Tom Oram
@tomoram.bsky.social
Passionate about all aspects of software. Lead Consulting Engineer at Armakuni.
DevDevOps - bringing developers and DevOps engineers closer together.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
DevDevOps - bringing developers and DevOps engineers closer together.
Claude Code estimates work in the opposite way to how humans do it:
> Would you like to proceed with option 1, it will take 2-3 hours?
Yes
..5 mins later
> Done
> Would you like to proceed with option 1, it will take 2-3 hours?
Yes
..5 mins later
> Done
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Claude Code estimates work in the opposite way to how humans do it:
> Would you like to proceed with option 1, it will take 2-3 hours?
Yes
..5 mins later
> Done
> Would you like to proceed with option 1, it will take 2-3 hours?
Yes
..5 mins later
> Done
Have had Claude Code generate quite a few authorisation rules that look great on first glance but contain significant flaws when studied. I certainly foresee a lot of companies ending up with these kinds of scenarios in the near future.
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Have had Claude Code generate quite a few authorisation rules that look great on first glance but contain significant flaws when studied. I certainly foresee a lot of companies ending up with these kinds of scenarios in the near future.
What’s the thinking on comments in code when using agents manipulate the codebase? The agents add comments and I’m inclined to remove the ones that don’t seem to add value (i.e. most), but I do wander if the context helps future agent interactions?
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What’s the thinking on comments in code when using agents manipulate the codebase? The agents add comments and I’m inclined to remove the ones that don’t seem to add value (i.e. most), but I do wander if the context helps future agent interactions?
Today has been an extended example of why it’s important to run your infrastructure deployment code from scratch on a regular basis 😬
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today has been an extended example of why it’s important to run your infrastructure deployment code from scratch on a regular basis 😬
Reposted by Tom Oram
Refactoring Legacy Code with Alessandro Di Gioia: Don't miss the Episode!
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Refactoring Legacy Code with Alessandro Di Gioia: Don't miss the Episode!
Trips to the office are a great chance to get a bit of fun coding.
Today I’m pairing with Claude Code on a bit of Idris. Claude definitely knows Idris better than me but we are both struggling a bit.
Today I’m pairing with Claude Code on a bit of Idris. Claude definitely knows Idris better than me but we are both struggling a bit.
September 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trips to the office are a great chance to get a bit of fun coding.
Today I’m pairing with Claude Code on a bit of Idris. Claude definitely knows Idris better than me but we are both struggling a bit.
Today I’m pairing with Claude Code on a bit of Idris. Claude definitely knows Idris better than me but we are both struggling a bit.
Thanks to Claude, I can now hit the wall where a realise what I’m trying to do with type-level Haskell is impossible much quicker.
August 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Thanks to Claude, I can now hit the wall where a realise what I’m trying to do with type-level Haskell is impossible much quicker.
There is definitely a correlation between the number of shitty snacks I eat in a day and the amount of documentation I write in Confluence.
August 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There is definitely a correlation between the number of shitty snacks I eat in a day and the amount of documentation I write in Confluence.
One powerful aspect of mob programming that I don’t see mentioned much is that if the whole team is working on one thing then they must choose (or be given) the most important thing to work on - prioritisation is naturally pushed front and centre.
August 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One powerful aspect of mob programming that I don’t see mentioned much is that if the whole team is working on one thing then they must choose (or be given) the most important thing to work on - prioritisation is naturally pushed front and centre.
“Every year we get personal thank you letter from cloud provider for hitting Q1 revenue target…their Q1 revenue target”
It’s funny, but it’s also seems tragic to me how much many larger companies are willing to spend unnecessarily on cloud resources.
youtu.be/xIk0_uFV-rU?...
It’s funny, but it’s also seems tragic to me how much many larger companies are willing to spend unnecessarily on cloud resources.
youtu.be/xIk0_uFV-rU?...
Interview with Cloud Architect in 2025
YouTube video by Kai Lentit
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Every year we get personal thank you letter from cloud provider for hitting Q1 revenue target…their Q1 revenue target”
It’s funny, but it’s also seems tragic to me how much many larger companies are willing to spend unnecessarily on cloud resources.
youtu.be/xIk0_uFV-rU?...
It’s funny, but it’s also seems tragic to me how much many larger companies are willing to spend unnecessarily on cloud resources.
youtu.be/xIk0_uFV-rU?...
Technology migrations can be quick, simple and straightforward if you discount all the other things that are integrated with it and the people who use it.
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Technology migrations can be quick, simple and straightforward if you discount all the other things that are integrated with it and the people who use it.
Reposted by Tom Oram
Good move by JetBrains: blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2025/07...
