Dale Lane
@dalelane.co.uk
Developer for IBM. Kafka. Kubernetes. AI. ML. Gadgets. Mobiles. Gaming. Coffee. Creator of Machine Learning for Kids.
https://dalelane.co.uk
https://dalelane.co.uk
I'm finally back home after a youth residential at PGL Liddington that I've been helping out at since Friday afternoon.
The kids were all awesome, but I am still knackered... it has been a busy and super long few days!
The kids were all awesome, but I am still knackered... it has been a busy and super long few days!
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm finally back home after a youth residential at PGL Liddington that I've been helping out at since Friday afternoon.
The kids were all awesome, but I am still knackered... it has been a busy and super long few days!
The kids were all awesome, but I am still knackered... it has been a busy and super long few days!
"Superintelligence" is an exploration of the dangers posed by future advances in AI.
I first read it in 2015. Reading it in 2025, it's still as bleak and depressing as I remember, but with recent advances in tech it's much harder to dismiss than it was then.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I first read it in 2015. Reading it in 2025, it's still as bleak and depressing as I remember, but with recent advances in tech it's much harder to dismiss than it was then.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Superintelligence" is an exploration of the dangers posed by future advances in AI.
I first read it in 2015. Reading it in 2025, it's still as bleak and depressing as I remember, but with recent advances in tech it's much harder to dismiss than it was then.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I first read it in 2015. Reading it in 2025, it's still as bleak and depressing as I remember, but with recent advances in tech it's much harder to dismiss than it was then.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
this weekend, I'm a parent helper for a residential school trip
It's not a great sign that i'm already knackered - we've only been here a few hours! 😅
It's not a great sign that i'm already knackered - we've only been here a few hours! 😅
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
this weekend, I'm a parent helper for a residential school trip
It's not a great sign that i'm already knackered - we've only been here a few hours! 😅
It's not a great sign that i'm already knackered - we've only been here a few hours! 😅
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David Ware (CTO, IBM MQ) keynote on "The Power of Queues"
Why developers are rediscovering queues & how to pick the right tool for the job.
Why developers are rediscovering queues & how to pick the right tool for the job.
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
David Ware (CTO, IBM MQ) keynote on "The Power of Queues"
Why developers are rediscovering queues & how to pick the right tool for the job.
Why developers are rediscovering queues & how to pick the right tool for the job.
listened to an interview with Jon Stewart on my drive to Swindon - lots of interesting ideas and turns of phrases here like (paraphrasing from memory):
"quiet activism of living pleasantly"
"social media is to speech as doritos are to food - it's ultra-processed speech"
overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg
"quiet activism of living pleasantly"
"social media is to speech as doritos are to food - it's ultra-processed speech"
overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump — The New Yorker Radio Hour — Overcast
The “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
listened to an interview with Jon Stewart on my drive to Swindon - lots of interesting ideas and turns of phrases here like (paraphrasing from memory):
"quiet activism of living pleasantly"
"social media is to speech as doritos are to food - it's ultra-processed speech"
overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg
"quiet activism of living pleasantly"
"social media is to speech as doritos are to food - it's ultra-processed speech"
overcast.fm/+AA3KNhgbFXg
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Yeah so they’re cutting flights at the 40 busiest airports starting with 4% on Friday and ramping up to 10% through the weekend, and that includes ATL. If you’re attending #KubeCon and you aren’t threat modeling around this and making contingency plans already, strongly recommend starting now
So, uh, KubeCon attendees: how we feeling about the threat model of them shutting down the airspace? Are we all moving to Atlanta
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Yeah so they’re cutting flights at the 40 busiest airports starting with 4% on Friday and ramping up to 10% through the weekend, and that includes ATL. If you’re attending #KubeCon and you aren’t threat modeling around this and making contingency plans already, strongly recommend starting now
This is a photo of my desk. You can tell where I typically chuck my ground coffee scoop after making a coffee... but it's not a good look for my poor little desk monkey! 🙈🤣
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is a photo of my desk. You can tell where I typically chuck my ground coffee scoop after making a coffee... but it's not a good look for my poor little desk monkey! 🙈🤣
"drivers must not park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow"
I learned this one the hard way - getting a parking ticket for doing this in December 2016. 🤦
I learned this one the hard way - getting a parking ticket for doing this in December 2016. 🤦
Avoid this common nighttime parking mistake | MoneySuperMarket
With the clocks going back on Sunday 26th October and darker evenings setting in, drivers should be aware of a little-known Highway Code rule that could land them with a fine of up to £2,500.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"drivers must not park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow"
I learned this one the hard way - getting a parking ticket for doing this in December 2016. 🤦
I learned this one the hard way - getting a parking ticket for doing this in December 2016. 🤦
a quick example of using LISTAGG and ARRAY_AGG in #Flink SQL (and I managed to avoid mentioning how much the inconsistent use of underscores in SQL bugs me 😜)
Flink SQL aggregate functions
In this post, I want to share a couple of very quick and simple examples for how to use LISTAGG and ARRAY_AGG in Flink SQL.
