Via @davefarley77.bsky.social keynote @ #FastFlowConf

Trump at the UN: "I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law." This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law. This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.

🗣️ What makes DevOpsDays London truly special? Our Open Spaces! 🤝 This is your chance to drive the conversation, discuss pressing issues, and collaborate with the community. 🎟️ Be part of it, Sept 23-24. Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l... #DevOpsDays #OpenSpaces

A huge thank you to @elastic.co for supporting DevOpsDays London 2025! 🙌 Your partnership helps bring our amazing community together to share ideas, spark conversations, and inspire the future of DevOps. We couldn’t do it without you! 💜 #DevOpsDays #DevOps #Community #London2025

Join Torsten Hopf for this humorous, story-driven talk on a small app’s chaotic cloud journey—full of tempting tech, hard lessons, and costly mistakes Perfect for anyone navigating software architecture in the cloud. #Cloud #DevOps #Architecture Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

📣 Calling all DevOps professionals! 📅 DevOpsDays London 2025 is just around the corner, Sept 23-24. 🎓 Elevate your skills, share your knowledge, and be part of a vibrant community. 🎟️ Grab your tickets now! ti.to/devopsdays-l...

Testing stuck in the past? In this fun, fiery talk, Ashley Smith tackles outdated testing practices in “Agile” teams, shares real-world anti-patterns, and makes the case for quality as a shared responsibility. #Testing #Agile #DevOps devopsdays.org/events/2025-... ti.to/devopsdays-l...

So looking forward to this talk. Such an important topic and one that just isn't discussed enough.

DevOpsDays London@devopsdays.london · last yr.

Code is never neutral—every decision shapes our world. Join @kestr.al as they explore the ethical and political impact of software, urging developers to embrace responsibility in their work. #EthicalTech #DevOps #Inclusion devopsdays.org/events/2025-... Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

Looking forward to this talk and learning more about MCP and specifically how it can be used in a DevOps context! #DevOps #DevOpsDays #DevOpsDaysLondon #CommunityEvent

DevOpsDays London@devopsdays.london · last yr.

Join Alex Shershebnev to discover how Model Context Protocol (MCP) can supercharge DevOps by connecting LLMs to tools like Grafana, CI/CD, and Sentry—right from your IDE. #DevOps #AI #MCP #Security #LLM devopsdays.org/events/2025-... Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

Drowning in alerts? This talk by @lnxchk.bsky.social shows how SLOs, automation, and machine learning can cut through the noise. Learn to focus on what truly impacts users, reduce meaningless alerts, and improve incident response. devopsdays.org/events/2025-... Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

I still see too many postmortems being run in ways that aren't really blameless so excited for this talk! 🙌

DevOpsDays London@devopsdays.london · last yr.

Tired of postmortems that fix nothing? Learn how to run blame-free, human-centered incident reviews that drive real change in this talk by Agata Skopura at @devopsdays.london #Postmortems #DevOps #Leadership Program: devopsdays.org/events/2025-... Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

A US spy-tech giant that is fuelling the worst excesses of Trump’s regime, is poised to capitalise on Wes Streeting's 10 year health plan 🕵️ We say Palantir should be nowhere near our NHS. goodlawproject.org/palantir-poi...

Palantir poised to cash in on Wes Streeting’s NHS plan | Good Law Project

The health secretary has put central records of our health data at the heart of his project to revolutionise the NHS – and a US spy-tech giant is in pole position to clean up.

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We have a fantastic line-up of talks and speakers! Check it out and then grab yourself a ticket - but be quick if you don't want to miss out on the Early Bird price! devopsdays.org/events/2025-... #DevOps #DevOpsDays #DevOpsDaysLondon #CommunityEvent

DevOpsDays London@devopsdays.london · last yr.

Less than 24 hours to get a a ticket to #DevOpsDays #London at our 🐣 Early Bird 🐣 price of £199. Don't Miss Out! Buy Now! ti.to/devopsdays-l... #DevOps

I love this! It must have taken real courage to do this - good on her! www.out.com/gay-athletes...

A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest

Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.

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I am going to buy 2 places on @ewebber.bsky.social's fantastic new self paced learning course, for people traditionally marginalised in the #digital industry if you're interested, or know someone let me know 👍 (inspired by @deanvipond.bsky.social recent offer for UCD folks ❤️)

Building Successful Communities of Practice in organisations

Take this self-paced course to identify, form, grow, and supercharge communities of practice in and across organisations. Learn about the benefits for members and organisations, how to build them and ...

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Will Larson (@lethain.com) recently wrapped up an *incredible* streak of posts on engineering strategy on his blog, lethain.com. Strategy is hard, much harder than it looks. Especially since, much like design and management, when done well, it looks easy. Easy and obvious.

Irrational Exuberance

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Agile Manchester returns next month (14-15th May). Full event programme here: agilemanchester.net/programme-2025 30+ sessions - keynotes, workshops, case studies, fun! 1 and 2 day tickets available - message me for a discount code.

Programme 2025

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"Model the leadership behaviors you want to see in others." Check out the final part of our leadership series: buff.ly/ygoge91

“Flexibility isn’t a perk, it’s a necessity of modern life” The amazing @sophweston.bsky.social sharing The Principal Engineers Path at @qconferences.com in London today So much powerful, practical advice! 💖

“I have 3 children under 7 and I’m here, of course I’m organised” I LOVE this! @sophweston.bsky.social sharing the skills she learned as a parent that helped her career! Stakeholder Management, Influencing, Flexibility, Crisis Management

I’m in this pic and couldn’t agree more! Finding your community and leading a community will supercharge your network @devopsdays.london changed my life. 💜

Advertising at the DLR station at the Excel. A coincidence given that it’s #KubeCon this week? I think not.

Please share! We have a bunch of diversity scholarships to give out for @pixelpioneers.co! Don't hesitate if you're eligible and would like to attend the conference on 20 June in Bristol. You can also contribute to the diversity fund by making a donation: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Oliver Lindberg@oliverlindberg.com · 2y ago

We'll never stop giving out diversity scholarships for @pixelpioneers.co! Diversity and inclusion initiatives are now more important than ever. They simply make our industry better and enrich the conference experience for everyone. 👉🏽 For more info see pixelpioneers.co/diversity-sc...

Golden bricks that are “good enough” and devs being endlessly creative within the constraints of the platform. Excellent talk by Mags Hogstedt & Christian Mikkelsen from Lego at Platform Engineering Day at #KubeCon.

A brilliant start to Platform Engineering Day at #Kubecon with @hazelweakly.me speaking about hiring for platform engineering. Very insightful and also funny. And sparkles… ✨✨

I'm very excited that DevOpsDays London is going ahead again this year and very pleased that we're finally able to announce it! 🎉

DevOpsDays London@devopsdays.london · 2y ago

We are happy to announce that #DevOpsDays London 2025 is happening. The dates are Sept 23rd and 24th 2025 The location is the Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College Tickets are available: ti.to/devopsdays-l... CFP : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are also looking for sponsors!

I'm looking forward to speaking at #QConLondon in a few weeks! I’ll be talking about navigating the path to engineering leadership - drawing on lessons from 30 years in tech to explore how we grow, develop & take ownership of our careers. qconlondon.com/presentation...

QCon London 2025 | The Principal Engineer’s Path: Skills, Strategies, and Lessons Learned

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

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The best processes are invisible. The worst ones are impossible to ignore. New article on enabling flow & removing obstacles: buff.ly/5mM5Bzg

Looking forward to this one, tonight @stevesmithtech.bsky.social!