Developer advocate, platform engineering veteran, and public speaker. Field CTO at @gitlab. I help businesses gain value from technology.
Edinburgh
Joined September 2009
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I thought it might be useful to breakdown some of the new language that surrounds AI. I've met many people who think they're falling behind, but behind all the buzzwords are much of the traditional SDLC principles. chieftherapyofficer.co.uk/p/…
Everyone is building agents, harnesses, and loops. Development is faster than ever. Yet the big, integrated, cross-team work seems to be getting harder, not easier.
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We spent years convincing managers that developer flow was highly important, but now devs running multiple agents and worrying if they're achieving enough while they sleep. What went wrong? buff.ly/MRjv0M3
I still hear people talking about 10x developers ... but where's the 10x value? In this 15 min video for #platformcon26, I share what I've seen work and not work in early adopting orgs. And, embarrassingly , the data didn't lead where I thought it would! buff.ly/XyWzlB1
The free lunch is over! I've put the top five inference cost mitigations I've seen work with customers into a short 15 minute video for #platformcon26. Go give it a watch! youtube.com/watch?v=zqcwaInr…
With all the excitement of Fable being banned, I thought I'd share some of my own experiences of agentic red teaming. We're cooked. We need to change our approach to secure software delivery. buff.ly/pqprQKi
Is anyone else entirely fed up with hearing "You're right to push back — I was wrong . . . " from their agent after an hour or so disappearing down a hallucinated rabbit hole? 🕳️🐇
Are you doing okay? It feels pretty exhausting to work in the IT industry right now, and I think I know why. buff.ly/o5UhKIa
Do you wish teams could agree on a set of central tools and golden path? In this months article, I talk about how I've helped organisations Find common ground before common tools. buff.ly/z765hc1
After three years of joking about it, the new brand is officially live! buff.ly/GO2r66O
Join me each month to hear real stories from enterprise IT teams across industries that want to bridge the gap between technology and business value.
"4 hours of usage gone in 3 prompts" ... The AI free lunch is over, and platform teams are about to inherit the bill! The Chief Therapy Officer is back for 2026. buff.ly/6GHnu9w
Fatima has done a great job launching The Developer Show and so pleased to see a big named guest so early in the journey! Let's hear how Kesley thinks GitLab are doing in leading the way to bring agentic AI to developers in a more thoughtful way. buff.ly/LsHvhtD
It was awesome to be part of the The Making of Flux documentary to talk about the impact of GitOps, the role CD plays in large organisations, and a glimpse of the future in how AI might change the landscape. buff.ly/2duBkkf
Are you building a Golden Path or a Golden Cage? Platform mandates drive workarounds underground. One size doesn't fit all, but well-designed guardrails with a composable platform can fit everyone. Learn how to go from 17% to 86% adoption in 6 months.
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I moved from customer to vendor a few years ago - here's what platform teams can learn from sales when promoting their services internally. buff.ly/87W7jqe
Similarly, I’ve always been proud when my kids spend time to learn and work their way around whatever screen time, age limits, or firewalls that I put in place.
This month, as Chief Therapy Officer, I take a look at the hidden cost of offering your platforms for free. I give real world examples of those that hit crisis point and others that saved millions by implementing simple showback mechanisms. buff.ly/gFDC66Z
Two weeks. No laptop. No calls. No Slack. Just a sailing boat, the Finnish coastline, the Åland Islands, and Sweden’s archipelago. When we don't step away, we risk making smaller and smaller decisions inside the same narrow headspace. This is your sign to fully unplug for a bit!
Wondering what really comes next in AI? In this article, we look at what past disruptive technologies can teach us about what’s coming next (beyond the hype!) buff.ly/4wRto8N
The hard problems in tech aren't technical. My job is about listening, interpreting and translating with curiosity and empathy. This is the monthly topic for the Platforms Community content club, so I'm sharing the story of when this lesson first sunk in.
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