Daniel Terhorst-North

@tastapod

Optimizer of organizations, teams and software, programmer, Agile coach, technologist, troublemaker. Christian, husband, occasional blogger.

London, UK
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Joined April 2008
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    Feb 13
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    "Whilst there is value in items on the right, all the consulting and certification dollars are to be made by grandstanding about items on the left"

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    13 hours ago

    I recently stumbled on this blog post again. You should read it once a decade whether you need to or not.

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    13 hours ago

    Complex systems can evolve from simple systems only if there are stable intermediate forms. -- Donella Meadows, "Thinking in Systems" (this is why continuous integration is so important)

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    May 7

    Prompted by the shocking falsehoods in Planet of the Humans, this thread asks why so many people in rich nations claim that the biggest environmental problem is . The conclusion will enrage some people, but I think it’s unavoidable. Let’s take this step by step

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    May 5

    This is what success looks like: (1/4)

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    May 7

    Get the "Build Quality In" book - and experience reports from the wild and learn what worked, what didn’t, and the highs and lows of trying to build quality into an organisation! Edited by &

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    May 4

    Friday was my last day at Amazon: [Server’s running a little hot but give it time, it’ll come through.]

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    May 5

    I will respectfully challenge the Government - I want our country to succeed. However, I will not 'watch my tone' when dozens of NHS and care staff are dying unnecessarily. A clip of my Q to the Health Sec today.

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    May 5

    When Germany fails to build their own contact tracing app and switched to Google/Apple, you know the app is best left to grown-ups.

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    May 3

    (pronoun)I (adverb)totally (verb)agree (preposition)that (noun)readability (verb)is (adverb)more (adjective)important (prep)than (noun)writability, (conjunction)but (verb)making (noun)everything (adjective)explicit (verb)doesn't (adverb)always (verb)improve (noun)comprehension.

    Many trends in modern programming language design seem to focus on developers pressing fewer keys on the keyboard. To me, that's a strange priority. For large systems where the industry spends most of its time, I think "readability" is much more important than "writability." 1/5
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    May 2

    Emerson, my 11 year old, is on a bit of a wild ride with the and our local mail carrier, Doug. And, I think there’s a deeper message to it all. First, the backstory...

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    Apr 29

    Perhaps an unpopular opinion: It should take a little while for a package to get to you. Moving items across thousands of miles in an efficient manner (that accounts for environmental impact) is not a fast process. Amazon Prime has created unrealistic expectations.

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    Apr 30

    Paris: "we will not return to a world dominated by cars!" Berlin: "let's turn car lanes into bike lanes :))" Georgia:

    Georgia teens will no longer need to pass a formal driving test to get a driver's license due to the pandemic. They will only need parents approval:
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    Apr 30

    Shri Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited comments on the .

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    Apr 30

    I've made a handy chart to help you follow the escalating debate on contact tracing apps. Different countries are leaning in different directions — but why? Assorted thoughts and questions follow...

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    Apr 29
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    is the most down to earth and chill person on Twitter with 30k+ followers. I respect her.

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    Apr 29

    In 'Cars 2' (2011) while in a pub in London, there is a tapestry on the wall that is the DunBroch family tapestry from Brave (2012), except they are portrayed as cars

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    Apr 27

    Last week, I lost my job. I’m looking for a new role, ideally full time, and remote only. I’m an experienced, “full stack” developer that can really level teams up through direct contributions and mentoring. Would appreciate any signal boost here.

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    Apr 24

    This young black woman has had her story copied and plagiarised by magazine. Please retweet to get the message out there! Black voices matter.

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    Apr 24

    If you haven't seen the talk by "How to Break the Rules" it's definitely one to add to your list. He articulates and enhances so well the ideas of Eli Goldratt around these patterns in adoption of innovations.

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    Apr 25

    Because I want to.

    I’m not known for my own sartorial elegance but why would anyone like Naga Munchetty feel the need to wear high-heeled shoes like these on a BBC TV breakfast news programme? Discuss...
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