A distributed system is a collection of disparate, mostly-autonomous yet interconnected systems cooperating to achieve a set of common goals.
A corporation is a collection of distinct, mostly-autonomous yet interconnected people cooperating to achieve a set of common goals.
In this talk we’ll learn how to apply distributed systems principles and practices to organisational problems.
I'm Head of IT & Engineering at Etax, one of Australia's largest tax agents. Other interesting places I've been before Etax include Octopus Deploy, ThoughtWorks, Readify, Zap BI, Realex Payments and TRL.
I'm a fan of high-quality code, domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, continuous delivery and, most importantly, shipping software that works and that solves people's problems.
I have a number of small open-source creations, including Nimbus, ConfigInjector and NotDeadYet, and am an occasional contributor to several more.
I'm a regular speaker and presenter at conferences and training events. My mother wrote COBOL on punch cards and I've been coding in one form or another since I was five years old.
Cyclist. Runner. Hiker. Budding skydiver. Photographer. Ballroom dancer. Motorcyclist. Occasional sailor. Lapsed fencer. Legatee.