Andrew Harmel-Law
@andrewhl.bsky.social
They/them. Technical Principal at Thoughtworks UK. All opinions are my own (at least I sourced them myself) and don't reflect those of my employer.
“The hardest part (of deciding) is framing the problem. It is also the part we spend the least amount of time on.”
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“The hardest part (of deciding) is framing the problem. It is also the part we spend the least amount of time on.”
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
November 6-7 I will be at @newcrafts.bsky.social in hashtag #Paris.
I love this conference, and this year I'll be sharing another new talk - this time about all the things you wanted to know about hashtag #anarchy but were afraid to ask. 🏴☠️ 🎉
Hope to see you there!
ncrafts.io
I love this conference, and this year I'll be sharing another new talk - this time about all the things you wanted to know about hashtag #anarchy but were afraid to ask. 🏴☠️ 🎉
Hope to see you there!
ncrafts.io
October 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
November 6-7 I will be at @newcrafts.bsky.social in hashtag #Paris.
I love this conference, and this year I'll be sharing another new talk - this time about all the things you wanted to know about hashtag #anarchy but were afraid to ask. 🏴☠️ 🎉
Hope to see you there!
ncrafts.io
I love this conference, and this year I'll be sharing another new talk - this time about all the things you wanted to know about hashtag #anarchy but were afraid to ask. 🏴☠️ 🎉
Hope to see you there!
ncrafts.io
I'm excited to be talking next week @gotocon.com (Copenhagen) about how to make architecture work in todays complex, ever-evolving world.
There will be lots about the Architecture Advice Process, and a wee drop of anarchy too. (But no chaos, promise.)
Come and find me for a chat if you're there.
There will be lots about the Architecture Advice Process, and a wee drop of anarchy too. (But no chaos, promise.)
Come and find me for a chat if you're there.
September 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm excited to be talking next week @gotocon.com (Copenhagen) about how to make architecture work in todays complex, ever-evolving world.
There will be lots about the Architecture Advice Process, and a wee drop of anarchy too. (But no chaos, promise.)
Come and find me for a chat if you're there.
There will be lots about the Architecture Advice Process, and a wee drop of anarchy too. (But no chaos, promise.)
Come and find me for a chat if you're there.
The “ritual” that took place at the board was what was powerful and important.
Importantly *ritual* is participative, regular, and peer-to-peer human-to-human trust building.
It’s *not the same* as a ceremony.
(Slide by @johncutle.fish from his keynote with @settling-mud.bsky.social)
Importantly *ritual* is participative, regular, and peer-to-peer human-to-human trust building.
It’s *not the same* as a ceremony.
(Slide by @johncutle.fish from his keynote with @settling-mud.bsky.social)
June 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The “ritual” that took place at the board was what was powerful and important.
Importantly *ritual* is participative, regular, and peer-to-peer human-to-human trust building.
It’s *not the same* as a ceremony.
(Slide by @johncutle.fish from his keynote with @settling-mud.bsky.social)
Importantly *ritual* is participative, regular, and peer-to-peer human-to-human trust building.
It’s *not the same* as a ceremony.
(Slide by @johncutle.fish from his keynote with @settling-mud.bsky.social)
And super-excited to hear that this post by @grimalkina.bsky.social has been catalysing @johncutle.fish’s thinking for the last few years
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
And super-excited to hear that this post by @grimalkina.bsky.social has been catalysing @johncutle.fish’s thinking for the last few years
“Or they could just go and eat ice cream. Implementation details”. Great talk on Sociotechnical Engineering from @yevgen-nebesov.bsky.social at @devoxx.uk
May 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“Or they could just go and eat ice cream. Implementation details”. Great talk on Sociotechnical Engineering from @yevgen-nebesov.bsky.social at @devoxx.uk
Why is building software systems so hard? 😭
One reason is because of architectural variability - but it's something we an't do without.
At this years @dddeu.bsky.social I'll dig into what variability in systems architecture is, how to work with it, and most importantly how to take advantage of it.
One reason is because of architectural variability - but it's something we an't do without.
At this years @dddeu.bsky.social I'll dig into what variability in systems architecture is, how to work with it, and most importantly how to take advantage of it.
April 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Why is building software systems so hard? 😭
One reason is because of architectural variability - but it's something we an't do without.
At this years @dddeu.bsky.social I'll dig into what variability in systems architecture is, how to work with it, and most importantly how to take advantage of it.
One reason is because of architectural variability - but it's something we an't do without.
At this years @dddeu.bsky.social I'll dig into what variability in systems architecture is, how to work with it, and most importantly how to take advantage of it.
At #Thoughtworks we've just unveiled our new brand positioning focused on Design, Engineering and AI. The pillars reflect the heart of what we do: pushing boundaries in design-led innovation, engineering excellence and AI-first software delivery. Find out more: ter.li/1sejbh #ExtraordinaryImpact
April 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
At #Thoughtworks we've just unveiled our new brand positioning focused on Design, Engineering and AI. The pillars reflect the heart of what we do: pushing boundaries in design-led innovation, engineering excellence and AI-first software delivery. Find out more: ter.li/1sejbh #ExtraordinaryImpact
I'm speaking at #LDX3 this June 16th-17th where I'll be answering the question "How to Make the Perfect Decision"?
