Joel Chippindale
@joel.social.monkeysthumb.co.uk.ap.brid.gy
CTO Coach, see https://monkeysthumb.co.uk. Previously CTO at Unmade, FutureLearn and Econsultancy.
Working with start-up and scale-up CTOs who want to […]
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Working with start-up and scale-up CTOs who want to […]
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"Quality Engineering is the practice of designing systems, culture, and technology so quality is built in, not JUST inspected in."
—Jessica Mosley from https://ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-Chose-to-Be-a-Director-of-Quality-Engineerin-N4N41ODVV6
—Jessica Mosley from https://ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-Chose-to-Be-a-Director-of-Quality-Engineerin-N4N41ODVV6
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Quality Engineering is the practice of designing systems, culture, and technology so quality is built in, not JUST inspected in."
—Jessica Mosley from https://ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-Chose-to-Be-a-Director-of-Quality-Engineerin-N4N41ODVV6
—Jessica Mosley from https://ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-Chose-to-Be-a-Director-of-Quality-Engineerin-N4N41ODVV6
Some great tips from Melinda
https://www.seckington.com/monday-musings-3-networking-tips-for-introverts/
https://www.seckington.com/monday-musings-3-networking-tips-for-introverts/
Monday Musings #3 - Networking tips for introverts
Welcome back to my Monday Musings: a random collection of thoughts, musings and ideas. This week I’m keynoting at Devoxx UK. And while I’m excited, I’m also a little nervous. At heart, I’m still what I like to call a social caterpillar. You know, like a
www.seckington.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Some great tips from Melinda
https://www.seckington.com/monday-musings-3-networking-tips-for-introverts/
https://www.seckington.com/monday-musings-3-networking-tips-for-introverts/
"Workshops are a great way of developing skills and sharing knowledge within your organisation, and they also encourage a culture of learning together."
— Jenny Duckett from https://noti.st/jennyd/Ji8dmw
— Jenny Duckett from https://noti.st/jennyd/Ji8dmw
Encouraging a culture of learning across your organisation by Jenny Duckett
Workshops are a great way of developing skills and sharing knowledge within your organisation, and they also encourage a culture of learning together. But running a workshop by yourself can seem daunting, especially if you aren’t an expert in the area you want your organisation to get better at.
noti.st
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"Workshops are a great way of developing skills and sharing knowledge within your organisation, and they also encourage a culture of learning together."
— Jenny Duckett from https://noti.st/jennyd/Ji8dmw
— Jenny Duckett from https://noti.st/jennyd/Ji8dmw
Really fine tunes from Todd Terje at Phonox last night. He's going to be there for the next 3 Saturdays 😃
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Really fine tunes from Todd Terje at Phonox last night. He's going to be there for the next 3 Saturdays 😃
A slow 37m 49s for this week's #allypallyparkrun. I got a little coaching about my breathing after the race so maybe it will be easier next week.
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A slow 37m 49s for this week's #allypallyparkrun. I got a little coaching about my breathing after the race so maybe it will be easier next week.
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
If you run tech events, would you be interested in using a "last minute" / "emergency" presenter?
Three times recently I've been asked if I could cover a speaking slot due to a booked speaker dropping out.
There are lots of directories of tech speakers - but I couldn't find any dedicated to […]
Three times recently I've been asked if I could cover a speaking slot due to a booked speaker dropping out.
There are lots of directories of tech speakers - but I couldn't find any dedicated to […]
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mastodon.social
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you run tech events, would you be interested in using a "last minute" / "emergency" presenter?
Three times recently I've been asked if I could cover a speaking slot due to a booked speaker dropping out.
There are lots of directories of tech speakers - but I couldn't find any dedicated to […]
Three times recently I've been asked if I could cover a speaking slot due to a booked speaker dropping out.
