David Whitney
@davidwhitney.co.uk
Director of Architecture @ fintech
Consultant. Author.
Rum, Alt Culture, Games & Metal.
C#, TypeScript, OSS, MVP DevTechnologies.
🔗https://davidwhitney.co.uk/now - Other Socials
@david_whitney on Twitter, when that helps the inevitable migration tools.
Consultant. Author.
Rum, Alt Culture, Games & Metal.
C#, TypeScript, OSS, MVP DevTechnologies.
🔗https://davidwhitney.co.uk/now - Other Socials
@david_whitney on Twitter, when that helps the inevitable migration tools.
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David Whitney
@davidwhitney.co.uk
· Nov 12
davidwhitney.co.uk
Hi, I'm David - you might be here because I:
- Wrote a couple of kids books about programming
- Spoke to you at an event or conference
- Had a fabulous time with you and a cocktail
- Have offered you some software consulting
- Taught you something
Available at davidwhitney.co.uk/now 🖤
- Wrote a couple of kids books about programming
- Spoke to you at an event or conference
- Had a fabulous time with you and a cocktail
- Have offered you some software consulting
- Taught you something
Available at davidwhitney.co.uk/now 🖤
Reposted by David Whitney
On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
January 14, 2026 at 2:55 AM
On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
Took a long break over the holiday period.
Upcoming appearances:
NDC Conferences London
NDC Conferences Toronto
CityJS Conferences London
NDC Conferences Sydney
DevSum Stockholm 2026
All in the first half of the year with some new material on finding the humanity behind the software we write.
Upcoming appearances:
NDC Conferences London
NDC Conferences Toronto
CityJS Conferences London
NDC Conferences Sydney
DevSum Stockholm 2026
All in the first half of the year with some new material on finding the humanity behind the software we write.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Took a long break over the holiday period.
Upcoming appearances:
NDC Conferences London
NDC Conferences Toronto
CityJS Conferences London
NDC Conferences Sydney
DevSum Stockholm 2026
All in the first half of the year with some new material on finding the humanity behind the software we write.
Upcoming appearances:
NDC Conferences London
NDC Conferences Toronto
CityJS Conferences London
NDC Conferences Sydney
DevSum Stockholm 2026
All in the first half of the year with some new material on finding the humanity behind the software we write.
Reposted by David Whitney
I return to the stage with @davidwhitney.co.uk to continue our discussion on the AI Bubble and the ethical issues of GenAI.
Join us for an educational and entertaining chat - whatever your position on the subject, it's sure to be engaging!
15 - 17 April, Kensington Town Hall
london.cityjsconf.org
Join us for an educational and entertaining chat - whatever your position on the subject, it's sure to be engaging!
15 - 17 April, Kensington Town Hall
london.cityjsconf.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I return to the stage with @davidwhitney.co.uk to continue our discussion on the AI Bubble and the ethical issues of GenAI.
Join us for an educational and entertaining chat - whatever your position on the subject, it's sure to be engaging!
15 - 17 April, Kensington Town Hall
london.cityjsconf.org
Join us for an educational and entertaining chat - whatever your position on the subject, it's sure to be engaging!
15 - 17 April, Kensington Town Hall
london.cityjsconf.org
Last day of my month long holiday firebreak today.
Haven't really touched a computer other than for games in that time and... I could go another month 😂
Finishing off my Cyberpunk replay where I play it like a stealth game / imsim and it's the game that keeps on giving 🖤
Haven't really touched a computer other than for games in that time and... I could go another month 😂
Finishing off my Cyberpunk replay where I play it like a stealth game / imsim and it's the game that keeps on giving 🖤
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Last day of my month long holiday firebreak today.
