Guillaume (G) Belrose

Hello England. I have missed your clouds.

Cape Town as always was lovely. Great co working day with Equal Experts.

Or the new Volvo ES90

Wow Arsenal!!!

I see more and more #EVs in Johannesburg. I have spotted a few BYDs, the charging stations at my local shopping mall are more often than not busy with cars charging and just this morning there were 3 Vapour Grey #EX30 (mine included) stopped next to each other at a traffic light in Houghton.

dbt Labs acquires SDF Labs to accelerate the dbt developer experience | dbt Labs New tech will significantly improve performance, enhance developer ergonomics, and bring rich new metadata to dbt.

This is quite an insightful read if you use dbt: www.getdbt.com/blog/dbt-lab.... SDF's compiler tool chain surely has interesting properties

Very sad indeed. I remember watching some of his Scala and Netflix talks back in the day. Condolences to his family and friends

It’s back to work week in Joburg. Traffic is going to get worse and the roads near me are filled with potholes. Many traffic lights are out of order because of rain damage.

All the best @corneil.bsky.social!!! Keep us posted on your adventures.

Yep we call them ravets. They could survive a nuclear apocalypse. Those in South Africa are a close second.

Bonne année!!! Happy new year!!! To a great 2025!!!!

Oui c’est une très belle île. La cuisine créole est aussi très bonne.

No ways!! That is where I am from! I hope you have a nice stay. That volcano climb is a good workout if you have time.

I’m looking for a co-founder and funding to scale up The Progress Playbook, which I think has a lot of potential (yes I’m biased…)

If you’re interested, please email me at Nick.hedley@theprogressplaybook.com

Happy holidays!

Shifting Gears: A Decade of EV Growth In just a decade, electric vehicles (EVs) have transformed from a niche market to a driving force in the global automotive industry. The rapid adoption of EVs reflects advancements in technology, decr...

From 500k BEVs in 2014 to 50M in 2024, that’s a staggering 100x growth in a decade! 🚀⚡ In case anyone still doubts it, the electric revolution is here, driven by innovation, affordability, & the shift to sustainability. No matter how hard legacy tries, they can't stop the tide of change. 🔋 #EVs #BEV

Electrek’s EV of 2024: The Volvo EX30 2024’s Electrek EV of the year will again be controversial: The Volvo EX30. The svelt car from the Swedish brand that is owned by a Chinese company tops our list because it embodies the future of EVs. The EX30 was originally going to be made in only in…

Electrek’s EV of 2024: The Volvo EX30

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Magician: Check your left pants pocket

As someone who works in tech, I am finding Harari’s Nexus book to be quite insightful. I am not a big fan of Gen AI for everything, but he brings very interesting points about AI that I was not aware of. Guard rails are so crucial

A lot of new accounts are joining Bluesky, and many of them are scammers and trolls. If we want to keep this place from turning into Twitter, remember: don’t engage with trolls…just block them.

PASS IT ON

Time to wrap up with work for 2024. Looking back, we did quite cool things in my team. Personally did a lot of internal presentations at John Lewis, presented at one conference in Cape Town and a Meetup in Joburg. Lots of SQL, dbt, Python, Airflow and Tableau to keep me busy #dataengineering

We are stuck in Mauritius for a little bit longer courtesy of the refuelling issues at OR Tambo back in Joburg.

Pretty fascinating that in The Netherlands growth at Volvo is simply astonishing, all thanks to #EX30
#alwaysbecharging

South African airways showing a Varnish cache server error with the guru meditation message.

South African Airways is using Varnish with is a very good and optimised caching solution. However this morning's online check-in is giving me some guru meditation vibes.

I’ve made the crucial mistake of going to Sandton City while the Black Fridays specials are still on and people just got paid. I was there early and so was the entire province. It was sooooo busy. Never seen so many people on my life.

I charge mostly at home. There is a free AC charger at a mall nearby which I use now and then if I work from a coffee shop. I am also lucky to have a few charging stations near my house just in case.

It’s on my reading list for Christmas. I enjoyed sapiens and homo deus

EV range at 90% charge showing 436kms

With a warm climate and relaxed driving you can get quite far on a full charge. Here is my EV at 90% charge. People worry range as if they drive Joburg to Durban everyday. Some do but most don’t. Most daily trips are much shorter than that.

#FoxOfTheDay 🦊 A delightful image of Fox cubs holding onto each other’s tails. 💚 📸 Credit: Tavistock Photo. #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Foxes

#FoxOfTheDay 🦊

A delightful image of Fox cubs holding onto each other’s tails. 💚

📸 Credit: Tavistock Photo.

#WildlifePhotography #Nature #Foxes

Goodbye Eskom — Photos of South Africa’s first off-grid electric car charging station Charge, formerly known as Zero Carbon Charge, launched the first of 120 planned off-grid passenger electric car charging stations in the North West.

South Africa has very high solar pv power potential. Yesterday my panels were blasting just under 6kWp. So I am glad to see things like this happening: mybroadband.co.za/news/motorin... #ev #ex30 I also like the pic of the cute Volvo wrapped in the Sweedish flag.

It’s a few of us now. I see a few on the road now here and also in Cape Town.