There are lots of directories of tech speakers - but I couldn't find any dedicated to […]
Excellent insights from @ewebber into why we use icebreakers, what a good and bad icebreaker looks like and how to select the right ones for specific scenarios.
https://emilywebber.co.uk/more-icebreakers-for-meetings-and-workshops-that-dont-suck-no-really/
https://emilywebber.co.uk/more-icebreakers-for-meetings-and-workshops-that-dont-suck-no-really/
emilywebber.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Excellent insights from @ewebber into why we use icebreakers, what a good and bad icebreaker looks like and how to select the right ones for specific scenarios.
https://emilywebber.co.uk/more-icebreakers-for-meetings-and-workshops-that-dont-suck-no-really/
https://emilywebber.co.uk/more-icebreakers-for-meetings-and-workshops-that-dont-suck-no-really/
🇩🇪 I'm looking forward to LeadDev Berlin next week where I will be running a workshop "Navigating difference and disagreement".
If you're going to be there, then it would be great to meet up.
If you're going to be there, then it would be great to meet up.
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🇩🇪 I'm looking forward to LeadDev Berlin next week where I will be running a workshop "Navigating difference and disagreement".
If you're going to be there, then it would be great to meet up.
If you're going to be there, then it would be great to meet up.
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
ICYMI, last month, I gave a talk about the perverse incentives of Open Source and our unwillingless to impose consequences that could change those incentives. It's about the folly of directly paying maintainers, and why we should focus on collective organising […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ICYMI, last month, I gave a talk about the perverse incentives of Open Source and our unwillingless to impose consequences that could change those incentives. It's about the folly of directly paying maintainers, and why we should focus on collective organising […]
"I believe a bug backlog should be extremely small. To achieve that I am a fan of fixing things either immediately, or… never."
— Luca Rossi from https://refactoring.fm/p/fixing-bugs-team-stages-and-balancing
— Luca Rossi from https://refactoring.fm/p/fixing-bugs-team-stages-and-balancing
Fixing bugs, team stages, and balancing acts 💡
Monday Ideas — Edition #179
refactoring.fm
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"I believe a bug backlog should be extremely small. To achieve that I am a fan of fixing things either immediately, or… never."
— Luca Rossi from https://refactoring.fm/p/fixing-bugs-team-stages-and-balancing
— Luca Rossi from https://refactoring.fm/p/fixing-bugs-team-stages-and-balancing
"More than £100m was spent last year by local authorities and the government on failed efforts to block support for children and young people with special educational needs in England...
The enormous cost in legal fees and staff resources came after councils won just 136 out of more than 10,000 […]
The enormous cost in legal fees and staff resources came after councils won just 136 out of more than 10,000 […]
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social.monkeysthumb.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"More than £100m was spent last year by local authorities and the government on failed efforts to block support for children and young people with special educational needs in England...
The enormous cost in legal fees and staff resources came after councils won just 136 out of more than 10,000 […]
The enormous cost in legal fees and staff resources came after councils won just 136 out of more than 10,000 […]
A beautiful day for #allypallyparkrun. 35m 25s
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A beautiful day for #allypallyparkrun. 35m 25s
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
OpenAI's CISO Dane Stuckey posted an essay (on Twitter) about how their new ChatGPT Atlas browser attempts to deal with the risk of prompt injection attacks, I ended up writing a point-by-point commentary on my blog: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/22/openai-ciso-on-atlas/
Dane Stuckey (OpenAI CISO) on prompt injection risks for ChatGPT Atlas
My biggest complaint about the launch of the ChatGPT Atlas browser the other day was the lack of details on how OpenAI are addressing prompt injection attacks. The launch post …
simonwillison.net
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
OpenAI's CISO Dane Stuckey posted an essay (on Twitter) about how their new ChatGPT Atlas browser attempts to deal with the risk of prompt injection attacks, I ended up writing a point-by-point commentary on my blog: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/22/openai-ciso-on-atlas/
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
Oh my days! This blog post is absolutely perfect. 10/10, no notes. I feel like every word, every emphasis, has been chosen and delivered deliberately, and it's brutally accurate.
https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/
https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/
A Word on Omarchy
An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.
xn--gckvb8fzb.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh my days! This blog post is absolutely perfect. 10/10, no notes. I feel like every word, every emphasis, has been chosen and delivered deliberately, and it's brutally accurate.
