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@starbuxman Remember last year when you were getting ready to fly to Australia?

Good times.


@Mandy_Kerr Tell me that was intentional.


@kengel100 @yow_conf Oh god, I know. I raised that one yesterday. We’re working on it. (Sorry.)


@kengel100 @yow_conf Should be fixed later today!


RT @RoaldDahlFans: In NYC with several grand to burn?
@bonhams1793 has an auction tomorrow that includes several pieces of Willy Wonka con…


@kengel100 @yow_conf Nah, no credit to me. @smithcdau was all over it already!


Prepare Flamin’ Hot Cheetos-crusted turkey as the Pilgrims intended https://t.co/WkR1j2k1lH – God bless America. πŸ”₯πŸ¦ƒ https://t.co/dTpiI3IJBz


@KenScambler @yow_conf It’s a test! πŸ˜‚ (We know. It’s getting fixed as we speak!)


RT @delitescere: Come along to the @yow_conf Sydney #ctosummit this year!
https://t.co/xCHupGk0WQ


First speaker of the night is Freddy (Sudhakar Frederick) from @elabor8 talking about engineering effectiveness! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/DUQu0FbvPT


@darthted @owensenior @SydTechLeaders @freelancer Was touch and go there for a bit. πŸ˜‰


High performing teams perform significantly better than their peers at throughput, stability… and quality! #sydtechleaders https://t.co/x3w9OVBAkV


The secret sauce of high performing IT orgs is small and frequent changes. Leads to good stuff going up, bad things going down. #sydtechleaders https://t.co/SeSnLgBy7Q


Next speaker is Jill Macmurchy from @newrelic talking about moving faster with confidence. And she’s starting with… golf?! ⛳️ #sydtechleaders https://t.co/GfcHzhyFY3


Fast moving companies deploy thousands of times a year. (Nice numbers by local company @carsales!) #sydtechleaders https://t.co/kaWIuqLRhX


You know a speaker is a pro when they rock up to the meetup straight from a plane and say “What would you like me to talk about?” 😍 @mipsytipsy #sydtechleaders


@qnmco @mipsytipsy They are indeed!


Final speaker is @mipsytipsy talking about observability. Our tools are designed for a predictable world, but the world is complex. #sydtechleaders https://t.co/6JTn0vV08y


RT @crankymate: Observability talk by @mipsytipsy at #sydtechleaders https://t.co/TIzWEJFEZ0


There are lots of ways to measure complexity. Here’s a very simple example. “Anybody remember LAMP stacks? When you only had to decide between MySQL and Postgres?” πŸ˜‚ @mipsytipsy #sydtechleaders https://t.co/hDVJeYBwOx


I’m vacillating between laughing at @mipsytipsy’s entertaining stories and being horrified at the complexities involved in managing unknown-unknowns in distributed systems. “This is your job now.” πŸ˜‚πŸ˜± #sydtechleaders https://t.co/PB8DNclnMj


RT @owensenior: @mipsytipsy is hands down one or the best speakers I’ve ever enjoyed. Damn she’s good. @SydTechLeaders https://t.co/mfAXgt5…


“Every dashboard is an artifact of a past failure.” I want that on a t-shirt. πŸ˜‚ #sydtechleaders @mipsytipsy https://t.co/qaDR0QTRXq


“Don’t promote anyone to senior engineer who doesn’t know how to run and observe their own systems. This stuff is table stakes nowadays.” @mipsytipsy #sydtechleaders


Kicking off the Q&A panel with all the speakers. @owensenior asks where to start if you join a company that needs a *lot* of help… #sydtechleaders https://t.co/qXsuSX22Af


The things that we praise get repeated. Don’t praise devs for heroic efforts saving the company at 2am. Praise them for shipping on time and going home at 5pm! #sydtechleaders


@crankymate πŸ˜‚


RT @crankymate: An alternative to Chaos Monkey β€” interns! #sydtechleaders


RT @FourRedShoes: Love the graphic intrigue of these experiments in bodice dart manipulation from Rachel Poulter
https://t.co/gtvC49Jqs1 h…


RT @gilmae: I saw a version of this talk by @LeeRyanCampbell in Sydney at a Yow night. It may have been the best money I have spent this ye…


@roisinparkes @mipsytipsy We lucked out getting her! Many thanks to @evanderkoogh for introducing her to us. ❀️


RT @j__st: Is it me, or do people who sew have more attractive partners? https://t.co/tOCijb9PxR


@roisinparkes @mipsytipsy The best MLP references I’ve seen since @bodil (which is saying something).


@eddy_etfl Just spotted you on @SewGertieSew’s Instagram, I think!


RT @aimhigherweb: Earlier this year we saw @web_goddess give her keynote at @DDDPerth! πŸŽ‰πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»
And we love making the web better! https://t.co…


@cadellchristo @DDDPerth @LJKenward It was, but not everybody uses that terminology.


@gerardkcohen πŸ‘πŸ’―


RT @gerardkcohen: Ah yes, and product/ business for having clear requirements on time, designers having completed wireframes/ mockups in ti…


Precious metals. https://t.co/eU2hOzRvKk https://t.co/GSmTaUySZc


Today’s #vismatters2017 conf kicking off at UNSW! Thanks @EPICentreUNSW @tomaszbednarz @Data61news and all sponsors for putting on this event. https://t.co/AAAY1wxcUP


RT @yow_conf: Our Business Agility conference page is now up!

If you’re interested in organisational design, market disruption & product i…


Excited for this morning’s keynote with @poljeremias from @DisneyPixar! #vismatters2017 #VizMatters https://t.co/yd0F9Rqu7z


@ericscheid Ha! Where are you? πŸ˜‚


That is a hell of a CV, @poljeremias. #VizMatters #vismatters2017 https://t.co/SvLNQ5umjS


“Is it possible to move past the Uncanny Valley?” @poljeremias says definitively YES. #VizMatters #vismatters2017


Prof. Anna Munster is taking about deep learning networks and the difficulty in visualising what they’re doing. #VizMatters #vismatters2017 https://t.co/d0PO0Dynr1


RT @nayafia: Me, logging into every website:

*please for the love of god don’t make me 2FA again*


Friend of @yow_conf @nambor is next up talking Web and VR! Always entertaining and informative. #VizMatters #vismatters2017 https://t.co/EewRiDexXZ



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