Dylan BeattieHow (Not) to Respond to a CFP : dylanbeattie.netAs the world tentatively relaxes COVID restrictions and we contemplate the prospect of actual in-person conferences again before the end…Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Dylan BeattieHow I Write TalksThis is one of those blog posts that started life as a tweet, and then a tweet thread, and quickly grew to a point where it actually makes…Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
Dylan BeattieGoing Virtual, Part 3 : dylanbeattie.netOnce upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, people used to go to pubs and bars and talk to each other face to face. You…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
Dylan BeattieGoing Virtual, Part 2 : dylanbeattie.netThere’s this whole Einstein relativity space/time continuum thing — you move faster in space, you move slower in time, and apparently vice…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
Dylan BeattieGoing Virtual, Part 1 : dylanbeattie.netIt’s March 2020 and everything is cancelled. COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, Norway is closed…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Dylan BeattieThe Cost of CodeThis is a talk that I presented at various software conferences and community events in 2019. Videos of versions of this talk are available…Oct 7, 2019Oct 7, 2019
Dylan BeattieinSkills MatterThe Night Before Christmas’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the room, The desks cold and empty, alone in the gloom, The team were all home, on a…Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018
Dylan BeattieinSkills MatterThe Horrors Lurking in your Legacy CodebaseWe’ve all come across design patterns, right? Common solutions to common problems — more specific than a language or a platform, less…Aug 29, 20186Aug 29, 20186
Dylan BeattieReflections on Alt.NET Birmingham 2018Around ten years ago, a bunch of developers got together in London under the banner of ‘alt dot net’ to talk about code, the universe and…Jul 1, 2018Jul 1, 2018
Dylan BeattieThank you for flying Analysis AirwaysIf you work in software — or even if you don’t — it’s likely that, at some point, you’ll find yourself working with a team who are…Dec 6, 2017Dec 6, 2017