Ally Weir
allyjweir.co.uk
Ally Weir
@allyjweir.co.uk
Senior Software Engineer working on system reliability and availability. Interested in Systems Thinking and Human Factors.
As well, our codebase was pretty mature to begin with. We have clear UI/UX patterns that it can extend, reuse and evolve. It's not a clean slate.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I typically have a couple of these PRs baking any given week. The validation + code review definitely takes a little time but generally the quality is acceptable.

Why does this work? I think part of it is our use of Twirp. Our API is well defined and typed making it easier for Copilot to leverage.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Would love an extraction balloon tool.

Hoping the new matchmaking just takes some time to settle.

For our final match of the night we loaded into Stella Montis, free loadout and just started blasting. We made it out, just. Very different to launch AR though.
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Azure similarly document their Deployment Stamp pattern. It too rewards deep reading.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Deployment Stamps pattern - Azure Architecture Center
Learn about the Deployment Stamps pattern, which deploys many independent copies (known as stamps, service units, or scale units) of application components.
learn.microsoft.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Saw Across the Spiderverse with a live band early this year. The opening sequence was incredible with it. Such great work.
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There might be a great unifying plan behind it as a design language but they haven't made a good enough argument for that at launch.
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM