Notts Techfast is back next Wednesday morning ☕️
Swarm Programming: When Your Dev Team becomes software
AI agents are starting to act as coders, reviewers, and testers. But how do we keep control?
Join us at 07:30am. RSVP on Meetup for hybrid link nearer time.
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Notts Techfast is back & we're starting 2026 the easy way ☕️🥐
Relaxed kick-off at CGI Nottingham with the usual breakfast & catch-ups.
No formal talk: come help shape the 2026 agenda. Bring yourself & maybe some topics or who you want to hear speak.
RSVP: www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Today is Day 4 of Christmas.
There are 12 Days of Christmas.
It is not over or done.
It continues past New Year. 🎄
Meet-ups don’t necessarily have to have a featured speaker and talk to be successful.
We’d love to hear from you about topics you’d like to cover in 2026 or if you feel your early morning East Midlands meet-up needs a change 🙏🏻
I'm not convinced that Agentic AI is a numbers game.
More agents != less complexity. And they don't necessarily speed us up either.
It feels like microservices déjà vu once again.
Scientists have discovered a virus affecting whales in the Arctic that might lead to mass stranding events. They flew drones over the whales to sample their breath for testing.
Meanwhile I can’t get my printer to print cyan after an Avery “no jam guarantee” label came off while printing.
Agent HQ might be the most important feature introduced in 2025. AI development has leapt from autocomplete, to Agentic Development where you coach an AI team member, to now having a "single command centre to assign, steer, and track the work of multiple agents from anywhere". Your new team awaits!
A hand written review of “Rivers of London” by Ben Aaronovitch from Jonathan’s “what I read” journal. It reads “Ben’s passion for London bubbles through the entire novel as much as the city & its watercourses literally shape his rich & varied characters. PC Peter Grants attempts to come to grips with everything he experiences is compelling enough as a plot line peppered with dark humour & detailed scene setting. It’s the unexpected history lessons & whistle stop tour guide that will have you hooked!”
I might be late to the party but I’ve just finished the first of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social‘s Rivers of London series & I’m hooked. Ben’s passion for London bubbles through the entire novel as much as the city & its watercourses literally shape his rich & varied characters. Highly recommended.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A brass door handle on a painted white door with some marks on it requiring cleaning
People say “use a search engine if you’re searching. Don’t use ChatGPT for everything.”
A search engine doesn’t follow up a question about using citric acid to clean brass door handles to request a picture, confirm the handles are likely 30s era, and say don’t forget to clean the brass screws!
Expect reflections on Azure, AI, DevOps, and a bit of Dynamics 365 — and the craft of building things that last.
Occasionally, I’ll wander into creativity, learning, and the messy beauty of tech culture. You’ll find me talking @AgileEngineeringPodcast.com
Let’s build something worth understanding.
👋 Hello again — I’m Jonathan Relf.
After years posting as “jbjon,” I’m starting afresh under my own name to share thoughts on engineering leadership, architecture, and curiosity about the rapidly changing tech landscape — helping teams design better systems to answer a clear ‘why’. 🛠️
