John Patterson
@jasper07.secondphase.com.au
"Such is life"
https://secondphase.com.au
https://secondphase.com.au
"Good engineering management" is a fad
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
"Good engineering management" is a fad
As I get older, I increasingly think about
whether I’m spending my time the right way
to advance my career and my life.
This is also a question that your company
asks about you every performance cycle...
lethain.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Good engineering management" is a fad
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
Just finished Episode 3 of #Pluribus Unlike Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul where you quickly warm to Walter and Saul, with Carol I find it easier to empathize with "the others", they're going out of their way to be nice and friendly and she refuses to read the room.
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just finished Episode 3 of #Pluribus Unlike Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul where you quickly warm to Walter and Saul, with Carol I find it easier to empathize with "the others", they're going out of their way to be nice and friendly and she refuses to read the room.
Nothing makes you appreciate home quite like a terrible hotel
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nothing makes you appreciate home quite like a terrible hotel
Databricks vs. Snowflake: Complete Architecture Mapping for Enterprise AI and Big Data dzone.com/articles/big...
Databricks vs. Snowflake: A Guide for AI and Big Data
Compare Databricks vs Snowflake: architecture mapping, code examples, and when to use each for AI/ML, ETL, and analytics. Includes real-world use cases.
dzone.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Databricks vs. Snowflake: Complete Architecture Mapping for Enterprise AI and Big Data dzone.com/articles/big...
Will AI replace your job?
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
Left brain vs right brain... #jimmycarr #crowdwork #standupcomedy #hecklers #heckles
YouTube video by Jimmy Carr
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Will AI replace your job?
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
Walked into a Tricentis testing session by accident yesterday. “Quality Engineering” sounded cool. IT types were eating up the before and after metrics.
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Walked into a Tricentis testing session by accident yesterday. “Quality Engineering” sounded cool. IT types were eating up the before and after metrics.
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Mustafa sharing his experiences and observations during his year long world wide community eventathon #saptechedontour
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Mustafa sharing his experiences and observations during his year long world wide community eventathon #saptechedontour
The last couple of day there has been interesting discussions on the lack of a WAF (Web Application Firewall) in BTP. Tbl, if you follow the frameworks and best practices, a lot of the OWASP issues that a WAF addresses are catered for. Secure by Default. owasp.org/www-communit...
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The last couple of day there has been interesting discussions on the lack of a WAF (Web Application Firewall) in BTP. Tbl, if you follow the frameworks and best practices, a lot of the OWASP issues that a WAF addresses are catered for. Secure by Default. owasp.org/www-communit...
Stefanuz telling us about his experience of implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) #saptechedontour
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Stefanuz telling us about his experience of implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) #saptechedontour
Alisdair letting us know in the age of AI and Clean Core, the fundamentals like code quality matter now more than ever
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Alisdair letting us know in the age of AI and Clean Core, the fundamentals like code quality matter now more than ever
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
I really liked @hardingmatt.bsky.social practical actionable 10 point plan for moving towards a clean core solution
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I really liked @hardingmatt.bsky.social practical actionable 10 point plan for moving towards a clean core solution
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
Good insight, customers who adopted BTP prior to their S/4Hana migration are doing a better job managing their BTP investments than the ones who inherit after the SI leaves, BTP COE approach is one way to prepare yourself prior to go live
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Good insight, customers who adopted BTP prior to their S/4Hana migration are doing a better job managing their BTP investments than the ones who inherit after the SI leaves, BTP COE approach is one way to prepare yourself prior to go live
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
"Sell the alpha, not the feature" some very interesting counter intuitive advice on Enterprise Sales in an AI era.
Eg Don’t play the small business game with an enterprise company.
Land small or discount and you’ll stay small.
The landing anchors your ability to expand
youtu.be/37fKFWdrMyA?...
Eg Don’t play the small business game with an enterprise company.
Land small or discount and you’ll stay small.
The landing anchors your ability to expand
youtu.be/37fKFWdrMyA?...
"Sell the alpha, not the feature": The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel
YouTube video by Lenny's Podcast
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"Sell the alpha, not the feature" some very interesting counter intuitive advice on Enterprise Sales in an AI era.
Eg Don’t play the small business game with an enterprise company.
Land small or discount and you’ll stay small.
The landing anchors your ability to expand
youtu.be/37fKFWdrMyA?...
Eg Don’t play the small business game with an enterprise company.
Land small or discount and you’ll stay small.
The landing anchors your ability to expand
youtu.be/37fKFWdrMyA?...
From what I saw of TechEd posts this year, I expected vendors to be showcasing "game changing" “clean core,” data migration, change management, or monitoring/ops AI offerings, but most of the buzz was around developer productivity and workflow automation.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From what I saw of TechEd posts this year, I expected vendors to be showcasing "game changing" “clean core,” data migration, change management, or monitoring/ops AI offerings, but most of the buzz was around developer productivity and workflow automation.
Russell Crowe has great stories, talks across a wide range of topics, and the way he can subtlety discuss current problems in society and American politics in particular without taking sides is an art
youtu.be/P4G2KGEkSyI?...
youtu.be/P4G2KGEkSyI?...
Joe Rogan Experience #2406 - Russell Crowe
YouTube video by PowerfulJRE
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Russell Crowe has great stories, talks across a wide range of topics, and the way he can subtlety discuss current problems in society and American politics in particular without taking sides is an art
youtu.be/P4G2KGEkSyI?...
youtu.be/P4G2KGEkSyI?...