This started as an answer I gave to a colleague asking about how to output ...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
a quick example of using LISTAGG and ARRAY_AGG in #Flink SQL (and I managed to avoid mentioning how much the inconsistent use of underscores in SQL bugs me 😜)
lovely afternoon celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Design Studio here at Hursley... even if the fact that it's been 10 years has made a few of us feel a little old!
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
lovely afternoon celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Design Studio here at Hursley... even if the fact that it's been 10 years has made a few of us feel a little old!
Wow, that got dark quick. My fields-and-woodlands walk home from the office has become an excitingly dark one... curse you, wonky tilted Earth! ;-)
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wow, that got dark quick. My fields-and-woodlands walk home from the office has become an excitingly dark one... curse you, wonky tilted Earth! ;-)
on my way home after an inspiring two days in Cambridge for #ClubsCon25
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#clubscon25 | Code Club
✨Code Club Conference 2025
What a fantastic day of creativity, learning, and community here in Cambridge. 💚
💡 We joined workshops on LLMs, micro:bits, robotics, and Scratch, enjoyed talks on inclusive learning, generative AI, and the Code Club journey, and were inspired by global highlights from India, Kenya, and South Africa, showcasing innovation in clubs around the world.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared their ideas. We can’t wait for more tomorrow!
#ClubsCon25
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November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
on my way home after an inspiring two days in Cambridge for #ClubsCon25
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it was a bit ambitious to try and have a night out after being awake for 34 hours - I managed one pint then bailed before 8pm to walk back to my B&B and sleep 😴
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it was a bit ambitious to try and have a night out after being awake for 34 hours - I managed one pint then bailed before 8pm to walk back to my B&B and sleep 😴
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I presented at #ClubsCon25 about introducing language models to Code Clubs by getting students to build and make stuff with an #LLM in #Scratch
It was loosely based on what I was writing about in March, but was a more practical take now that I've run this in a few classrooms
It was loosely based on what I was writing about in March, but was a more practical take now that I've run this in a few classrooms
Exploring Language Models in Scratch with Machine Learning for Kids
In this post, I want to share the most recent section I've added to Machine Learning for Kids: support for generating text and an explanation of some of the ideas behind large language models.
youtu...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I presented at #ClubsCon25 about introducing language models to Code Clubs by getting students to build and make stuff with an #LLM in #Scratch
It was loosely based on what I was writing about in March, but was a more practical take now that I've run this in a few classrooms
It was loosely based on what I was writing about in March, but was a more practical take now that I've run this in a few classrooms
I just landed at Heathrow after a busy week in New Orleans. Now I need to get through security, get to my car, and drive to Cambridge in time for the start of #ClubsCon25
Hopefully they have a limitless supply of coffee for when I get there... I think I'll need it.
Hopefully they have a limitless supply of coffee for when I get there... I think I'll need it.
