI bot is messaging me on LinkedIn, is this a thing now?

It's been a ton of work getting here but today I'm excited to announce the official commercial launch of AutoMapper and MediatR! More details here: www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-a... WHEW

I wrote a thing about my awesome new job, Technical Director for @yowconf.bsky.social damianm.com/posts/tech/2...

Zen and the art of butthole maintenance

It's official, venue is locked, which means it's time to sell tickets, just in time for EOFY in AU! 🎉 Come along for a fun morning learning how to be a hacker, the day before @laracon.au on Wed 12th Nov! 😈 There are limited tickets, so sign up today: events.humanitix.com/lets-hack-pr... #Laravel

OK so a water trough for the cockatoos. Makes sense. Now to name it... insidelocalgovernment.com.au/new-dwelling...

This is a great deal. You should get on it...

So this happened! I am so excited to be joining the @yowconf.bsky.social team!

Using research and feedback to build safe and ethical AI. @lpeate.bsky.social and @vivekkatial.bsky.social #yowtls25

Melbourne #a11y friends, do you know anyone over 80 with a disability who would like to join in on some paid research? It's testing a new PIN pad. connect.intopia.digital/opportunitie...

Next up is Simon Warden talking about how to introduce AI into your architecture. A tough slot following Rasmus. #yowtls25

No mangoes were harmed in the making of @ondfisk.bsky.social’s talk. “An AI Trilogy in four parts” at #yowtls25

Sameera Gayan has an interesting anecdote about the engineers who were most against trunk based development became the biggest advocates once they had a mindset change about shipping the smallest possible changes. #yowtls2025

“Like any good cult leader, I needed a manifesto” 😂😂 Adel Smee has us all laughing. #yowtls

Fredy Lievano has a great talk about leadership in crisis. “It’s always a people problem”. #yowtls

AI Assistants can generate good code quickly, but code grows and churns quickly, we’re not refactoring and reducing duplicate code. We need to add metrics and quality monitoring. Sarah Taraporewalla is speaking at #yowtls

“Friction fades, but learning fades too.” @codefrenzy.bsky.social at the @yowconf.bsky.social Tech Leaders Summit #yowtls

And we’re off with a bang! @yowconf.bsky.social Tech Leaders Brisbane kicks off with an amazing keynote from @codefrenzy.bsky.social — what are software engineers if they’re not writing code? And what do leaders need to do to guide teams through this change?

Let me guess, they locked Alexandr Wang in a sauna full of gas and threatened to set it on fire.