I was fortunate in that the operations team at Moneysupermarket had put in a huge amount of work pre-COVID to ensure that remote working was well supported and that we...

For me working from home has been a time of healing.  There has been a few years of turmoil both professionally and personally.  The quiet time without distractions has been...

Let's face it standards articles and forums are coke and mentoes

100% with you on consistency. Having mechanical tests for consistency helps. People so argue with machines they argue with other people.

Understanding the "WHY" of a standard is as important as...

When one of us is working from home its fine. With two of us video conferencing starts to break down. When my son wakes up and fancies some online gaming...

I was fortunate in that one of the last MeetUps I went to was about remote work.  It wasn't so much the hints and tips that were valuable as the...

Very much with you on the lack of focus thing.

I'm finding that this is also an issue for me with online meetings.  Unless I am presenting I prefer to take...

If you look at the agile manifesto it lists the principles in terms of x over y.  For example people and processes over tools and technologies. It is explicit in...

I'm reminded that DevOps is a culture and culture is the hardest thing to change.

One of the things I've discovered is that I have more power over my own destiny...

There is something that is a nagging thought at the back of my mind.

To achieve a fast cadence of delivery requires a number of disciplines.  Breaking down requirements in a...

This right on so many levels.  Being the go to person is a recognition of worth.  It can be harmful to you as well.

You become known for your past and...

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Don't get too comfortable Jeff.  SQL Server on Linux was also a Steve Jones classic April Fool

The more privacy is abused the more draconian the resulting regulation surrounding data use.

To give an analogy using a DBA code review process.  Some people are given a light weight...

As a deaf person I struggle with virtual events as there are less cues as to what is going on.  Much of my brain power is taken up interpreting the...

Don't know what it is today but when I first joined the company a total outage was around £30K/minute