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I just landed at Heathrow after a busy week in New Orleans. Now I need to get through security, get to my car, and drive to Cambridge in time for the start of #ClubsCon25
Hopefully they have a limitless supply of coffee for when I get there... I think I'll need it.
Hopefully they have a limitless supply of coffee for when I get there... I think I'll need it.
My talk at #Current25 on Wednesday was an overview of the most common patterns for bringing #AI to #Kafka topics.
The second pattern I talked about was using #agentic AI to respond to events, or the output from event stream processing.
The second pattern I talked about was using #agentic AI to respond to events, or the output from event stream processing.
Triggering agentic AI from event streams
In this post, I describe how agentic AI can respond autonomously to event streams.
I spoke at Current on Wednesday, about the most common patterns for how AI and ML are used with Kafka topics. I had ...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My talk at #Current25 on Wednesday was an overview of the most common patterns for bringing #AI to #Kafka topics.
The second pattern I talked about was using #agentic AI to respond to events, or the output from event stream processing.
The second pattern I talked about was using #agentic AI to respond to events, or the output from event stream processing.
Current is over, so I've started the journey back to the UK with a 7am bus to the airport. 🥱
I'm not heading home just yet, though - I need to be in Cambridge tomorrow morning for #ClubsCon25
codeclub.org/en/clubs-con...
I'm not heading home just yet, though - I need to be in Cambridge tomorrow morning for #ClubsCon25
codeclub.org/en/clubs-con...
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Current is over, so I've started the journey back to the UK with a 7am bus to the airport. 🥱
I'm not heading home just yet, though - I need to be in Cambridge tomorrow morning for #ClubsCon25
codeclub.org/en/clubs-con...
I'm not heading home just yet, though - I need to be in Cambridge tomorrow morning for #ClubsCon25
codeclub.org/en/clubs-con...
fun in the French Quarter last night - I'm guessing Halloween week is partly responsible for the outfits and energy I saw... or New Orleanians just go all in for a night out 😆
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
fun in the French Quarter last night - I'm guessing Halloween week is partly responsible for the outfits and energy I saw... or New Orleanians just go all in for a night out 😆
sticking with my usual habit when visiting a new city for work and going for the tallest view I can find - with a drink at the top of Vue Orleans
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
sticking with my usual habit when visiting a new city for work and going for the tallest view I can find - with a drink at the top of Vue Orleans
My talk at #Current25 yesterday was an overview of the most common patterns for bringing AI to #Kafka topics.
The first pattern I talked about was using AI to enhance what we can do with event stream processing.
The first pattern I talked about was using AI to enhance what we can do with event stream processing.
Using AI to augment event stream processing
In this post, I describe how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used to augment event stream processing.
I gave a talk at a Kafka / Flink conference yesterday about the four main patter...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My talk at #Current25 yesterday was an overview of the most common patterns for bringing AI to #Kafka topics.
The first pattern I talked about was using AI to enhance what we can do with event stream processing.
The first pattern I talked about was using AI to enhance what we can do with event stream processing.
I had a slow and fragile start to today after the fun of the Current After Party last night... Bourbon Street is a lively place! 🍻
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I had a slow and fragile start to today after the fun of the Current After Party last night... Bourbon Street is a lively place! 🍻
I'm in New Orleans for #Current25
My presentation this morning was a high-level look at the four most common patterns for how people bring AI into event-driven architectures
My presentation this morning was a high-level look at the four most common patterns for how people bring AI into event-driven architectures
From Event Streams to Smart Streams : Powering AI / ML with your Kafka topics
In this series of posts, I will outline the most common patterns for how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used in event driven architectures.
I'm at a Kafka / Flink conference this we...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm in New Orleans for #Current25
My presentation this morning was a high-level look at the four most common patterns for how people bring AI into event-driven architectures
My presentation this morning was a high-level look at the four most common patterns for how people bring AI into event-driven architectures
used the flight to MSY to watch the new Superman film - really good - best superhero movie I've seen in a while
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
used the flight to MSY to watch the new Superman film - really good - best superhero movie I've seen in a while