Chris Simon
@chrissimon.au
Empowering technology teams to drive business success.
On an allyship journey | Speaker | Founder | Non-executive Director
Created @contextive.tech, co-founded https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/domain-driven-design-australia/.
Also@ChrisSimonAu@hachyderm.io
On an allyship journey | Speaker | Founder | Non-executive Director
Created @contextive.tech, co-founded https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/domain-driven-design-australia/.
Also@ChrisSimonAu@hachyderm.io
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Starting @newcrafts.bsky.social with @chrissimon.au on stage for the opening keynote: A Defense of Technical Excellence
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Starting @newcrafts.bsky.social with @chrissimon.au on stage for the opening keynote: A Defense of Technical Excellence
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I once gave a talk called "AI is not what you think it is unless you think it is hot garbage"
I've just enjoyed and highly recommend @chrissimon.au's "AI is a hype-fuelled dumpster fire that will burn down the planet and get you thrown in jail"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
I've just enjoyed and highly recommend @chrissimon.au's "AI is a hype-fuelled dumpster fire that will burn down the planet and get you thrown in jail"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I once gave a talk called "AI is not what you think it is unless you think it is hot garbage"
I've just enjoyed and highly recommend @chrissimon.au's "AI is a hype-fuelled dumpster fire that will burn down the planet and get you thrown in jail"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
I've just enjoyed and highly recommend @chrissimon.au's "AI is a hype-fuelled dumpster fire that will burn down the planet and get you thrown in jail"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
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"They're lies. These companies are lying to people."
@chrissimon.au on the idea of infinite storytelling from an AI Dungeon Master, and how a creative human can prompt them away from the mean.
@chrissimon.au on the idea of infinite storytelling from an AI Dungeon Master, and how a creative human can prompt them away from the mean.
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"They're lies. These companies are lying to people."
@chrissimon.au on the idea of infinite storytelling from an AI Dungeon Master, and how a creative human can prompt them away from the mean.
@chrissimon.au on the idea of infinite storytelling from an AI Dungeon Master, and how a creative human can prompt them away from the mean.
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What happens when we outsource to enterprise LLMs for storytelling, & the inherent biases they were trained on start compounding over many quests? 🤔
@chrissimon.au has researched the LLM supply chain and believes its biases will unavoidably creep into game stories & dialogue.
@chrissimon.au has researched the LLM supply chain and believes its biases will unavoidably creep into game stories & dialogue.
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What happens when we outsource to enterprise LLMs for storytelling, & the inherent biases they were trained on start compounding over many quests? 🤔
@chrissimon.au has researched the LLM supply chain and believes its biases will unavoidably creep into game stories & dialogue.
@chrissimon.au has researched the LLM supply chain and believes its biases will unavoidably creep into game stories & dialogue.
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Finally got around to watch the "AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire" talk by @chrissimon.au. It is really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
Programmable 2025: AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire - Chris Simon
YouTube video by Banks Productions
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Finally got around to watch the "AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire" talk by @chrissimon.au. It is really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
Really enjoyed chatting with @thejunglist.bsky.social about LLMs and games - although I'm no game dev expert, I do love playing and so it was a natural topic to explore. Thanks for your generous and warm hosting, @thejunglist.bsky.social!
This week on grokludo I'm talking with technologist @chrissimon.au about what LLMs can - and can't - do for games, and the hidden costs in the AI supply chain.
youtu.be/RQeQMmQWQqU
youtu.be/RQeQMmQWQqU
LLMs in Games - Infinite Stories, or Infinite Hype? - Chris Simon | grokludo 13
YouTube video by The Junglist
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Really enjoyed chatting with @thejunglist.bsky.social about LLMs and games - although I'm no game dev expert, I do love playing and so it was a natural topic to explore. Thanks for your generous and warm hosting, @thejunglist.bsky.social!
Lots of folk who went multicloud for reliability are today realising how independent their cloud deployments aren't.
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Lots of folk who went multicloud for reliability are today realising how independent their cloud deployments aren't.