Haven't really touched a computer other than for games in that time and... I could go another month 😂
Finishing off my Cyberpunk replay where I play it like a stealth game / imsim and it's the game that keeps on giving 🖤
Haven't really touched a computer other than for games in that time and... I could go another month 😂
Finishing off my Cyberpunk replay where I play it like a stealth game / imsim and it's the game that keeps on giving 🖤
Reposted by David Whitney
It would appear that uncritically funding the people that hate us so much that they mint coins commemorating body counts instead of listening to the people who said that the institutional rot within the police is so deeply engrained that they represent a danger to us all has mysteriously backfired.
NOTUS:
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.
www.notus.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It would appear that uncritically funding the people that hate us so much that they mint coins commemorating body counts instead of listening to the people who said that the institutional rot within the police is so deeply engrained that they represent a danger to us all has mysteriously backfired.
Reposted by David Whitney
You thought you lived in the United States of America but you actually live in a Judge Dredd comic book.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
You thought you lived in the United States of America but you actually live in a Judge Dredd comic book.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Reposted by David Whitney
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Not done many big music threads this year because I've been super busy, but you should check out the Vianova debut if you haven't and like, I dunno, prog-djent-jazz-funk-something-metal?
Djazz? Djunk?
I cannot genre this record but it's great.
open.spotify.com/album/7jcC7e...
Djazz? Djunk?
I cannot genre this record but it's great.
open.spotify.com/album/7jcC7e...
Hit It!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Not done many big music threads this year because I've been super busy, but you should check out the Vianova debut if you haven't and like, I dunno, prog-djent-jazz-funk-something-metal?
Djazz? Djunk?
I cannot genre this record but it's great.
open.spotify.com/album/7jcC7e...
Djazz? Djunk?
I cannot genre this record but it's great.
open.spotify.com/album/7jcC7e...
Viva Emptiness.
2025 was a mostly kind year as we all tumble through the dystopia. Thanks to everyone that came to see me do the thing in 2025, the support means everything.
All the love x
2025 was a mostly kind year as we all tumble through the dystopia. Thanks to everyone that came to see me do the thing in 2025, the support means everything.
All the love x
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Viva Emptiness.
2025 was a mostly kind year as we all tumble through the dystopia. Thanks to everyone that came to see me do the thing in 2025, the support means everything.
All the love x
2025 was a mostly kind year as we all tumble through the dystopia. Thanks to everyone that came to see me do the thing in 2025, the support means everything.
All the love x
2025 has been kind to me, though the end of the year came with a side-dose of exhaustion from never stopping.
Thanks to everyone that came out to see me talk this year. I've mostly taken this month off and am absolutely full of new ideas for 2026 now.
New talks, a new project, see you next year.
Thanks to everyone that came out to see me talk this year. I've mostly taken this month off and am absolutely full of new ideas for 2026 now.
New talks, a new project, see you next year.
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
2025 has been kind to me, though the end of the year came with a side-dose of exhaustion from never stopping.
Thanks to everyone that came out to see me talk this year. I've mostly taken this month off and am absolutely full of new ideas for 2026 now.
New talks, a new project, see you next year.
Thanks to everyone that came out to see me talk this year. I've mostly taken this month off and am absolutely full of new ideas for 2026 now.
New talks, a new project, see you next year.
Reposted by David Whitney
New article time!
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
okay here’s the one about planescape
Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…
docseuss.medium.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New article time!
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
What's the most underrated Windows tool and why is it actually robocopy.
S-Tier software.
S-Tier software.
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
What's the most underrated Windows tool and why is it actually robocopy.
S-Tier software.
S-Tier software.
I really struggle to agree with this - there are plenty of very good criticisms of Spotify, but it's algorithmic discovery is truly best-in-class - but you have to engage in classic reinforcement learning behaviours to make it work well for you. You gotta follow artists, playlist songs, heart things
The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
December 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I really struggle to agree with this - there are plenty of very good criticisms of Spotify, but it's algorithmic discovery is truly best-in-class - but you have to engage in classic reinforcement learning behaviours to make it work well for you. You gotta follow artists, playlist songs, heart things
This but *literally all software*.
The worst conversations in commercial software development are planning conversations that take longer to occur than a quick spike would to materialise.
