71% of developers and leaders agree that engineering discipline is more important in AI-assisted and agentic workflows. So why aren't we seeing an increase in investment in engineering capability yet? It doesn't come with your Claude Code plan. codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/7...

Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves

Ereyesterday's WordFriday: noctcaelador www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

Yesterday's WordFriday: noctcaelador www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

@kevlin.bsky.social g’day cobber from Melbourne (photo credit @kroker42.bsky.social)

WordFriday: noctcaelador Emotional attachment to, adoration of or love of the night sky. www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

WordFriday: noctcaelador Emotional attachment to, adoration of or love of the night sky. www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

For anyone interested in a talk or workshop for their company (online or in person), I have a couple of days here and there from the end of March into April, plus some availability in June.

I'll be talking about Principle Misunderstandings at C++ Online @cpponline.bsky.social Join me with a 10% discount code: CPPONLINE2026S cpponline.uk/registration

Where you can find me over the next few weeks: @nor.dev in Norwich (27th Feb) nordevcon.com @amaconf.bsky.social in Berlin (10th March) www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home Future Tech in Utrecht (11th March) futuretech.nl @umbracospark.bsky.social in Bristol (20th March) umbracospark.com

Be more agile! Free AMA with Aino Vonge Corry - Feb 18. 25 years of agile experience. Your questions drive the session. Taste of AmA 2026  www.linkedin.com/events/74193...

For anyone interested in a talk or workshop for their company (online or in person), I have a couple of days here and there from the end of March into April, plus some availability in June.

I'll be talking about Principle Misunderstandings at C++ Online @cpponline.bsky.social Join me with a 10% discount code: CPPONLINE2026S cpponline.uk/registration

Where you can find me over the next few weeks: @nor.dev in Norwich (27th Feb) nordevcon.com @amaconf.bsky.social in Berlin (10th March) www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home Future Tech in Utrecht (11th March) futuretech.nl @umbracospark.bsky.social in Bristol (20th March) umbracospark.com

ICYMI: Penguin-powered platform board keels over at Alpine station

The Development Practices track for Devoxx UK 2026 is looking epic. 🚀 From AI "seatbelts" to performance secrets and security, we’re diving deep into the craft of modern engineering. Check out the lineup 👇

Complexity is easy. Simplicity takes skill. Join @kevlin.bsky.social 2-day workshop, Simplicity in Code, at NDC Toronto 2026. The Early Bird ends February 16th ⏰ Tickets 👉 ndctoronto.com

Picard management tip: Hire aliens. It's no big deal.

My last couple of weeks on Instagram: Geneva · CERN · Montreux · Collombey · Zermatt · Brig · Lugano instagram.com/kevlin.henney

My last couple of weeks on Instagram: Geneva · CERN · Montreux · Collombey · Zermatt · Brig · Lugano instagram.com/kevlin.henney

Thanks for the reposts the last couple of weeks 🙏

Coming up tomorrow: Uncertified Agile Development In this 2-hour class, let's return to the motivations and underlying principles of what makes a development approach, an organisation or a codebase agile. techcornwall.co.uk/training/mon...

How agile is your "agile" process? Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Feel any guilt reading that list? (I may be projecting)

Coming up tomorrow: Uncertified Agile Development In this 2-hour class, let's return to the motivations and underlying principles of what makes a development approach, an organisation or a codebase agile. techcornwall.co.uk/training/mon...

A friendly reminder that developers using agentic AI just add an abstraction onto this. At least a developer writing their own code still roughly understands the model they're writing. With Agentic AI, they don't and critically engaging with the model dilutes even more, and the model drifts more

Amazing kick-off at #VDC26 with an amazing keynote from @kevlin.bsky.social

Look at my pictures from CES, I feel this was a fine encapsulation of the state of things.

You can catch me next week giving an online talk, Uncertified Agile Development, for Tech Cornwall: This online class challenges rigid, prescriptive interpretations of agile development and questions how common practices have drifted into box-ticking rituals. techcornwall.co.uk/training/mon...

You can catch me next week giving an online talk, Uncertified Agile Development, for Tech Cornwall: This online class challenges rigid, prescriptive interpretations of agile development and questions how common practices have drifted into box-ticking rituals. techcornwall.co.uk/training/mon...

Automated systems that send out "friendly" reminders by email; no you don't. That implies emotion and intent, not cron jobs.

A topic I really love, by @kevlin.bsky.social here at Voxxed Days Ticino #vdt26

@kevlin.bsky.social at #VDT26 it’s always a delight!!

Related link that helped trigger the conversation: kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...

"Clean Code" — a timeless truth or a myth we keep telling ourselves? @tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...

Next month I'm speaking at Agile meets Architecture in Berlin: Being the Human in the Loop www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home @amaconf.bsky.social Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10 pretix.eu/AmA/2026/red...

"Clean Code" — a timeless truth or a myth we keep telling ourselves? @tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...

Next month I'm speaking at Agile meets Architecture in Berlin: Being the Human in the Loop www.agile-meets-architecture.com/2026/home @amaconf.bsky.social Join me there with a 10% discounted ticket using the code AMA_SPEAKER_10 pretix.eu/AmA/2026/red...

the theater is screening DOS Boot

20th century TV dramas set in the future when Charles III was king always had a falseness about them; they were silly and unconvincing. Just like living in his reign has turned out to be.

Yesterday's WordFriday: antiprime www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

WordFriday: antiprime An antiprime is a highly composite number. A highly composite number is one that has more divisors (or factors) than any of the positive integers smaller than it. www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

WordFriday: antiprime An antiprime is a highly composite number. A highly composite number is one that has more divisors (or factors) than any of the positive integers smaller than it. www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...

Forgot to post this last week for @kevlin.bsky.social

I'm speaking at Voxxed Days CERN in a couple of weeks! vdc26.voxxeddays.ch

"The less JavaScript in the world, the better." @dylanbeatt.ie rethinking CSS at @ndcconferences.com London

"The strength of JavaScript is that you can do anything. The weakness is that you will." — Reg Braithwaite

"The less JavaScript in the world, the better." @dylanbeatt.ie rethinking CSS at @ndcconferences.com London

Ereyesterday's WordFriday: mathwashing www.tumblr.com/wordfriday/8... www.facebook.com/WordFriday/p...