A post from me is long overdue, but fear not - whilst I haven’t been spending time writing posts for this mailing list, I have been spending time working on the book! The finishing line is very much in sight. I’ll give a brief update on where I am
The summer weather is just about holding on here in the UK, but more autumnal weather is clearly on the way, and with it a very busy schedule for me from September till the end of the year. This month, amid the now constant hum of AI hype, I'
Yes, another monthly newsletter which has just arrived before the end of the month, assuming you aren't one of my antipodean readers (so sorry for those of you in New Zealand and Australia, who are instead getting this in August). Book Progress The chapter on message brokers is
Last week, Jamie Dobson's book "Visionaries, Rebels, Machines", was released. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Jamie's book. This book is a fun, fast-moving journey from the birth of electricity to the current age of the cloud. Along the
Continuing in my theme of getting the monthly updates done just in time, this one should hopefully reach folks in Australia & New Zealand in May - which is a definite improvement over last week. In many ways, my commitment to making this newsletter something which comes out monthly is an
Hi all, In my continuing quest to make sure this monthly newsletter actually gets released monthly, you'll notice that I am just squeaking under the wire to get this edition out before the end of the month. Well, actually, for those of you who are further ahead, timezone-
Hello everyone! I hope 2025 is treating you well, or that you are at least surviving. But I have good news, the newsletter is here! Read on for updates on the book front, some things you might want to read, and details about forthcoming events I'll be attending.
My goal with this news letter is to mostly keep things brief, but I had a trip to Ukraine last month that I felt compelled to write about in a bit more detail, so you can find more about my experiences of visiting the IT Arena conference in Lviv at
I want to say thank you so much for signing up to receive updates from me. This is the first of what I plan to be monthly updates keeping you abreast of how progress is going on my latest book, Building Distributed Resilient Systems, and anything else I might be