Please don't use em dashes
Sure — ...
You said you wouldn't use but lasted 4 characters
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You said you wouldn't use but lasted 4 characters
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November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Please don't use em dashes
Sure — ...
You said you wouldn't use but lasted 4 characters
Oh — ...
Sure — ...
You said you wouldn't use but lasted 4 characters
Oh — ...
Whenever a customer I believe desperately needs a cultural reset tells me they're going the selective data/Bluefield route I feel like asking - you've been down similar roads before are you solving the right problems or just buying time again?
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Whenever a customer I believe desperately needs a cultural reset tells me they're going the selective data/Bluefield route I feel like asking - you've been down similar roads before are you solving the right problems or just buying time again?
Some food for thought on structuring large CAP apps, should mono-repos be grouped by technical objects, apps, models, services, handlers - or by bounded contexts that reflect business functionality?
Modular Monoliths Explained: Structure, Strategy, and Scalability dzone.com/articles/mod...
Modular Monoliths Explained: Structure, Strategy, and Scalability dzone.com/articles/mod...
Modular Monoliths: Structure, Strategy, and Scalability
Learn in this article how modular monoliths balance the simplicity of monoliths with the flexibility of microservices for scalable, maintainable architectures.
dzone.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Some food for thought on structuring large CAP apps, should mono-repos be grouped by technical objects, apps, models, services, handlers - or by bounded contexts that reflect business functionality?
Modular Monoliths Explained: Structure, Strategy, and Scalability dzone.com/articles/mod...
Modular Monoliths Explained: Structure, Strategy, and Scalability dzone.com/articles/mod...
Been using Bruno, time to give this a try
github.com/mountain-loo...
github.com/mountain-loo...
GitHub - mountain-loop/yaak: The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬
The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬 - mountain-loop/yaak
github.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Been using Bruno, time to give this a try
github.com/mountain-loo...
github.com/mountain-loo...
Most of What We Call Progress ↓ 💯
yusufaytas.com/most-of-what...
yusufaytas.com/most-of-what...
Most of What We Call Progress
What years of software development reveal about progress, process, and people, reflections on why good judgment outlasts tools, and simplicity always wins.
yusufaytas.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Most of What We Call Progress ↓ 💯
yusufaytas.com/most-of-what...
yusufaytas.com/most-of-what...
Medium CEO explains how AI is changing writing
idratherbewriting.com/blog/stubble...
idratherbewriting.com/blog/stubble...
Medium CEO explains how AI is changing writing
I recently listened to How AI Is Changing Writing — with Tony Stubblebine from the Big Technology podcast, hosted by Alex Kantrowitz. This was one of the more interesting and relevant episodes for me....
idratherbewriting.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Medium CEO explains how AI is changing writing
idratherbewriting.com/blog/stubble...
idratherbewriting.com/blog/stubble...
Heads up - We use Amazon's leadership principles
They're going to grill you on times you:
- Fixed something that wasn't your job
- Pushed back on a bad decision
- Shipped with limited resources
- Made a call with incomplete data
Prep specific stories using STAR
www.designgurus.io/blog/amazon-...
They're going to grill you on times you:
- Fixed something that wasn't your job
- Pushed back on a bad decision
- Shipped with limited resources
- Made a call with incomplete data
Prep specific stories using STAR
www.designgurus.io/blog/amazon-...
Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles – Behavioral Interview Guide
Learn Amazon’s 16 Leadership Principles with real examples and sample behavioral questions. Prepare for your Amazon behavioral interview with confidence.
www.designgurus.io
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Heads up - We use Amazon's leadership principles
They're going to grill you on times you:
- Fixed something that wasn't your job
- Pushed back on a bad decision
- Shipped with limited resources
- Made a call with incomplete data
Prep specific stories using STAR
www.designgurus.io/blog/amazon-...
They're going to grill you on times you:
- Fixed something that wasn't your job
- Pushed back on a bad decision
- Shipped with limited resources
- Made a call with incomplete data
Prep specific stories using STAR
www.designgurus.io/blog/amazon-...
The pic shows the typical steps a developer takes going from Junior to Senior.
Frameworks let you skip ahead, skipping many steps, my take is a senior knows which boxes to open when things break and whether it's worth the cost of looking inside and trying to reason with it
Frameworks let you skip ahead, skipping many steps, my take is a senior knows which boxes to open when things break and whether it's worth the cost of looking inside and trying to reason with it
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The pic shows the typical steps a developer takes going from Junior to Senior.
Frameworks let you skip ahead, skipping many steps, my take is a senior knows which boxes to open when things break and whether it's worth the cost of looking inside and trying to reason with it
Frameworks let you skip ahead, skipping many steps, my take is a senior knows which boxes to open when things break and whether it's worth the cost of looking inside and trying to reason with it
Mind the Gap With SAP
e3mag.com/en/mind-the-...
I’m a big fan of Hana, it had the potential to be more than it became.
e3mag.com/en/mind-the-...
I’m a big fan of Hana, it had the potential to be more than it became.
Mind the Gap With SAP | E3 Magazine
SAP customers want and need cloud, AI, and IT platforms. SAP has good offerings with Joule, Cloud ERP, BTP, and BDC. However, the licenses and IT conditions do not align with users' ERP reality. SAP d...
e3mag.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mind the Gap With SAP
e3mag.com/en/mind-the-...
I’m a big fan of Hana, it had the potential to be more than it became.
e3mag.com/en/mind-the-...
I’m a big fan of Hana, it had the potential to be more than it became.