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Sophie Weston

@sophweston

Ex-code monkey, DevOps nut, systems thinker, bolshy socialist, cricket geek. She/her Ambassador for Women in Tech York, Co-organiser of DevOpsDays London & Fast Flow Conf Principal Engineer at ClearBank

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Photo of slide: The Quality of a System is Defined by Our Ability to Change it"

Photo of slide: The Quality of a System is Defined by Our Ability to Change it"

Via @davefarley77.bsky.social keynote @ #FastFlowConf

14.10.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump at the UN:

"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law."

This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law.

This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.

23.09.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 2125 πŸ” 627 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 83
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πŸ—£οΈ What makes DevOpsDays London truly special? Our Open Spaces!

🀝 This is your chance to drive the conversation, discuss pressing issues, and collaborate with the community.

🎟️ Be part of it, Sept 23-24. Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

#DevOpsDays #OpenSpaces

12.08.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge thank you to @elastic.co for supporting DevOpsDays London 2025! πŸ™Œ

Your partnership helps bring our amazing community together to share ideas, spark conversations, and inspire the future of DevOps.

We couldn’t do it without you! πŸ’œ

#DevOpsDays #DevOps #Community #London2025

11.08.2025 08:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Join Torsten Hopf for this humorous, story-driven talk on a small app’s chaotic cloud journeyβ€”full of tempting tech, hard lessons, and costly mistakes Perfect for anyone navigating software architecture in the cloud.

#Cloud #DevOps #Architecture

Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

10.08.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Calling all DevOps professionals!

πŸ“… DevOpsDays London 2025 is just around the corner, Sept 23-24.

πŸŽ“ Elevate your skills, share your knowledge, and be part of a vibrant community.

🎟️ Grab your tickets now! ti.to/devopsdays-l...

09.08.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Testing stuck in the past? In this fun, fiery talk, Ashley Smith tackles outdated testing practices in β€œAgile” teams, shares real-world anti-patterns, and makes the case for quality as a shared responsibility.

#Testing #Agile #DevOps

devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

ti.to/devopsdays-l...

22.07.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So looking forward to this talk. Such an important topic and one that just isn't discussed enough.

21.07.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this talk and learning more about MCP and specifically how it can be used in a DevOps context!

#DevOps #DevOpsDays #DevOpsDaysLondon #CommunityEvent

18.07.2025 09:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Drowning in alerts? This talk by @lnxchk.bsky.social shows how SLOs, automation, and machine learning can cut through the noise. Learn to focus on what truly impacts users, reduce meaningless alerts, and improve incident response.

devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

Tickets: ti.to/devopsdays-l...

17.07.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I still see too many postmortems being run in ways that aren't really blameless so excited for this talk! πŸ™Œ

15.07.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palantir poised to cash in on Wes Streeting’s NHS plan | Good Law Project The health secretary has put central records of our health data at the heart of his project to revolutionise the NHS – and a US spy-tech giant is in pole position to clean up.

A US spy-tech giant that is fuelling the worst excesses of Trump’s regime, is poised to capitalise on Wes Streeting's 10 year health plan πŸ•΅οΈ

We say Palantir should be nowhere near our NHS.

goodlawproject.org/palantir-poi...

07.07.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6

We have a fantastic line-up of talks and speakers! Check it out and then grab yourself a ticket - but be quick if you don't want to miss out on the Early Bird price!

devopsdays.org/events/2025-...

#DevOps #DevOpsDays #DevOpsDaysLondon #CommunityEvent

07.07.2025 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.

I love this! It must have taken real courage to do this - good on her!
www.out.com/gay-athletes...

20.06.2025 05:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Building Successful Communities of Practice in organisations Take this self-paced course to identify, form, grow, and supercharge communities of practice in and across organisations. Learn about the benefits for members and organisations, how to build them and ...

I am going to buy 2 places on @ewebber.bsky.social's fantastic new self paced learning course, for people traditionally marginalised in the #digital industry if you're interested, or know someone let me know πŸ‘

(inspired by @deanvipond.bsky.social recent offer for UCD folks ❀️)

23.05.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Culture leaders 'unwilling' to police which toilets people use More than 1,000 people have signed an open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

Carry on using the right toilets. Labour's cruelty is stupid, uneforceable and unlawful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.05.2025 05:35 πŸ‘ 823 πŸ” 178 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 3
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Irrational Exuberance

Will Larson (@lethain.com) recently wrapped up an *incredible* streak of posts on engineering strategy on his blog, lethain.com.

Strategy is hard, much harder than it looks. Especially since, much like design and management, when done well, it looks easy. Easy and obvious.

15.04.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Programme 2025

Agile Manchester returns next month (14-15th May).

Full event programme here: agilemanchester.net/programme-2025

30+ sessions - keynotes, workshops, case studies, fun!

1 and 2 day tickets available - message me for a discount code.

10.04.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Model the leadership behaviors you want to see in others."

Check out the final part of our leadership series:
buff.ly/ygoge91

08.04.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sophie is stood on the stage at a large tech conference. The slide behind her says β€œThis is a very personal talk”

Sophie is stood on the stage at a large tech conference. The slide behind her says β€œThis is a very personal talk”

β€œFlexibility isn’t a perk, it’s a necessity of modern life”

The amazing @sophweston.bsky.social sharing The Principal Engineers Path at @qconferences.com in London today

So much powerful, practical advice! πŸ’–

07.04.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Team Building - Part 2

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

07.04.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Team Building - Part 1

Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams - by Heidi Helfand
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dyna...

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy by @amycedmondson.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/team...

07.04.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Product Thinking - Part 2

'Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value' by Melissa Perri
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/esca...

Lectures on Lean-Agile Product Management by Jez Humble
lectures.leanagile.pm

07.04.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Product Thinking - Part 1

Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/insp...

Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tran...

Both by @martycagan.bsky.social

07.04.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Systems Thinking

Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thin...

Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals by @mentrix.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Sys...

07.04.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Strategy - Part 2

The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions, and Results - by Stephen Bungay

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

07.04.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Strategy - Part 1

Good Strategy / Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/good...

The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Both by Richard Rumelt

07.04.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An Introduction to Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly - NDC Oslo 2023
An Introduction to Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly - NDC Oslo 2023 YouTube video by NDC Conferences

Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly

An introduction to Residuality Theory - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wcU...

The Architect’s Paradox: Uncertainty and the Philosophy of Software Architecture - leanpub.com/architectspa...

07.04.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Organisational Transformation - part 2

Sooner, Safer, Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility by @jon.bvssh.com - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/soon...

07.04.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Organisational Transformation - part 1

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/team...

Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/turn...

07.04.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0