In honor of today's 25th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, I'd like to remind everybody that the very first sentence starts with: "We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it…" The critical word in that sentence is "uncovering." They didn't say "uncovered," which would 1/12

Our grad-level "Deep Learning" course (MIT's 6.7960) is now freely available online through OpenCourseWare: ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-79... Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided. Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!

Today is #SaferInternetDay, a day to join together to make the internet a safer & better place for all, especially children & young people. Here's a resource kit to help #StartTheChat about being safer online & building your family's digital skills. esafety.gov.au/safer-intern...

Many engineers step into leadership without a handbook. Suddenly you’re expected to know how to hire well. Give fair performance feedback. Grow careers. Build teams where people actually feel they belong...

. @charleshumble.bsky.social & Dr. Ewelina Kurtys discuss biological computing: living neurons that could cut AI costs by being 1M times more energy efficient than current systems.

In case you missed it, I have a free, full, open course on accessibility and visualization that is part of the launch of the new Open Visualization Academy. The course is packed! And the OVA has over 300+ sign-ups already (which isn't even necessary!) as well as over 4000+ newsletter subs.

Being a CTO (or any senior tech leader) has never been just about technology. You’re balancing strategy and delivery, people and systems... and not to mention, today’s fires and tomorrow’s direction. 1/3

I just pushed v0.35 of SuperSonic - my port of SuperCollider's powerful synthesis engine scsynth to the web as an AudioWorklet. This comes with a lot of performance improvements, improved bundler compatibility and much polish to the fun example. Take it for a spin: sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...

The countdown is getting close! Mark your calendars for our Jan 31st release!

Share the challenges and your experience as a tech leader at the upcoming YOW! Tech Leaders Summit. Our Call for Submissions closes Sat 28 Feb 2026. ✍️ yowcon.com/tech-leaders...

When you move into technical leadership, the work doesn’t get easier. It gets more ambiguous. You’re expected to make decisions with incomplete info. Lead people as smart as (or smarter than) you. Juggle delivery, quality, culture & biz pressure at the same time. 1/3

📢 ADSP Ep 265 is out! 📢 In this episode, I record live from @yowconf.bsky.social 2025 in Sydney 🇦🇺! I talk with @kevlin.bsky.social about his YOW! talk and the future of programming languages, as well as @damianm.com on his first time as Technical Director of YOW! 🥳 adspthepodcast.com/2025/12/19/E...

It’s the final #YOW25 city - Sydney! We cannot wait to see everyone this morning at the Sofitel Wentworth for the next 2 days.

We're kicking off #YOW25 in Brisbane! Cannot wait to spend the next 2 days with the Brisbane community. Sydney, you're next - and there's still time to grab your ticket: yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

Geeking out with @brunty.me at #YOW25

Branchless programming for code optimisation. @royvanrijn.com ‘s talk on processing a billion rows with Java is full of cool tricks. #yow25

The enlightening @kentbeck.com at #YOW25 keeping us on track in the days of coding with “the genie”

One of the most visually spectacular presentations I’ve seen. @glycin.bsky.social built a world in Unity to explain Vector databases and algorithms. #yow25

Our #YOW25 volunteers in Melbourne are already hard at work setting up our registration to welcome everyone to the first day of the conference!

Please welcome Vercel as a #YOW25 Melbourne & Sydney Bronze sponsor! 👏 Their AI Cloud provides tools & infrastructure to build, scale & secure intelligent apps. As the most popular DX platform for frontend dev, they help customers for the AI-native web & ship at the speed of ideas. vercel.com

🚀 Quantum is no longer theoretical: it’s here! Hear Matthew Keesan in “After Q-Day: Quantum Applications at Scale” on what happens after Q-Day: when RSA-2048 falls and quantum reshapes security, HPC and problem-solving. Join #YOW25 in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Crikey, SuperSonic just passed 100 stars on GitHub. That was quick! Thanks so much for all the amazing enthusiasm and support. It means a lot. github.com/samaaron/sup...

This video captures the energy, ideas, and inspiration that make YOW! such a must-attend experience for software professionals. Join us at #YOW25 in your city: MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com youtu.be/OyVDBdD09XY?...

I have been learning #Rust for a couple of years, and using it for demos. I thought it would be my fate forever. Last week, I convinced my management that using Rust was the right choice. It’s not a huge project, but I want to describe my experience using Rust in a "real" project.

SuperSonic - my port of SuperCollider’s powerful synthesis engine scsynth now has improved metrics - opening up a window to the internals. Play with the demo and see for yourself! sonic-pi.net/supersonic/d...

I wrote about why so many AI pilots fail and talked to eng leaders who've actually rolled out gen AI at scale. Success comes down to fundamentals: 1. clear communication 2. fixing your data permissions 3. measuring impact not adoption Full article on LeadDev leaddev.com/technical-di...

