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Ian Cooper

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Principal Engineer, speaker, gamer, geek. Tattooed, pierced, and bearded. The 'guv' on https://github.com/BrighterCommand Line Editor at Chaosium for QuestWorlds: https://github.com/ChaosiumInc/QuestWorlds #Tech - tech posts #TTRPG - rpg posts

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · Aug 19

For those interested in my two-day workshop on messaging (day one: messaging; day two: reactive architectures), then I will be presenting it next at KanDDDinsky.

kandddinsky.de/workshop/pract…

This will be the only remaining public presentation this year.

Hope to see you there.

KanDDDinsky - The art of business software

https://kandddinsky.de/workshop/pract…

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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12h

What happens when you mash up two of @chaosium.bsky.social 's biggest recent releases? Find out with our one-shot #actualplay of @icooper.bsky.social #Questworlds #AgeOfVikings over on Unconventional GMsa
youtu.be/0R1QtixmQRw?...

Questworlds | Age of Vikings : One Shot | King of the Bears | Actual Play

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 20h

Sounds awesome

Gaz @evilgaz.bsky.social · 20h

We mashed up @chaosium.bsky.social @icooper.bsky.social QuestWorlds with the Age of Vikings setting for an exciting Actual Play.

What's driving the polar bears to rampage and are the Hidden Folk to blame, Loki, or some other villain?

youtu.be/0R1QtixmQRw?...

Questworlds | Age of Vikings : One Shot | King of the Bears | Actual Play

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Stephen Oakman @stephenoakman.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @icooper.bsky.social for the talk on Responsibility Driven Design tonight at the London DDD group. A great talk as always. Thank you.

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for being an audience.

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David Fowler @davidfowl.com · 10d

If you want hardcore runtime details then I recommend botr (book of the runtime)

github.com/dotnet/runti...

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 10d

Oooh, didn't know about that. Ta.

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Oskar Dudycz @oskardudycz.bsky.social · 10d

Happy about it as @icooper.bsky.social is on my short list of the people I respect the most in messaging and architecture.

Plus, he's a cool guy, so feel invited, we'll try to keep it lightweight, but I'm sure that Ian will bring sound insights 🙂

avanscoperta @avanscoperta.it · 10d

Don't miss a new Small Talk Episode! 🔔

Distributed Systems & Messaging Patterns with @icooper.bsky.social moderated by @oskardudycz.bsky.social

When: Oct 6th, from 3 pm (CEST)

RSVP on Meetup:
www.meetup.com/avanscoperta...

Live streaming on:
YouTube: youtube.com/live/0NYwN_p...

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 11d

Supposedly London has as many rats as people. I think that’s a comforting thought, that we all have our own rat.

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 11d

Geek down!

So great was the amount of material in Monolith’s Conan Kickstarter shipment (an age of cardboard packaging undreamed of) that I have been injured during the unboxing.

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 12d

Finally, received confirmation of my resignation from the Labour Party. It took a while.

Whilst they have called Reform's deportation plans racist, they continue to appease Reform voters' racism and march to the beat of Nigel Farage's drum.

I'm done with them and will be joining the Greens.

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 12d

At some point, resigning your membership may be the only protest that can be heard.

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 13d

Architecture isn’t about perfect diagrams - it’s about enabling teams to decide well when you’re not there. As @icooper.bsky.social, @hanneslowette.net & @davidwhitney.co.uk say: the best architects create culture, not constraints.

Why SW Architecture is Mostly Communication • David Whitney, Ian Cooper & Hannes Lowette • GOTO 2025

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/400 David Whitney - Director of Architecture at…

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 13d

So, Gandalf finds Thrain in Dol Guldur. Barley alive. He can’t remember his name. Stripped, tortured, his ring (one of the seven gone).

But Thrain has a map to the hidden entrance of Erebor and a key.

Where was Thrain hiding that map? What was Gandalf’s account of this to Thrain?

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a living room with his hands folded .

Alt: From Pulp Fiction, Capt. Koons, played by Christopher Walken hands over a gold watch

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 15d

I suspect it's just money. There are numerous digital ID systems in Europe, and for the tech companies involved, the UK is a massive prize, worth billions. Billions mean it's worth spending millions lobbying to get a run at it.

I would tend to assume late-stage capitalism over conspiracy.

Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 15d

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 15d

We welcome your support through contributions or through just sharing your Brighter stories, including blog posts and videos. V10 will also include compatibility middleware enabling you to send and receive messages from Mass Transit; this will help with migration efforts

Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 15d

With the news that #dotnet will not be releasing its own eventing framework and that Mass Transit is going to a commercial license, Brighter (@BrighterCommand) remains FOSS, is mature (over 15 years old), and continues to expand its support for middleware and databases.

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 15d

If you're abroad and frustrated that our US-based company only ships to the US, remember: we release every title to international distribution so you can order it from your FLGS far cheaper than we could ship it.
In the UK, check out @leisuregames.bsky.social They have our latest titles in stock.

Role Playing

Leisure Games is one of the UK's leading stockists of roleplaying games. We stock a huge range of settings and systems, from Dungeons & Dragons to the small self-published zines. Check out our ind...

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve not seen the binding yet, there should be some on their way. I’ll share a photo when I have it.

Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

Hard to predict demand for reprints. But quality is high from folks who have tested them

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

I will be. Be good to catch up

Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

Playing the campaign with you folks remains a Glorantha highlight.

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

Very happy that you can get these again. Enjoy, or just share your memories of them if you have already seen them!

#QuestWorlds

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 16d

Returning as QuestWorlds publications! The Coming Storm and The Eleven Lights were originally HeroQuest titles, but have been rebadged. Together, these two books form a truly epic Gloranthan #TTRPG campaign.

The Coming Storm and The Eleven Lights, epic two volume Gloranthan campaign now redbadged for QuestWorlds and available again, in print and PDF

Returning as QuestWorlds publications! The Coming Storm and The Eleven Lights were originally released as HeroQuest titles, but have been rebadged. Together, these two books form a truly epic Glo...

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Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

If you are interested, then sign up at: github.com/iancooper/pr... All amplification to your own networks is appreciated.

Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social · 16d

How can you determine whether you should attend? One easy route is simply to review the course materials. They are available online at github.com/iancooper/pr..., including older versions. That will explain what we cover, and if those are topics you want to understand, come along.