Andrew Harmel-Law

Tebbit was one of the architects of Section 28 which sought to prohibit ‘the promotion of homosexuality.’ This law emboldened bigots and silenced many librarians and teachers, including some of mine. As a gay kid I was left without official support from my school. It was terrifying and cruel.

Java Conferences with closing CFP in the next 15 days:

Devoxx Belgium Closes: 18 July 2025
Devoxx Morocco Closes: 09 July 2025

If you want to add your conference, please submit it at https://javaconferences.org/

I’ll be there! Join @roundcrisis.com and I for book club goodness.

"The four means of agreement, arranged to compare their relative directiveness and specificity" From Facilitating Software Architecture by @andrewhl.bsky.social

Want to learn more about it? Join us at @virtualddd.com online book club

WHEN: Tuesday 8th July at 7pm NZ time
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Adventures in Systems zine with SoCraTes logo

Looking forward to SoCraTes Soltau and another 2 hour hands on session during the preconference training day.

This is the 3rd permutation in a run that began at Explore DDD, followed by DDDEU.

Great advice on what to avoid when democratising architecture decision making from @andrewhl.bsky.social at BCS SPA London.

If your knee-jerk reaction to artists despairing over massive lay-offs and the further erosion of entire creative industries is anything but solidarity with the artists, rethink everything.

I guess for me if your model for improving "developer experience" does not take seriously the social constructs around human ability that will forever limit who we let into "software" if we don't face them, well, I can't take your model seriously. It won't solve problems it'll just move them

[pins for use in a presentation…]

Favourite quote

“Technological change cannot be revolutionary if it fails to change the social and political structures of a society and instead heightens inequalities and divisions that are already present”

Russian state disinfo bots are active on BlueSky for over 2 weeks now.
They are posting fake videos using AI-generated voice to promote talking points of Russian state.

Please help us to reduce its visibility: follow this labeler, choose Warn or Hide; spread the word:
@ab4n-labeler.bsky.social

New blog post: einarwh.no/blog/2025/06...

A photo looking out towards the sea, with a sandy path in front and long grasses leading up to the shore. White, digital text is repeated on top of the image as follows: THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE THERE IS ENOUGH IF WE SHARE

I'll say it over and over.

I do not believe in gate keeping.

I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.

I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.

Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.

How does one focus on work with tbt background threat of WWW3, the language against migrants turning nasty, the erosion of trans rights women’s health and the enshittification of tech…

It's remarkable that this is as needed as it is, but it is. A nice collection of practices.

If you condemn Russia’s ‘preventive’ attacks on Ukrainian cities, including hospitals & journalists, but don’t condemn Israel’s ‘preventive’ attacks on Iranian cities, including hospitals & journalists, then you’re not actually opposed to Russia’s attacks.

You’re just a partisan.

Sketch note of talk takeaways

Escaping the Rewrite Trap by @skamille.themanagerswrath.com at @leaddev.com. #LDX3 #sketchnote

Diana Montalion - Don't Hit the Iceberg - NewCrafts 2024 NewCrafts 2024 - Organised by Aardling (https://aardling.eu/)https://ncrafts.iohttps://x.com/ncraftsconfhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/ncrafts/https://mast...

The Iceberg Model helps understand "the rationality that produced" our current situation. As a software professional, you can use it whenever you want to understand the root cause of a system challenge:

I'm at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen with my Diagrams-as-Code with #AI masterclass. You'll leave with knowledge to select the best notation for your context & to get going with AI & automation in your diagrams & docs.
jcq.me/gotoc25

#software #softwareDesign #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture

Where did you get the stickers printed? I’ve got permission to share my book-birds in adhesive-form and need somewhere good….

“There are many reasons why you should make a zine:
-Tell your story
-Protest harm happening in your community
-Process a difficult time
-Support your art practice
-Connect with others
-Record an experience
-Create a collection
-Teach a process
-Inform people about a topic
-Share your manifesto”

[heads home to keep working on their ‘zine… 🏃]

You had me at “1440’s: Guides for how to practice witchcraft”

I Iove it! Lovely to meet you (albeit very momentarily). I’d love to have a chat tomorrow if you’re free. 🤞🏻

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

A peaceful demonstration for Trans Rights are human rights in Manchester, England. 14-06-25.

@ucu.org.uk @manmetucu.bsky.social @unisonmmu.bsky.social @uniteucu.bsky.social
Here is the text of the speech I read at the #TransRightsAreHumanRights peaceful demonstration in Manchester, England, 14-06-25. 🌐🏳️‍🌈🔍✊
drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9wI...

“When programmers are having a problem, their first attempt to solve it will almost always involve writing a program.” — Gerald Weinberg

That’s it! Cyclomatic complexity!! 🎉😆