It’s happening: #YOW25 starts in Melbourne next week! 🚀 Join devs & tech pros for 2 days of deep tech talks, global experts, new tools & serious learning (minus the hype). MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

We're getting soooo close to #YOW25! Join keynote speakers @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization. 🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

🚨 Melbourne-only! 🚨 @fastly.com is putting on a 🥐light brekkie + lightning talk on #YOW25 Day 2. Join Tyler McMullen for Schrödinger’s Backend, a fast dive into how edge platforms blur the lines between client, server & network. Don’t sleep in. 😉 yowcon.com/melbourne-20...

#YOW25 kicks off in 2 (very short) weeks! 😱 Lock in your tickets now for 2-days with leading software dev industry experts for an in-depth look at emerging technologies & best practices without commercial hype. MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join @kentbeck.com's #YOW25 1-day Sydney only masterclass: Tidy Together: A Software Design Masterclass, and learn safe refactoring, design change mgmt & the human side of code. 📍 10 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

Stile joins #YOW25 Melbourne as a Bronze sponsor! 🎉 ❤️ Stile transforms science education with an engaging, rigourous, inclusive curriculum using smart technology that empowers teachers & inspires students to become tomorrow’s critical thinkers. stileeducation.com/au/who-we-ar...

#YOW25 kicks off in THREE weeks! 😱 Grab your 2-day conference tickets now: 🎟️MEL 4-5 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 🎟️BNE 8-9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/ 🎟️SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

In case you're into #OpenTelemetry (or want to start learning about it), there are still a few seats left for the workshop I'll be giving at #YOW in Melbourne. I have prepared tons of material! yowcon.com/melbourne-20... #Grafana

Join 3 #YOW25 speakers leading the charge in building, integrating & redefining AI for the JVM ecosystem. These sessions provide practical insight into the next wave of Agentic AI & how it’s reshaping dev on the JVM. 🎟️ MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

We are excited to welcome Chainguard as a Bronze sponsor at #YOW25 in Melbourne & Sydney! 🥳 Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. They help organisations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Learn more at www.chainguard.dev

Only 4 more weeks till #YOW25 kicks off! 🎟️ MEL 4-5 Dec yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 🎟️ BNE 8-9 Dec yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/ 🎟️ SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com/sydney-2025/

Nada Amin joins #YOW25 with "Metaprogramming, Synthesis, and Verification" to show how devs can make programs that generate, verify & improve themselves w/open-source tools & real examples MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

AI is moving fast - but are we moving safely? Meet the #YOW25 speakers who are pulling back the curtain on how to build, defend, and deploy AI systems responsibly 🎟️ Tickets are flying! MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Join @kevindubois.com & Phillip Krüger for a hands-on deep dive into building your own Java-based Agentic AI apps, whether you work with #Quarkus, #Spring, or another #Java stack. 🔗 yowcon.com/melbourne-20...

So you think LLMs can do it all? 😏 At #YOW25, Rod Johnson (creator of the #SpringFramework) will prove otherwise in “Why Do We Need an Agent Framework?” & introduce Embabel, a new open source JVM agent framework designed to leapfrog #Python’s. 🎟️ #YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Say hello to Anton Arhipov: @jetbrains.com Developer Advocate, Java Champion & the newest addition to our #YOW25 speakers. Anton works with #Kotlin, IntelliJ IDEA & AI-driven dev tools. He’ll be sharing how to build AI agents step by step using Koog 🎟️ MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Learn how systems evolve, why complexity sticks, and how to guide sustainable growth in Michael Feathers' 1-day #YOW25 masterclass: Forces in Software 📍 MEL Wed 3 Dec: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... 📍 SYD Wed 10 Dec: yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

A big welcome to @fastly.com for joining #YOW25 Melbourne as a GOLD sponsor! 🎉 The Fastly Edge Cloud Platform delivers some of the best and fastest online experiences possible through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings. Try Fastly for free: www.fastly.com/signup

🏗️ Let’s talk #SoftwareArchitecture! @simonbrown.je & @andrewhl.bsky.social join #YOW25 to challenge how you think abt structure, scale, & collaboration in modern software systems. 📅 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

Dive deep into what matters to you & your team in our 1-day #YOW25 masterclasses led by globally recognised tech experts, including @kevindubois.com @philippederyck.bsky.social @frankel.ch & @simonbrown.je Join them in Melbourne or Sydney: yowcon.com/melbourne-20... yowcon.com/sydney-2025/...

We'd like to welcome and thank Octopus Deploy for joining #YOW25 in Brisbane as a BRONZE sponsor! Learn more about the values they live by and where you'll be empowered to do the best work of your life! octopus.com/company/care...

Discover real-world attacks, vulnerabilities & the growing risks in AI security - plus how to defend against them with Katie Paxton-Fear at #YOW25. She'll explore how AI-enabled apps are being exploited in the wild, so don't miss it! 🎟 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

We're excited to welcome REA Group back as a #YOW25 Melbourne Silver Sponsor! They're a leading digital business working towards changing the way the world experiences property. Find out more at www.rea-group.com

🚀 Meet our #YOW25 Keynote Speakers! Join @kentbeck.com, Michael Feathers, @samaaron.bsky.social & Sarah Meiklejohn to explore agile, legacy code, live coding with AI, and crypto de-anonymization. 🎟 Get your ticket in MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com