Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

Software Engineer @GitHub. Based in Stratford-upon-Avon. All views, thoughts and expressions on this Twitter account are my own. @[email protected] Stratford-Upon-Avon, England Joined June 2009

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Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz

3 years ago

As a tech lead or eng manager, you so frequently get request from above or from other teams to drop what you are doing and work on this thing they need, *now*. During my 4 years at Uber after asking these questions, 9 out of 10 times it turned out it wasn't really urgent:

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DevOpsDays Birmingham UK @devopsdaysbrum

3 years ago

The recording is live! @leonadato on-stage giving his session titled: "Alerts Don't Suck. YOUR Alerts Suck." #DevOpsDays Birmingham UK! youtu.be/vtE-TFblEgE

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

4 years ago

It's been so long since I've coded, that I didn't even realise that MDN Web Docs has been redesigned. Threw me off completely!

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Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef

4 years ago

France is fining Facebook and Google a combined *€210 million* for… and I quote….

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Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz

4 years ago

Here’s an open secret: most companies adopting an RFC-like processes don’t have a Chief Architect. Not Google, not Uber, not Amazon, not most tech companies. The idea of RFCs and spreading transparency goes against hierarchical decision making which many architects are used to.

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Emma @eWattWhere

4 years ago

Traditional company shareholders are being taken for a ride by bad software engineering management ewattwhere.substack.com/p/traditional-… #Management #Development #Leadership #DevManagers #DevLeaders

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

4 years ago

Signs of boredom: Currently sitting here thinking about the London Underground... There must be houses built on top of the tube, right?! Spoiler: According to Google Maps, there are! I now have a ton of questions & want to know more!🤯 Have you ever thought about this?

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

4 years ago

3 weeks ago I bought a 5-6ft Magnolia tree. Initially the courier said they didn't have it even though they collected it from seller. After a bunch of emails, I was promised they'd found it & would deliver it yesterday. They didn't. They've managed to lose it again. IT'S A TREE!

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

5 years ago

Ermmm... what's happening with Bedroom 3?! zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/detai…

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Why Aren't You Coding? @WhyArentUCoding

5 years ago

Meeting.

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

5 years ago

So... Apparently, there is yet another new variant of Covid. I know how hard it is to name things (I'm a dev after all), but prepending "new" to "variant" for each variant of Covid-19 gets confusing really quickly... How will we refer to newer variants? "new new variant"? 🤷‍♂️

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Kevin Puventhiranathan @iCodeOkay

5 years ago

TIL that wired Bluetooth earphones are a thing... Someone I know bought earphones that look virtually identical to Apple Lightning EarPods from Amazon. But to use it you have to: turn Bluetooth on, pair the earphones & physically plug them in. Otherwise, they won't work. 🤯