Anton Piatek

@sldrant
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Geek, maker, trail runner. Professional bit herder
From birdsite @antonpiatek
LocationNr Belfast, Northern Ireland
Bloghttps://www.antonpiatek.dev/
20 mile long run done today and ankle seemed OK, so fingers crossed Belfast marathon goes OK in May

We've spent the last three decades introducing seams into our software systems that mostly just damage them, driven by the insatiable business urge to parallelise work.

A few thoughts on how we end up with extreme dissonance in our software design due, and a technique I'm using to navigate in this small piece: "Seams in Software" - https://davidwhitney.co.uk/blog/2026/03/20/seams_in_software/

Seams in Software - david whitney, agile & software practices in london

The personal website of David Whitney, a software professional specialising in agile software development, lean practices, continuous delivery and C#/.NET/ASP.NET MVC/REST based in London.

Really enjoyed Project Hail Mary. Seemed fairly faithful to the book, from memory
Excellent news!
Good see the UK not going down the same route as countries run by religious extremists.
https://humanists.uk/2026/03/19/lords-vote-to-uphold-decriminalisation-of-abortion-and-secure-historic-pardons-for-women/
Lords vote to uphold decriminalisation of abortion and secure historic pardons for women

Last night, the House of Lords voted to back abortion reform passed by MPs last year which will take abortion out of the English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies, voted in support of an amendment to pardon women who have been prosecuted under abortion criminal law, and fought… Continue reading Lords vote to uphold decriminalisation of abortion and secure historic pardons for women

Humanists UK

If you work in tech in the UK, join a union.

Even if your employer is great now, things can change. The current general obsession with AI is a good reason to be aware of all of your rights.

Even as a lone member in a company you have access to valuable advice and support. 🤞 You may never need it, in which case your membership helps those that do.

UTAW are a bit more political / campaigining: https://utaw.tech/

Prospect a bit less: https://prospect.org.uk/tech-workers/

#union

UTAW: A Union for Tech Workers

If you develop or deploy tech, work in any tech role, or your workplace is a tech company, this union is for you.

This is actually really interesting. When I was young and stupid I decided to walk from Brighton to Hastings (about 13 hours). And what struck me at the time was that you simply couldn't walk the coast, which I thought was a bit weird. Now I'm old and stupid I'd like to do this whole route. I bet there are people planning to walk/run it.

World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dxexdd8xo

World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public

The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.

BBC News

It's not often you see a CVE perfect 10.

Anyone with a #Ubiquiti #Unifi network needs to update their Network controller immediately.

#SysAdmin #HomeLab #MastoAdmin #security #cyberSecurity

https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-062-062/c29719c0-405e-4d4a-8f26-e343e99f931b

As my wife ate her porridge this morning she asked "what exactly are oats?" and it turned out to be an interesting question because of Vavilonian mimicry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilovian_mimicry

Vavilovian mimicry - Wikipedia

Incoming!
Remember that the same people say the same thing about AI