Have been looking forward to this talk coming out - had so much fun playing with the loopy causal loop diagrams, check it out 😀
Special thanks to @paulrayner.bsky.social for feedback and advice the night before this one! @dddeu.bsky.social #systemsthinking
Special thanks to @paulrayner.bsky.social for feedback and advice the night before this one! @dddeu.bsky.social #systemsthinking
In this talk Chris Simon will demonstrate the building of a range of causal feedback loops to visualise the underlying causes of the problems. With such visualisations we can advocate for the practices of technical excellence:
🎬 buff.ly/HADjm2P
🎬 buff.ly/HADjm2P
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Have been looking forward to this talk coming out - had so much fun playing with the loopy causal loop diagrams, check it out 😀
Special thanks to @paulrayner.bsky.social for feedback and advice the night before this one! @dddeu.bsky.social #systemsthinking
Special thanks to @paulrayner.bsky.social for feedback and advice the night before this one! @dddeu.bsky.social #systemsthinking
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At ADAConf 2025, Andrea Magnorsky is running a pre-conference workshop on Building a Decentralised Architecture Practice.
Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.
📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org
#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.
📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org
#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
September 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At ADAConf 2025, Andrea Magnorsky is running a pre-conference workshop on Building a Decentralised Architecture Practice.
Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.
📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org
#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.
📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org
#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
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Speaker Spotlight: Susan Brander
What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.
Nov 14 | Melbourne
Get tix now: adaconf.org
What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.
Nov 14 | Melbourne
Get tix now: adaconf.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Speaker Spotlight: Susan Brander
What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.
Nov 14 | Melbourne
Get tix now: adaconf.org
What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.
Nov 14 | Melbourne
Get tix now: adaconf.org
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We’re excited to welcome Contextive as a Gold Sponsor for ADAConf 2025!
Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.
Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.
Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
September 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We’re excited to welcome Contextive as a Gold Sponsor for ADAConf 2025!
Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.
Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.
Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
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It's only a few days until we welcome @chrissimon.au
to #DDDLondon online on Sept 4th. All attendees will receive a code to get 20% off Chris' or my workshop (and conference tickets) at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen: dddlondon.com/events/imagi...
#sofware #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture
to #DDDLondon online on Sept 4th. All attendees will receive a code to get 20% off Chris' or my workshop (and conference tickets) at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen: dddlondon.com/events/imagi...
#sofware #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture
September 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's only a few days until we welcome @chrissimon.au
to #DDDLondon online on Sept 4th. All attendees will receive a code to get 20% off Chris' or my workshop (and conference tickets) at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen: dddlondon.com/events/imagi...
#sofware #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture
to #DDDLondon online on Sept 4th. All attendees will receive a code to get 20% off Chris' or my workshop (and conference tickets) at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen: dddlondon.com/events/imagi...
#sofware #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture
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Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
Programmable 2025: AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire - Chris Simon
YouTube video by Banks Productions
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
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The #ADAConf 2025 speaker lineup is here!
Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander
Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander
Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
August 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The #ADAConf 2025 speaker lineup is here!
Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander
Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander
Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
Loved @codefrenzy.bsky.social 's keynote at #yowtls25 about the dualities of AI in software engineering! For everything we gain in adopting AI, what are we giving up? Learning? Intuition? Quality? Identity?
June 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Loved @codefrenzy.bsky.social 's keynote at #yowtls25 about the dualities of AI in software engineering! For everything we gain in adopting AI, what are we giving up? Learning? Intuition? Quality? Identity?
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Meet our keynote speakers for ADAConf 2025: Diana Montalion and Dr Linda McIver!
Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education.
Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org
Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education.
Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Meet our keynote speakers for ADAConf 2025: Diana Montalion and Dr Linda McIver!
Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education.
Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org
Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education.
Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org
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⏳ It is time to order your tickets for Strategic Domain Driven Design, a domain-focused, collaborative learning process. Come and collaborate with us to find out more about Strategic DDD: buff.ly/t2pqpd3
We start on June 10, 2025!
We start on June 10, 2025!
