Software Development Leader & Cloud Architect specialising in building effective serverless architectures on AWS
Dublin, Ireland
Joined April 2014
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Giving thanks to Orbital for all the music. This year I couldn’t stop listening to Are You Alive?. #SpotifyWrapped
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Thank you so much @BelTel_Business for this amazing award and our highly commended recognition as Best Place to Work - we are incredibly proud 🎉
The award for Excellence in Workplace Health and Wellbeing goes to @Liberty_IT. The judges noted the “impressive array of benefits” for employees, from counselling to gym memberships. The category is sponsored by @Vyta_Secure. #ITAwards2023
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This, from @ClimateSciBreak is just…perfect. Watch the full clip, you won’t be disappointed. 🧑🍳
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What a great gathering at @bigdatabelfast! 🎉
Last week, we had the amazing opportunity to connect with industry leaders in data and business, exchanging knowledge and insights.
Let us know your key takeaway if you were there!💡
ALT Cormac from Liberty IT standing on stage behind a podium with the Big Data Belfast logo displayed.
ALT A Liberty IT employee standing at an exhibition booth, engaging in a conversation with attendees. Surrounding him, there are various promotional materials and other individuals in the background interacting.
ALT Conference hall at Big Data Belfast with the audience sitting down and focused on a presentation screen on stage.
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@KarlKyck knocking it out of the park today at @NIDevConf covering Testing Excellence. Great to showcase the mission and HPE practices that help make @Liberty_IT excellent - thanks to Karl for awesome thought leadership 👏
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There is only one Karl Kyck. A passionate man when it comes to testing excellence
@Liberty_IT @NIDevConf
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Great to be back speaking again at NIDC with Yuan and Saurab
Kicking off with the first talk of @NIDevConf in room 1A with @Liberty_IT !
Title: "When Copilot takes over"
Excited to hear about how they have used OpenAI for codebases with its pros and cons. Is it worth it?
Come find out more!!! #NIDC2023
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We had a wonderful time at the community open day at Terenure Garda Station! Thanks to the super friendly gardaí for giving us a tour and showing us the equipment they use to do their work, keeping us safe. The kids had a great time! @gardainfo
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There is no way to avoid or replace the hard work of thinking. When you write a test you are thinking about how to specify behavior. When you make the test pass you are thinking about how to implement that specification. When you refactor you are thinking about how to communicate both the specification and implementation to others.
You cannot replace any of these thought processes with tools. You cannot generate the code from tests, or the tests from code, because that would cause you to abandon a critical thought process. And may God help you if you use a tool to do the refactoring for you.
The purpose of a tool is to enable and facilitate thought; not to replace it.
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NEW POST
While coding assistants like Copilot can improve speed and flow, they can also disrupt it. Birgitta Böckeler looks at two ways in which they can get in the way: amplifying bad or outdated practices, and review fatigue.
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I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Green Software for Practitioners from The Linux Foundation! lnkd.in/ekBaBHH9
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I’ve been reluctant to try ChatGPT. Today I got over that reluctance. Now I understand why I was reluctant.
The value of 90% of my skills just dropped to $0. The leverage for the remaining 10% went up 1000x. I need to recalibrate.
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NEW POST: Many software teams pack too much work into their iterations. Teams will usually run better when they have deliberate slack, as it allows their delivery to be more predictable and gives them time to improve their environment.
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An 8-week "buffer period" where the exec agreed to stop pushing us & let us get our space together so WE could start pushing
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I got a message about code health something along the lines of, "How can we convince the business that pursuing beauty in the code is valuable?" You can't. Wrong framing. Offer them something they want instead.
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I've spoken to 2,000+ companies about the future of work in the last 12 months
A few predictions of what will happen in 2023
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Conways Law has been an important part of my thinking for years. Important enough to affect every system I've come across, and powerful enough that you're doomed to defeat if you try to fight it.
martinfowler.com/bliki/Conwa…
Wow! Handy instructions for over-thinkers on how to simplify and communicate your thoughts and ideas 😍
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"Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter." - Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
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What a summer it's been so far... and it's not over yet!
We started on a high at Carlingford, flew the flag at Pride and rocked the boat at Clandeboye Estate.
Ready for what's next?
#Celebrate #LIT25Years
