Shared today on Twitter

There are cases where containers are not always the best fit… – @IanDCrosby #yow16 https://t.co/kmzRtoe0lC


OH at #yow16: “What’s your Twitter handle?” (That was @apaipi to her HUSBAND @erikcorry. 😂)


“I mean, who DOESN’T want to invent their own computer language? Fame! Fortune!” @erikcorry #yow16 https://t.co/BWWGlTPkVe


RT @richard_lopes: I need to invest, buy share in that company making stickies. Those #Agile freaks are all crazy about them 😁 – #yow16


Heh. @erikcorry’s compiler – which he is building live in front of us! – got applause for being faster at regexp than grep. 👏 #yow16 https://t.co/ujVyK819IY


The fabulous @GRobilliard introducing @randommood for her talk on the architectural patterns of distributed systems. #yow16 https://t.co/gOoVP7y51r


RT @stuartsierra: Don’t know any Clojure/Datomic? No problem! Come to my #yow16 talk this afternoon for conceptual overview


Different strategies to build resilience based on Borrill’s model. – @randommood #yow16 https://t.co/EZazQu4v33


Trust me, #yow16 attendees, you want to stick around for Dr. Little’s keynote tonight. It’s EXCELLENT.


So now we know some design patterns for building resilient systems, @caitie is going to show us how to verify their correctness. #yow16 https://t.co/cfzXSsoQZB


😍 Thanks @tcampezzi! #yow16 https://t.co/cYFmKaL7LW


Love emphasis on academic papers & research from speakers like @caitie and @randommood. As @unclebobmartin said: don’t stop learning! #yow16 https://t.co/DFKjaw1TFV


@boyter Where are you, anyway? You should be here!!


@boyter Gahhhhh. Next time!


@desplesda @thesecretlab I didn’t know you were carrying Secret Swag!!


@JedWatson You coming to Josh Duck?? I’m front row


Frontend at Scale kicking off in Blue room with @joshduck! #yow16 https://t.co/sUNLWpZj0W


PHP! This is now my favourite talk of #yow16. Thank you @joshduck 😜 https://t.co/OAKZ4BdBY1


Facebook had annoying bug where Chat state would get out of sync, show notifications when nothing was new. LIKE LINKEDIN ALLTHETIME. #yow16 https://t.co/EtMfOorrt9


@evanderkoogh You mean NOT moving to US, right?


Final talk – @jedws introducing @mjpt777′s talk “Engineering You” #yow16 https://t.co/zGVxIZEAFg


RT @DrBrianRLittle: The #yow16 event in Sydney is in full buzz mode. Waiting to give
closing keynote on personalities at work to brilliant…


Yay, Margaret Hamilton getting another shout-out at #yow16 from @mjpt777! https://t.co/VioibtXCaK


Don’t work with assholes. It really does bring you down. – @mjpt777 #truth #yow16 https://t.co/clSyJugAGk


Watching as @daveathomas introduces @DrBrianRLittle for the third and final time at #yow16! You’re all going to love this. 😁 https://t.co/H07m1JWm2H


@BeeropsMegaMix @stphnwallace In a cab with a contingent of YOW folks. There soon.


Proud to represent @yow_oz at the #BeeropsMegaMixer! #yow16 https://t.co/egn3Qhfg4M


Making sure my #yow16 lanyard is appropriately decorated for Day 2. Don’t forget my talk on KNITTING AS COMPUTER CODE at 4:25 in Green! https://t.co/kugVRyqG2J


Details of the blinky beanie I wore onstage this morning at #yow16: https://t.co/401CibbKZd https://t.co/b66VJfjotT


RT @yow_oz: #yow16 don’t forget that @apaipi’s talk will be at 2:10pm and @mtnygard will be at 3:30pm


The ever-cheerful Renee from @GPN_Sydney introducing @mranney in the Red room! (GPN is awesome. You should check it out.) #yow16 https://t.co/oAiUYmXjaY


Listening to some of the problems Uber faces with 2K+ microservices. “We DDoS ourselves all the time!” – @mranney 😂 #yow16 https://t.co/37R7wmDTZP


RT @thepaulrayner: Confirmed! Thanks @yow_oz! EventStorming above Red Room on mezzanine floor starts ~12:30pm. Grab a quick bite & come joi…


Event-based architecture doesn’t work great for Uber because SLA’s are human-scale. Person hits button & wants response NOW. #yow16 @mranney



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