Random musings

5 books, part 1: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from …

Build better companies, teams and products with inspiration from these five books

“The human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol.”

A data centric approach to patching systems with Ansible

When patching Linux machines these days I could forgive you for asking “how hard can …

Hardware bootstrapping with Ansible

At a recent Ansible London Meetup I got chatting with somebody about automated hardware …

Going back to a laptop

After some technological changes at the day job, I can no longer access a lot of important …

iPad Pro vs laptop, three months in

It’s been a few months since I sold my trusty MacBook and bought an iPad Pro, with …

Using wired headphones with an iPad Pro

The latest iPad Pro release has carried with it the same furore as the iPhone 7 did … the …

Migrating the runbook: a journey from legacy to DevOps

“Just type this invoice up for me will you please?" asked a sheepish looking …

My slides from IPExpo London

On October 7th I gave a talk at the IPExpo show about getting from legacy IT to the modern …

Simplicity - the art of automation

As a young lad I had my heart set on being a car designer when I grew up. This dream …