John Patterson
@jasper07.secondphase.com.au
"Such is life"
https://secondphase.com.au
https://secondphase.com.au
Enterprise software has been on autopilot for too long, vendors dictating products as solutions, low-code platforms promising shortcuts, offshore arbitrage over expertise.
@addyosmani.bsky.social reminding us why critical thinking is more important than ever.
addyo.substack.com/p/critical-t...
@addyosmani.bsky.social reminding us why critical thinking is more important than ever.
addyo.substack.com/p/critical-t...
Critical Thinking during the age of AI
Who, what, where, when, why, how
addyo.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Enterprise software has been on autopilot for too long, vendors dictating products as solutions, low-code platforms promising shortcuts, offshore arbitrage over expertise.
@addyosmani.bsky.social reminding us why critical thinking is more important than ever.
addyo.substack.com/p/critical-t...
@addyosmani.bsky.social reminding us why critical thinking is more important than ever.
addyo.substack.com/p/critical-t...
In the past, when options were limited, architects focused on business outcomes. Ask about technical details and you'd get two answers: "it depends" or "that's an implementation detail."
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In the past, when options were limited, architects focused on business outcomes. Ask about technical details and you'd get two answers: "it depends" or "that's an implementation detail."
What is a Tech Bubble Anyway?
IMO the 99 dot-com bubble was tech bros pumping tech bros for IPOs. Today feels similar except the goal isn't IPO, it's endless growth to attract more PE money. Circular economies manufacturing fake traction.
commoncog.com/what-is-a-te...
IMO the 99 dot-com bubble was tech bros pumping tech bros for IPOs. Today feels similar except the goal isn't IPO, it's endless growth to attract more PE money. Circular economies manufacturing fake traction.
commoncog.com/what-is-a-te...
What is a Tech Bubble Anyway?
What Data General and the minicomputer boom can tell us about our present moment.
commoncog.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What is a Tech Bubble Anyway?
IMO the 99 dot-com bubble was tech bros pumping tech bros for IPOs. Today feels similar except the goal isn't IPO, it's endless growth to attract more PE money. Circular economies manufacturing fake traction.
commoncog.com/what-is-a-te...
IMO the 99 dot-com bubble was tech bros pumping tech bros for IPOs. Today feels similar except the goal isn't IPO, it's endless growth to attract more PE money. Circular economies manufacturing fake traction.
commoncog.com/what-is-a-te...
A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.
github.com/unhappychoic...
github.com/unhappychoic...
GitHub - unhappychoice/gitlogue: A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.
A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story. - unhappychoice/gitlogue
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November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.
github.com/unhappychoic...
github.com/unhappychoic...
Very interesting discussion, Thoughtworks Technology Radar shows GenAI dominating, this reflects what clients want at the coal face. But Fowler comes off as cautious, good for greenfield/legacy exploration, needs constant supervision. The market is bullish. The veterans see a bubble.
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Brought to you by:
• Statsig — The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more. statsig.com/pragmatic
• Linear — The system for modern product development. linear.app/pragmatic?ut...
How AI will change software engineering – with Martin Fowler
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Very interesting discussion, Thoughtworks Technology Radar shows GenAI dominating, this reflects what clients want at the coal face. But Fowler comes off as cautious, good for greenfield/legacy exploration, needs constant supervision. The market is bullish. The veterans see a bubble.
Some notes on architecture diagrams
blog.veitheller.de/Some_notes_o...
blog.veitheller.de/Some_notes_o...
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Some notes on architecture diagrams
blog.veitheller.de/Some_notes_o...
blog.veitheller.de/Some_notes_o...
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Ouch last night CloudFlare, GitHub, Uber, planes, trains and automobiles, just in time for black friday
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ouch last night CloudFlare, GitHub, Uber, planes, trains and automobiles, just in time for black friday
Most IT solutions are corporate painkillers, quick fixes that hide symptoms (silos, inefficiency, slow delivery) while ignoring root causes (culture, people, process). And like painkillers, they’re addictive, expensive, and their side-effects are often long lasting and worse than the original pain.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Most IT solutions are corporate painkillers, quick fixes that hide symptoms (silos, inefficiency, slow delivery) while ignoring root causes (culture, people, process). And like painkillers, they’re addictive, expensive, and their side-effects are often long lasting and worse than the original pain.
two new demo apps highlighting UI5 Web Components playing nicely with SAPUI5 applications
sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/1.142.1/#/de...
sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/1.142.1/#/de...
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
two new demo apps highlighting UI5 Web Components playing nicely with SAPUI5 applications
sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/1.142.1/#/de...
sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/1.142.1/#/de...