This will benefit experienced developers, beginners, and students who get introduced to the tool early on as well.
This will benefit experienced developers, beginners, and students who get introduced to the tool early on as well.
IntelliJ IDEA Moves to the Unified Distribution | The IntelliJ IDEA Blog
We are excited to announce the next step for IntelliJ IDEA: we are moving to a single, unified distribution. And yes, before you ask, our commitment to open source remains as strong as ever. There
blog.jetbrains.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Good move by JetBrains: blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2025/07...
This will benefit experienced developers, beginners, and students who get introduced to the tool early on as well.
This will benefit experienced developers, beginners, and students who get introduced to the tool early on as well.
The basics of OpenTelemetry are nice clean and straightforward, however, wading through the piles of information around which specific attributes to include isn’t a whole lot of fun (not least because 90%+ of them are marked as being in development).
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The basics of OpenTelemetry are nice clean and straightforward, however, wading through the piles of information around which specific attributes to include isn’t a whole lot of fun (not least because 90%+ of them are marked as being in development).
Today has been a day where the LLMs have been a hinderance rather than a help.
July 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today has been a day where the LLMs have been a hinderance rather than a help.
OTLP: Open Telemetry Protocol
OLTP: Online Transaction Processing
My brain, tongue, and typing fingers dislike the fact that both of these abbreviations exist.
OLTP: Online Transaction Processing
My brain, tongue, and typing fingers dislike the fact that both of these abbreviations exist.
July 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
OTLP: Open Telemetry Protocol
OLTP: Online Transaction Processing
My brain, tongue, and typing fingers dislike the fact that both of these abbreviations exist.
OLTP: Online Transaction Processing
My brain, tongue, and typing fingers dislike the fact that both of these abbreviations exist.
Giving Claude code a try. I tried to be ambitious and create an iOS app for my first attempt, it’s not gone too well so far.
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Giving Claude code a try. I tried to be ambitious and create an iOS app for my first attempt, it’s not gone too well so far.
Often Haskell projects have code which can look quite daunting, but Hadolint has done a great job of being clean, simple and accessible.
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Often Haskell projects have code which can look quite daunting, but Hadolint has done a great job of being clean, simple and accessible.
Two parenting tips for people with a 4 year old:
1. Get construction toys with real tools like screwdrivers. Real tools are so much more fun and engaging than plastic toy ones.
2. Don’t let your child have a real screwdriver, they will take things apart!
1. Get construction toys with real tools like screwdrivers. Real tools are so much more fun and engaging than plastic toy ones.
2. Don’t let your child have a real screwdriver, they will take things apart!
July 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Two parenting tips for people with a 4 year old:
1. Get construction toys with real tools like screwdrivers. Real tools are so much more fun and engaging than plastic toy ones.
2. Don’t let your child have a real screwdriver, they will take things apart!
1. Get construction toys with real tools like screwdrivers. Real tools are so much more fun and engaging than plastic toy ones.
2. Don’t let your child have a real screwdriver, they will take things apart!
Reposted by Tom Oram
My general rule is that if there's a certificate in it, it's not Agile. The very notion of a certificate is based on a faulty premise: that Agile is a fixed process, and if you learn and do that process, you will be Agile. That's just wrong.
1/5
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July 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My general rule is that if there's a certificate in it, it's not Agile. The very notion of a certificate is based on a faulty premise: that Agile is a fixed process, and if you learn and do that process, you will be Agile. That's just wrong.
1/5
1/5
Reposted by Tom Oram
Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
July 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
I extracted two sub packages out of a larger one today. I only did it to improve code organisation, however, it had a very positive effect on the overall design because the new boundaries made it much clearer where things weren’t quite right.
July 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I extracted two sub packages out of a larger one today. I only did it to improve code organisation, however, it had a very positive effect on the overall design because the new boundaries made it much clearer where things weren’t quite right.
Time to look at the Manning MEAP page and make a FOMO induced purchase.
July 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Time to look at the Manning MEAP page and make a FOMO induced purchase.
Trying to install Podman Desktop on Windows for the first time. The onboarding process is pretty nice so far, with clear guidance on what you need to do to enable required features.
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Trying to install Podman Desktop on Windows for the first time. The onboarding process is pretty nice so far, with clear guidance on what you need to do to enable required features.
Lost an hour today bashing my head against why the Flink Kubernetes Operator was failing to create a deployment; it turned out that I had deployed a newer version of Kubernetes which I guess isn’t currently supported.
June 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lost an hour today bashing my head against why the Flink Kubernetes Operator was failing to create a deployment; it turned out that I had deployed a newer version of Kubernetes which I guess isn’t currently supported.