Martin Farrell

Consultant Java Developer and blogger at Married with 2 kids. Love running, triathlon and cycling, but mostly cycling

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@BetterCallSaul watching season 3 ep1 - nice touch reading "Moon is a Balloon" a classic autobiog

[YouGov @YouGov]

By 53% to 40% Brits say that the Dominic Cummings story is still important and that people should continue to try and hold him to account on the issue https://t.co/6JNCH2JLjw

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@primevideouk See that notification on my prime stick saying im elligible for an upgrade then you try to sell me a new prime stick. Thats not an upgrade - bit tight of you?

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

Sad news that Little Richard has died https://t.co/YYqjrIgRl7

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@RidetotheSun @richardmoore73 @harts_cyclery @frasermaxwell73 @edfoc @tormcycling @Bikeboxhireuk @Mconceptsltd Bad Blood by @jeremycwhittle - one of first books to deal with Lance. Rough Ride is good too @PaulKimmage

[Mark Cavendish @MarkCavendish]

1/2 My kids love to get in touch with both their creative & sporty side. So I’m delighted to partner with @theIET on their latest challenge - calling on children to design a new sporting invention that embraces engineering & technology. Lockdown’s an ideal opportunity for kids to

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@CorstorphineCC Wait til the rats start making their homes in the compost heaps

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@shanselman The Google SRE book has a rule that if a service has 99% availability then they will take it offline for the remaining 1% to see who's using it

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

Great idea

[Alasdair Allan @aallan]

All those younger programmers advocating “throwing that COBOL in the garbage and rewrite it from scratch,” don’t understand legacy systems. You should (almost) never rewrite from scratch, and (almost) never throw the legacy system away, it’s your institutional knowledge.

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

so true

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@lukaseder I use Javascript

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@MarkCavendish you need to watch dengineers on iplayer with the kids - totally addictive

[Martin Farrell @glenwareltd]

If there are any businesses in Edinburgh looking for e-commerce help in the current climate then contact me - [email protected]

[Mark Cavendish @MarkCavendish]

For the last few years, health experts have tried to encourage people to get outdoors and exercise to save lives. Now they’re encouraging people to stay indoors to save lives & suddenly everyone’s on a keep-fit mission.
🤷🤦🤦🤦🤷

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@100Climbs @harts_cyclery nice quiet roads

[Martin Farrell @glenwareltd]

Any local businesses looking to set up e-commerce capability then DM me and I will help

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@mariofusco I keep telling people its ok to blog and get things wrong too - all part of the process

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

Im struggling with the thought of sending my kids to school tomorrow when I will be working from home for the near future

[Martin Farrell @javabullets]

@jeremycwhittle marathon running would do some damage