Simon Brunning

@brunns
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He/him. Father. Nerd. Pythonista. Agileista. Thoughtworker. Proud member of the tofu eating Guardian reading wokerati. Secularist. Rationalist and empiricist. Comedy groupie. Good hugger. Music lover. Radio 4.
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ADRs are short documents that capture a decision, structured into logs that reveal a history of architectural thinking for a product

https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ArchitectureDecisionRecord.html

bliki: Architecture Decision Record

A short document that captures a single decision, structured into a log to provide a history

martinfowler.com

Interviewer: Can you perform under pressure?

Me: I can do the Bowie part, but I don't have the upper range to sing the Freddie part.

UK regulator examines IT glitch that enabled bank customers to see others’ accounts on app

Information Commissioner’s Office made aware of incident affecting Lloyd’s, Halifax and Bank of Scotland

The Guardian

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Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system

Daughter just came home to tell me the teachers at school tried to confiscate her vape but they couldn't because it's actually a kazoo.

"I made a kazoo noise at them and I could see them dying on the inside so I made a sad kazoo noise instead. I don't think it helped."

The grin on her face.

You’re absolutely right — you are Pagliacci. It would certainly be difficult for you to attend your own performance! I should not have given such paradoxical advice, and I apologize deeply for the error. There is no excuse for my failure.

Nevertheless, comedy is a powerful healing force. My recommendation is to seek out live entertainment. For example, great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up. 🔗 Sponsored Reply (Great Clown Productions, Ltd.)

NEWS! I've only ever racially abused people in a non-hurtful way, insists Nigel Farage https://newsthump.com/2025/11/25/ive-only-ever-racially-abused-people-in-a-non-hurtful-way-insists-nigel-farage/

For the foreseeable future, when it matters, there *will* be a software developer at the wheel. If Jevons is to be believed, probably *more* of us.

I'd start hiring now if you want to beat the stampede for the remaining skilled devs when reality sinks in.

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/the-future-of-software-development-is-software-developers/

The Future of Software Development is Software Developers

I’ve been a computer programmer all-told for 43 years. That’s more than half the entire history of electronic programmable computers. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of things chang…

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Rolling your own #crypto.

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