Strategic Domain-Driven Design
Chris Simon — One of the biggest challenges of DDD, and architecture in general, is breaking a large system down into loosely-coupled subsystems.…
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May 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
⏳ It is time to order your tickets for Strategic Domain Driven Design, a domain-focused, collaborative learning process. Come and collaborate with us to find out more about Strategic DDD: buff.ly/t2pqpd3
We start on June 10, 2025!
We start on June 10, 2025!
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From a performance perspective, one user has > 120,000 terms synchronised from a data governance platform spread out over 12 glossary files. As of v1.17.0, Contextive works almost instantly for autocomplete and hover, even with such large datasets.
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
From a performance perspective, one user has > 120,000 terms synchronised from a data governance platform spread out over 12 glossary files. As of v1.17.0, Contextive works almost instantly for autocomplete and hover, even with such large datasets.
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e.g., if your term is Père, but you use `pere` in the code, Contextive will still show you the definition.
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
e.g., if your term is Père, but you use `pere` in the code, Contextive will still show you the definition.
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There is dedicated support for the German umlaut and eszett. e.g. ö will match with ö, o or oe. ß will match with ß or ss.
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
There is dedicated support for the German umlaut and eszett. e.g. ö will match with ö, o or oe. ß will match with ß or ss.
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Contextive v1.17.0 is out now with a focus on better internationalisation and much better performance, especially with very large glossaries - release notes here: docs.contextive.tech/community/ch...
Details in thread... #domaindrivendesign #ubiquitouslanguage
Details in thread... #domaindrivendesign #ubiquitouslanguage
Change Log
Get on the same page.
docs.contextive.tech
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Contextive v1.17.0 is out now with a focus on better internationalisation and much better performance, especially with very large glossaries - release notes here: docs.contextive.tech/community/ch...
Details in thread... #domaindrivendesign #ubiquitouslanguage
Details in thread... #domaindrivendesign #ubiquitouslanguage
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Another #ThrowbackTuesday!
Ross MacIntyre’s ADAConf 2024 talk gets into the roots of sociotechnical thinking. Post-war coal mines? Conway’s Law? Team Topologies?
📺 If it sounds intriguing, give it a watch: youtu.be/Kwrb7rWNtI0
📣And our CfS closes 30 June: sessionize.com/analysis-des...
#ADAConf
Ross MacIntyre’s ADAConf 2024 talk gets into the roots of sociotechnical thinking. Post-war coal mines? Conway’s Law? Team Topologies?
📺 If it sounds intriguing, give it a watch: youtu.be/Kwrb7rWNtI0
📣And our CfS closes 30 June: sessionize.com/analysis-des...
#ADAConf
Open Socio-Technical Systems - Human-Centred Architectures - Ross MacIntyre
The phrase social-technical is having a renaissance of late. It's great have language for how technology and people work together. Did you know there is a lo...
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May 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another #ThrowbackTuesday!
Ross MacIntyre’s ADAConf 2024 talk gets into the roots of sociotechnical thinking. Post-war coal mines? Conway’s Law? Team Topologies?
📺 If it sounds intriguing, give it a watch: youtu.be/Kwrb7rWNtI0
📣And our CfS closes 30 June: sessionize.com/analysis-des...
#ADAConf
Ross MacIntyre’s ADAConf 2024 talk gets into the roots of sociotechnical thinking. Post-war coal mines? Conway’s Law? Team Topologies?
📺 If it sounds intriguing, give it a watch: youtu.be/Kwrb7rWNtI0
📣And our CfS closes 30 June: sessionize.com/analysis-des...
#ADAConf
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DDD, TDD, living documentation, ... work, but are rarely used. Chris Simon will show how you can use Systems Thinking for technical excellence, at DDD Europe 2025:
DDD Europe 2025 - Program
Chris Simon
2025.dddeurope.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
DDD, TDD, living documentation, ... work, but are rarely used. Chris Simon will show how you can use Systems Thinking for technical excellence, at DDD Europe 2025:
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While we are working on the schedule ...
We have already added most of our talks, labs and speakers: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/
We have already added most of our talks, labs and speakers: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
While we are working on the schedule ...
We have already added most of our talks, labs and speakers: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/
We have already added most of our talks, labs and speakers: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/