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Mark Crawley

@crawlem

Specsavers Enterprise Architect, ex-IBMer, web geek and dad. All views are my own.

 Southsea, UK
crawleyweb.co.uk/
Joined June 2007
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Simon Willison
@simonw16 Sep 2020
My measure of codebase quality these days is almost entirely "how easy is it to change". So readability is key, and also making sure that changes have to touch as few places in the code as possible.
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@LeaVerou15 Sep 2020
Developer priorities throughout their career
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IT’S LIKE RAAAAIIINNNN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY
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I lost my necklace containing my Dads ashes in Southsea, rose garden, pier area on Monday. Devastated doesn't come close! Desperate to find it. Please, please retweet, i don't have many followers?
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Jimmy Salford@1Fubar22 Apr 2020
😂 Our media.
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Andrew Barnes@ajgbarnes19 Apr 2020
At times like this #COVID19 I know I work for and understanding and ethical company - we are all signing up to the rather excellent @IBM #WorkFromHomePledge @IBMIoT I pledge!
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Corey Quinn
@QuinnyPig16 Apr 2020
I was going to build out a hilariously over-complicated & fiendishly expensive Wordpress architecture as a joke, but unfortunately @awscloud beat me to it.
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Kevin Smith@kevatron14 Apr 2020
I can relate to this...
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@dhh10 Mar 2020
The productivity boost from working remotely does not come from replacing all those in-office meetings with a bunch of video calls. It comes from turning all those meetings into write-ups instead. Status updates, pitches, ideas. Write. Them. Down.
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Gregor@ghohpe18 Jan 2020
One core metric I use for #DigitalTransformation is the ratio of people creating work to the ones doing work. The results are shocking, in many organizations you can find 5x - 10x if you don't count externals.
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These Amazon writing tips are fantastic. 👏
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I am incredibly excited to share the next chapter of my journey. I have launched Decoded Consulting (@decoded_c), a technology leadership practice offering CTO services. I have written an article about the launch - linkedin.com/pulse/launching… #cto #technologyleadership #futurecto
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Tom Clark@tomonocle7 Nov 2019
This is awesome news for anyone that had to maintain "that" spreadsheet. RIP RIs
Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) profile pictureCorey Quinn
@QuinnyPig7 Nov 2019
BREAKING: @awscloud has taken pity on us, apparently--they've released Savings Plans, which sounds like something that has to do with retirement. Fortunately it does--specifically sunsetting Reserved Instances. A thread:
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2012: 1.9% 2019: 1.9% (h/t @Anthony)
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Gregor@ghohpe18 Oct 2019
The more important a decision is, the higher up in the hierarchy it moves, which removes it further from the technical reality. A good way to make decisions? architectelevator.com/transf… #itstrategy #architectelevator
Are IT's biggest decisions its worst?

Are IT's biggest decisions its worst?

More steering committees don’t necessarily lead to better decisions.

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@RockstarGames4 Oct 2019
RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 is coming to PC November 5th rsg.ms/b584ca8
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