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Azure specialist at @Microsoft. Author, cyclist, paddle boarder, open source enthusiast. Ex MVP.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Joined February 2009
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Pleased to announce the publication of my book - Microsoft Orleans for Developers. amzn.eu/d/1V48AzO @msftorleans
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What a tune. Hidden Orchestra's work is just incredible. youtu.be/S5jBV6SIq-k
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Who knew Squarepusher had a band? youtu.be/d-j_D-O1vwM
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Caption competition...
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Empowering every person on the planet to eat more cake?
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Replying to @ManCity
@ManCity while he's saving for a real kit, my 11yo has been busy with his felt tips. @KevinDeBruyne
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@thomann Hi, some feedback for you, it's super hard to read the tiny voucher code text when a gift voucher is printed out. Could you make it x10 bigger?
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Richard's meeting value rule: The value of a meeting is inversely proportional to the number of attendees. Ironically low value meetings are the most costly.
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TIL that despite designing several of the world's most iconic electric guitars and basses, Leo Fender never learnt to play 🙁
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Stupid question. If a black hole is a region of space where escape velocity exceeds c, I understand why light can't escape, but a space craft which is propelled does not need to reach escape velocity, so could you use propulsion to escape?
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As a test I sent a few links to online brands to my wife on WhatsApp. She's on a different IP address and using an iPhone. She doesn't open the links and doesn't normally use those sites. She then gets adverts for them showing up in her Facebook feed. What's going on?
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on the other hand, you may be right, whatsapp is owned by meta - I forgot that...
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I started teaching my teenage son the computer science GCSE curriculum. My 7yo daughter listened in. These are her (very comprehensive) notes. I'm amazed.
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I don't actually have any computer science education or qualification. So wish me luck! I learnt about as much as my students!!
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In the era of AI-assisted software development the role of the senior software engineer will shift more to code review, oversight and high-level design. Although AI-assisted code review is coming.
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I'm talking about @msftorleans at the Polish MS Tech Summit on 2nd December! mstechsummit.pl/en/
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Orleans Dashboard 7.0.0 is out!
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When the microwave is running the WiFi stops working. Is this normal???
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I think my vehicle is going to love that.
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