Do the work, don't talk, for all of this category of things.
The worst conversations in commercial software development are planning conversations that take longer to occur than a quick spike would to materialise.
Do the work, don't talk, for all of this category of things.
I will never forget my old lead designer at Turbine, Chris Clay, who had a rule:
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
I had an hour long meeting today about doing a thing, a thing I would have been doing if I didn’t have an hour long meeting.
December 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This but *literally all software*.
The worst conversations in commercial software development are planning conversations that take longer to occur than a quick spike would to materialise.
Do the work, don't talk, for all of this category of things.
The worst conversations in commercial software development are planning conversations that take longer to occur than a quick spike would to materialise.
Do the work, don't talk, for all of this category of things.
I'm gonna miss RedEngine with the UE transition in CDPR games. Legitimately a feat of engineering.
mini rant: no, elevators in cyberpunk are not 'cleverly concealed loading screens'. you really think you can traverse whole city and enter a huge complex interior with no loading screens but we need to do elevator tricks to load a penthouse?
December 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm gonna miss RedEngine with the UE transition in CDPR games. Legitimately a feat of engineering.
I'm going to be in Sydney in a couple of months with my new talk about programming and art and seeing the humans through our work.
Early bird tickets are on sale now: ndcsydney.com/tickets?mc_c...
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Early bird tickets are on sale now: ndcsydney.com/tickets?mc_c...
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Tickets - NDC Sydney 2026 | Conference for Software Developers
NDC Sydney is a 3-day in-person event for software developers taking place at Hilton Sydney 22-24 April 2026
ndcsydney.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm going to be in Sydney in a couple of months with my new talk about programming and art and seeing the humans through our work.
Early bird tickets are on sale now: ndcsydney.com/tickets?mc_c...
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Early bird tickets are on sale now: ndcsydney.com/tickets?mc_c...
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Reposted by David Whitney
#GOTOpodcast, @icooper.bsky.social, @davidwhitney.co.uk & Hannes Lowette talk about how architecture really works at scale:
• sustainable vs “slash-and-burn” systems
• emergent design vs intentional design
• why cargo-cult patterns hurt more than they help
🎧 gotopia.tech/podcas
• sustainable vs “slash-and-burn” systems
• emergent design vs intentional design
• why cargo-cult patterns hurt more than they help
🎧 gotopia.tech/podcas
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#GOTOpodcast, @icooper.bsky.social, @davidwhitney.co.uk & Hannes Lowette talk about how architecture really works at scale:
• sustainable vs “slash-and-burn” systems
• emergent design vs intentional design
• why cargo-cult patterns hurt more than they help
🎧 gotopia.tech/podcas
• sustainable vs “slash-and-burn” systems
• emergent design vs intentional design
• why cargo-cult patterns hurt more than they help
🎧 gotopia.tech/podcas
I hope this gains traction www.pkgstore.io/news/introdu...
I'm glad someone has the nerve to do what Microsoft seem unwilling to at the moment.
I'm glad someone has the nerve to do what Microsoft seem unwilling to at the moment.
Introducing NuGet marketplace - pkgstore
Buy and sell NuGet packages on the first .NET marketplace
www.pkgstore.io
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I hope this gains traction www.pkgstore.io/news/introdu...
I'm glad someone has the nerve to do what Microsoft seem unwilling to at the moment.
I'm glad someone has the nerve to do what Microsoft seem unwilling to at the moment.
Reposted by David Whitney
A status update on the TypeScript rewrite
TL;DR - if you haven't tried it already, you should!
TL;DR - if you haven't tried it already, you should!
Progress on TypeScript 7 - December 2025 - TypeScript
Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that we’ve been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. Th...
devblogs.microsoft.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A status update on the TypeScript rewrite
TL;DR - if you haven't tried it already, you should!
TL;DR - if you haven't tried it already, you should!
Reposted by David Whitney
Our final event of the year is a special XMAS 🎄 collab with the London Svelte Community! Featuring talks by
@psyber.city @scottspence.dev David Benson & @davidwhitney.co.uk
, and Sol Lee.
