• Style

    No biggie – just the most stylish people at #yow24 💅


  • Some photos from Day 1 of YOW Brisbane 2024. I spent most of the day in AI talks, and only slightly gritted my teeth. 😜

    Me introducing the keynote at YOW

    Steffen opening YOW

    David speaking at YOW Brisbane

    MishManners presenting at YOW

    Thomas playing the piano at YOW

    Rod presenting at YOW

    Rasmus presenting at YOW


  • One of the challenges of being back at an event like YOW Brisbane is that it highlights how terrible my memory has become for faces. I’m usually good if I see a person’s nametag, but without it I will 100% reintroduce myself to someone I’ve met many times. 😔 Apologies in advance everyone – it’s not you; it’s definitely me!


  • YOW Brisbane 2024

    Very excited to kick off today’s YOW conference in Brisbane! It’s been years since I’ve caught up with some of these folks. ❤️


  • Day trip to North Stradbroke Island! Lovely day for it. Rodd even did today’s Advent of Code from the beach. ❤️☀️🏖️⛴️

    Ferry to Straddie

    Us at Straddie

    Rodd on the beach at Straddie

    Reading on the beach at Straddie

    Rodd coding on the beach

    Kite surfer

    Rodd on Straddie

    Us, tired and sweaty


  • Another flight

    Next stop Brisbane! ✈️


  • Day 2 at YOW 2024 Melbourne! I saw fantastic talks about getting executive buy-in, why you should develop your tech lead skills, how Spotify built Discover Weekly, nuances to programming in Rust, horror stories about not using feature flags, and why 100% efficiency is a bad goal.

    Allen Holub presenting at YOW

    Pat Kua presenting at YOW

    Joakim Sundén presenting at YOW

    Steve Smith presenting at YOW

    Edith Harbaugh presenting at YOW

    Holly Cummins presenting at YOW

    A slide from Holly’s talk


  • Having a great time so far at YOW 2024 Melbourne, catching up with friends and learning from some amazing speakers.

    Three people smiling at a pub

    Me and Michele Playfair

    Nilesh Makwana presenting at YOW

    Suz Hinton presenting at YOW

    Giacomo Cavalieri presenting at YOW

    Andrea Magnorsky presenting at YOW


  • Next stop: Melbourne!

    Heading to Melbs for YOW Conference. Looking forward to catching up with everyone! ❤️


  • The landscapers have been hard at work for the past week working on our three sets of stairs. Each of them is being clad in “bluestone” (same as the big pavers), and they have had to cut every piece to the right size. The front steps were recently reconstructed from concrete so they went first.

    Front steps with new bluestone cladding

    The back steps were existing concrete steps.

    Back steps with new bluestone cladding

    For the ones off the back door, they had to first remove the old cladding… which meant jackhammering. I’m sorry to all the neighbours! Thankfully the loud part should be done, though they’re still fitting the new pieces.

    Back steps

    We’ve had some shockingly hot days. I was amused to see that the guys turned my clothesline into a shelter of sorts.

    A clothesline turned into a makeshift shelter