Teams desperately needs playback speed. 2x for status meetings, 3x for watching someone hunt-and-peck during pair programming
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Teams desperately needs playback speed. 2x for status meetings, 3x for watching someone hunt-and-peck during pair programming
The fate of “small” open source
nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/t...
nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/t...
The fate of “small” open source
By far the most popular npm package I’ve ever written is blob-util, which is ~10 years old and still gets 5+ million weekly downloads. It’s a small collection of utilities for working w…
nolanlawson.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The fate of “small” open source
nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/t...
nolanlawson.com/2025/11/16/t...
Many failed SAP projects came down to tier-1 creating ambitious blueprints → tier-3 couldn't deliver
Today the 'blueprint' isn't high-level guidance, it's a detailed 5R list with tech specs on exactly what to rebuild, retain, or retire ..
I'm hearing tier-3 partners are pushing back. Too risky
Today the 'blueprint' isn't high-level guidance, it's a detailed 5R list with tech specs on exactly what to rebuild, retain, or retire ..
I'm hearing tier-3 partners are pushing back. Too risky
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Many failed SAP projects came down to tier-1 creating ambitious blueprints → tier-3 couldn't deliver
Today the 'blueprint' isn't high-level guidance, it's a detailed 5R list with tech specs on exactly what to rebuild, retain, or retire ..
I'm hearing tier-3 partners are pushing back. Too risky
Today the 'blueprint' isn't high-level guidance, it's a detailed 5R list with tech specs on exactly what to rebuild, retain, or retire ..
I'm hearing tier-3 partners are pushing back. Too risky
"Good engineering management" is a fad
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
"Good engineering management" is a fad
As I get older, I increasingly think about
whether I’m spending my time the right way
to advance my career and my life.
This is also a question that your company
asks about you every performance cycle...
lethain.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Good engineering management" is a fad
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
lethain.com/good-eng-mgm...
Good read - focus on timeless skills like execution, clarity, and ownership, not fads.
Just finished Episode 3 of #Pluribus Unlike Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul where you quickly warm to Walter and Saul, with Carol I find it easier to empathize with "the others", they're going out of their way to be nice and friendly and she refuses to read the room.
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just finished Episode 3 of #Pluribus Unlike Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul where you quickly warm to Walter and Saul, with Carol I find it easier to empathize with "the others", they're going out of their way to be nice and friendly and she refuses to read the room.
Nothing makes you appreciate home quite like a terrible hotel
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nothing makes you appreciate home quite like a terrible hotel
Databricks vs. Snowflake: Complete Architecture Mapping for Enterprise AI and Big Data dzone.com/articles/big...
Databricks vs. Snowflake: A Guide for AI and Big Data
Compare Databricks vs Snowflake: architecture mapping, code examples, and when to use each for AI/ML, ETL, and analytics. Includes real-world use cases.
dzone.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Databricks vs. Snowflake: Complete Architecture Mapping for Enterprise AI and Big Data dzone.com/articles/big...
Will AI replace your job?
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
Left brain vs right brain... #jimmycarr #crowdwork #standupcomedy #hecklers #heckles
YouTube video by Jimmy Carr
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Will AI replace your job?
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
youtube.com/shorts/1BUaR...
Walked into a Tricentis testing session by accident yesterday. “Quality Engineering” sounded cool. IT types were eating up the before and after metrics.
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Walked into a Tricentis testing session by accident yesterday. “Quality Engineering” sounded cool. IT types were eating up the before and after metrics.
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Meanwhile devs take a backseat and real quality gets lost in planning and tooling.
Post coming: “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of procure”
Mustafa sharing his experiences and observations during his year long world wide community eventathon #saptechedontour
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Mustafa sharing his experiences and observations during his year long world wide community eventathon #saptechedontour
The last couple of day there has been interesting discussions on the lack of a WAF (Web Application Firewall) in BTP. Tbl, if you follow the frameworks and best practices, a lot of the OWASP issues that a WAF addresses are catered for. Secure by Default. owasp.org/www-communit...
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The last couple of day there has been interesting discussions on the lack of a WAF (Web Application Firewall) in BTP. Tbl, if you follow the frameworks and best practices, a lot of the OWASP issues that a WAF addresses are catered for. Secure by Default. owasp.org/www-communit...
Stefanuz telling us about his experience of implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) #saptechedontour
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Stefanuz telling us about his experience of implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) #saptechedontour
Alisdair letting us know in the age of AI and Clean Core, the fundamentals like code quality matter now more than ever
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Alisdair letting us know in the age of AI and Clean Core, the fundamentals like code quality matter now more than ever
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
I really liked @hardingmatt.bsky.social practical actionable 10 point plan for moving towards a clean core solution
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I really liked @hardingmatt.bsky.social practical actionable 10 point plan for moving towards a clean core solution
#saptechedontour
#saptechedontour