Paul Gillespie

Senior Principal Engineer @ Skyscanner. Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

@scotrail why are you using the older 158 class trains more frequently on the Fife Circle line compared to last year? Peak time travel on a 2 carriage 158 class is not a great experience.

[UtterlyInteresting @UtterlyInterest]

If tea spread to your country by sea you call it tea, if it spread by land you call it chai. This is because the ports of Fujian and Taiwan use the coastal pronunciation "te", whereas Mandarin uses "chá"

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

Many executives fail to understand why tech companies are bloated. They are bloated because everything is held together with duck tape and "task force" teams. And it's due to gross lack of funding when it comes to removing complexity and technical debt.

[Austen Allred @Austen]

Somehow I missed that when Biden announced a pardon for everyone in prison for federal marijuana possession…

That pardon applies to literally no one?

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

A historic failure

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

@ScotRail Yes cancellation are inevitable but they appear to be a regular occurrence on the Fife circle at peak teams and we get also get the added benefit of regular carriage reductions plus the joy of riding in the ancient 158s.

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

⁦@ScotRail⁩ why do you keep running a 2 carriage train at peak times? The 7:59 from Dunfermline Queen Margaret to Edinburgh is consistently reduced in size.

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

Hey @ScotRail 2 carriages again on the 7:59 from Dunfermline but now upping the ante by cancelling the 8:21.

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

Hey @ScotRail another 2 carriage train on the peak time 7:59 from Dunfermline QM to Edinburgh. Going to be standing room only as we leave Dunfermline Town again.

[Alan Ferrier @alanferrier]

If the taxes I pay in Scotland help put food in hungry kids' mouths, give NHS workers a decent pay rise and heat pensioners' houses this winter, then I'm happy with that.

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Ever wondered how a QR code works?
No, me neither but it's low-key fascinating.

(Warning, there is some extremely nerdy shit here.👇 )

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

@ScotRail the 7:59 from Dunfermline Town to Edinburgh is consistently 2 carriages which is not great for a peak time service. Where has all you rolling stock gone?

[Paula Kennedy @PaulaLKennedy]

Last talk of the day: @spedge & @GJTempleton from @Skyscanner sharing their outage experiences! @KubeCon_ #KubeCon #KubeConEU

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“Seriously I can just come out and say it? Call him a liar?” asks @JonathanPieNews, a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed by comedian Tom Walker, in a satirical video about Britain’s Prime Minister.
“God bless America.” https://t.co/Hu6Q6q8TBp

[Moxie Marlinspike @moxie]

Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: https://t.co/16MoPROOGc

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

🚨"Who exactly does the @MetPoliceUK work for ma'am? Our citizens, or Boris Johnson?" 🚨

(Location: New Scotland Yard. Sound on)

[Changelog @changelog]

A fascinating demonstration of iteration in engineering. Watch the whole thing, it just keeps getting better!

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

@GergelyOrosz Good read, I think you moved on from Skyscanner just before we introduced design docs which we have evolved over the last 5 years. We now have an extensive archive which provides a useful historical record of why design decisions where made and trade offs that were considered.

[Paul Gillespie @bigpg]

Would you like to lead a team of experts working on a large and complex AWS environment? If the answer is yes check out this awesome role at @SkyscannerEng https://t.co/GwK6rt8OkZ #aws #scale