It would be great to see you there, and if you've still to get a ticket, you can use my code ANDREW15 to get a 15% discount at leaddev.com/leaddev-lond...
It would be great to see you there, and if you've still to get a ticket, you can use my code ANDREW15 to get a 15% discount at leaddev.com/leaddev-lond...
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'm speaking at #LDX3 this June 16th-17th where I'll be answering the question "How to Make the Perfect Decision"?
It would be great to see you there, and if you've still to get a ticket, you can use my code ANDREW15 to get a 15% discount at leaddev.com/leaddev-lond...
It would be great to see you there, and if you've still to get a ticket, you can use my code ANDREW15 to get a 15% discount at leaddev.com/leaddev-lond...
This Hogmanay we’re going old skool.
Talisman, The Magical Quest Game and Kings & Things*.
Talisman, The Magical Quest Game and Kings & Things*.
December 31, 2024 at 5:33 PM
This Hogmanay we’re going old skool.
Talisman, The Magical Quest Game and Kings & Things*.
Talisman, The Magical Quest Game and Kings & Things*.
I have a vanity search set up for my book, Facilitating Software Architecture (available now from @oreilly.bsky.social )
It means I get informed of cool things like when it gets listed on this Iranian site. 🎉🎉🎉
It means I get informed of cool things like when it gets listed on this Iranian site. 🎉🎉🎉
December 1, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I have a vanity search set up for my book, Facilitating Software Architecture (available now from @oreilly.bsky.social )
It means I get informed of cool things like when it gets listed on this Iranian site. 🎉🎉🎉
It means I get informed of cool things like when it gets listed on this Iranian site. 🎉🎉🎉
If folks want to use it in the meantime it’ll be under this:
November 30, 2024 at 7:37 PM
If folks want to use it in the meantime it’ll be under this:
Memento mori I painted in 1993.
November 17, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Memento mori I painted in 1993.
Not just friend. Did you make @ramalho.org ‘s acknowledgements? 😂
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Not just friend. Did you make @ramalho.org ‘s acknowledgements? 😂
Current status:
November 13, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Current status:
My new aesthetic is sheep in fields at night with a background of slight light pollution.
November 10, 2024 at 12:28 PM
My new aesthetic is sheep in fields at night with a background of slight light pollution.
I grew up on these “streets”.
November 7, 2024 at 9:50 AM
I grew up on these “streets”.
New York Times (Int’l Ed, Nov 7th): “The Trump campaign was channelling … ‘hegemonic masculinity,’ the belief that ‘good’ men are dominant in hierarchies of power and status…and that this dominance is the natural order and what’s best for everyone.”
My book articulates *exactly the opposite idea*.
My book articulates *exactly the opposite idea*.
November 7, 2024 at 7:19 AM
New York Times (Int’l Ed, Nov 7th): “The Trump campaign was channelling … ‘hegemonic masculinity,’ the belief that ‘good’ men are dominant in hierarchies of power and status…and that this dominance is the natural order and what’s best for everyone.”
My book articulates *exactly the opposite idea*.
My book articulates *exactly the opposite idea*.
Still working on my @newcrafts.bsky.social Friday keynote where there will be…
May 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Still working on my @newcrafts.bsky.social Friday keynote where there will be…
I’m in! Who else wants to join us?
February 29, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I’m in! Who else wants to join us?
Every other brand I can think of has changed its identity over the last 50 years.
Every. one.
But not Hello Kitty. 🤯
Every. one.
But not Hello Kitty. 🤯
February 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Every other brand I can think of has changed its identity over the last 50 years.
Every. one.
But not Hello Kitty. 🤯
Every. one.
But not Hello Kitty. 🤯
Chapter 14 of “Facilitating Software Architecture” for @oreilly.bsky.social is planned out. Writing begins tomorrow…
Read (and give me feedback on) the initial chapters here: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
Read (and give me feedback on) the initial chapters here: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
December 29, 2023 at 11:59 AM
Chapter 14 of “Facilitating Software Architecture” for @oreilly.bsky.social is planned out. Writing begins tomorrow…
Read (and give me feedback on) the initial chapters here: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
Read (and give me feedback on) the initial chapters here: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
Chapter 12 planning is half-done for @oreilly.bsky.social’s “Facilitating Software Architecture”. (Working title: “Why is deciding so hard when everything about me is so soft?”) 📝👨🏻💻
First three chapters are already up. Have a read and share your feedback: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
First three chapters are already up. Have a read and share your feedback: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
November 26, 2023 at 10:40 AM
Chapter 12 planning is half-done for @oreilly.bsky.social’s “Facilitating Software Architecture”. (Working title: “Why is deciding so hard when everything about me is so soft?”) 📝👨🏻💻
First three chapters are already up. Have a read and share your feedback: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
First three chapters are already up. Have a read and share your feedback: learning.oreilly.com/library/view...