Sponsored by @storyblok.com @supabase.com Foolproof
Register now
guild.host/events/jsmon...
@psyber.city @scottspence.dev David Benson & @davidwhitney.co.uk
, and Sol Lee.
Sponsored by @storyblok.com @supabase.com Foolproof
Register now
guild.host/events/jsmon...
JSMONTHLY X SVELTE COMMUNITY XMAS MEETUP | Guild
Dec 11th 6:00PM: Schedule:
18:00 Doors Open
18:45 Introduction
19:00 Refactoring 370 Files in 11 Hours (thanks Claude) // Scott Spence
1
guild.host
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our final event of the year is a special XMAS 🎄 collab with the London Svelte Community! Featuring talks by
@psyber.city @scottspence.dev David Benson & @davidwhitney.co.uk
, and Sol Lee.
Sponsored by @storyblok.com @supabase.com Foolproof
Register now
guild.host/events/jsmon...
@psyber.city @scottspence.dev David Benson & @davidwhitney.co.uk
, and Sol Lee.
Sponsored by @storyblok.com @supabase.com Foolproof
Register now
guild.host/events/jsmon...
This is basically what I think is going to happen - couldn't predict the split though.
The weirdest change in dynamic is the rise of open-source models and commodity hardware in the space.
The weirdest change in dynamic is the rise of open-source models and commodity hardware in the space.
OpenAI is losing $14B in 2025. Anthropic burns $2.7B annually.
Bain identified an $800 billion funding gap between AI infrastructure costs and actual revenue by 2030.
But this crash won't look like what most analysts predict... 🧵
davidnowak.me/the-ai-bubbl...
Bain identified an $800 billion funding gap between AI infrastructure costs and actual revenue by 2030.
But this crash won't look like what most analysts predict... 🧵
davidnowak.me/the-ai-bubbl...
The AI Bubble is About to Burst—Here’s What Survives - DAVID NOWAK
Billions are at stake as AI giants race toward a cliff few acknowledge. Discover how open source, shifting infrastructure, and hard economic realities reveal what survives when the AI bubble bursts—no...
davidnowak.me
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is basically what I think is going to happen - couldn't predict the split though.
The weirdest change in dynamic is the rise of open-source models and commodity hardware in the space.
The weirdest change in dynamic is the rise of open-source models and commodity hardware in the space.
NoAI - "Not Only AI"
Capture the idea that products that are only AI are doomed to produce slop, because statistical models need to be systemised, surrounded with traditional programming and ancillary techniques to be good and useful.
Claude Code is a "NoAI" system, Copilot Agents, similarly.
Capture the idea that products that are only AI are doomed to produce slop, because statistical models need to be systemised, surrounded with traditional programming and ancillary techniques to be good and useful.
Claude Code is a "NoAI" system, Copilot Agents, similarly.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NoAI - "Not Only AI"
Capture the idea that products that are only AI are doomed to produce slop, because statistical models need to be systemised, surrounded with traditional programming and ancillary techniques to be good and useful.
Claude Code is a "NoAI" system, Copilot Agents, similarly.
Capture the idea that products that are only AI are doomed to produce slop, because statistical models need to be systemised, surrounded with traditional programming and ancillary techniques to be good and useful.
Claude Code is a "NoAI" system, Copilot Agents, similarly.
ROB ZOMBIE - Heathen Days (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don Broco never seem to miss when they do funky/heavy rock.
My absolute favourite "rock" band around.
youtu.be/bUkBkzpUj-I?...
My absolute favourite "rock" band around.
youtu.be/bUkBkzpUj-I?...
DON BROCO - Euphoria (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by Don Broco
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Don Broco never seem to miss when they do funky/heavy rock.
My absolute favourite "rock" band around.
youtu.be/bUkBkzpUj-I?...
My absolute favourite "rock" band around.
youtu.be/bUkBkzpUj-I?...