https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/
https://マリウス.com/a-word-on-omarchy/
"It's not done until it's not running in production any more"
— @sarahjwells from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RgrBLXL_fs
— @sarahjwells from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RgrBLXL_fs
October 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"It's not done until it's not running in production any more"
— @sarahjwells from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RgrBLXL_fs
— @sarahjwells from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RgrBLXL_fs
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
A blog post: Hello Giles - digging in the archives https://undermanager.ghost.io/hello-giles-digging-in-the-archives/
Hello Giles - digging in the archives
A correspondent has pointed out that the links to my blog from Doing Presentations are broken (because my blog is dead). And since Doing Presentations is the best site on the internet I thought I should dig in the archives to find the relevant archived links. And since RSS may
undermanager.ghost.io
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A blog post: Hello Giles - digging in the archives https://undermanager.ghost.io/hello-giles-digging-in-the-archives/
Dry and cool for today's #allypallyparkrun , 35m 39s
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Dry and cool for today's #allypallyparkrun , 35m 39s
Reposted by Joel Chippindale
notes on switching to Helix from vim https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/
Notes on switching to Helix from vim
jvns.ca
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
notes on switching to Helix from vim https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/10/10/notes-on-switching-to-helix-from-vim/
Francis Lacoste and I are running an online workshop "The Art of Meaningful Networking" at the end this month to support engineering leaders to develop their networking skills.
For technical leaders, building these relationships is a force […]
[Original post on social.monkeysthumb.co.uk]
For technical leaders, building these relationships is a force […]
[Original post on social.monkeysthumb.co.uk]
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Francis Lacoste and I are running an online workshop "The Art of Meaningful Networking" at the end this month to support engineering leaders to develop their networking skills.
For technical leaders, building these relationships is a force […]
[Original post on social.monkeysthumb.co.uk]
For technical leaders, building these relationships is a force […]
[Original post on social.monkeysthumb.co.uk]
"It’s also become clear to me that LLMs actively reward existing top tier software engineering practices:"
— Simon Willison from https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/,
— Simon Willison from https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/,
Vibe engineering
Comments
simonwillison.net
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"It’s also become clear to me that LLMs actively reward existing top tier software engineering practices:"
— Simon Willison from https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/,
— Simon Willison from https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/,
Cool and sunny for today's #allypallyparkrun — 36m 42s
October 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Cool and sunny for today's #allypallyparkrun — 36m 42s
"So many engineers will tell you they hate politics, and yes, there is definitely toxic workplace politics. But there’s a baseline where politics is getting things done. It’s convincing people that the idea is good, and that it can be executed."
— Cate Huston from […]
— Cate Huston from […]
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social.monkeysthumb.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"So many engineers will tell you they hate politics, and yes, there is definitely toxic workplace politics. But there’s a baseline where politics is getting things done. It’s convincing people that the idea is good, and that it can be executed."
— Cate Huston from […]
— Cate Huston from […]
7 hours after leaving for the airport to go home, and having got as far as taxiing in the plane 😞
I said I liked it here but...
I said I liked it here but...
September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
7 hours after leaving for the airport to go home, and having got as far as taxiing in the plane 😞
I said I liked it here but...
I said I liked it here but...
A conversation at CTO Craft Con yesterday sparked my memories of The First International Conference on Software Archeology (TICOSA) back in 2014.
The website for the conference is long gone but luckily some write-ups survive.
- Chris Roos's notes […]
The website for the conference is long gone but luckily some write-ups survive.
- Chris Roos's notes […]
Original post on social.monkeysthumb.co.uk
social.monkeysthumb.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
A conversation at CTO Craft Con yesterday sparked my memories of The First International Conference on Software Archeology (TICOSA) back in 2014.
The website for the conference is long gone but luckily some write-ups survive.
- Chris Roos's notes […]
The website for the conference is long gone but luckily some write-ups survive.
- Chris Roos's notes […]
Hello Berlin
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hello Berlin