Phil Armstrong 💙

Huge shoutout to EverQuote for sponsoring ServerlessDays Belfast 2024! Their enthusiasm and support are instrumental in making this the serverless event on the island of Ireland. Want to learn more about EverQuote? Head over to their website: everquote.com/about

You know it’s cold outside when you go outside and it’s cold.

“When thinking does not change, programmes of change often fail.” John Seddon

Im at #awsdublin learning about generativeAI with the one and only @Werner @AWSCommunity

The kindest person in the room is often the smartest. This from the Illinois governor JB Pritzker has so many applications and might just make your day. Must watch.

And that’s the first BTL lending library session at Shankill Mission complete! It was so great to welcome back our members! Please note our workshop is NOT currently open, but watch out for updates on that for July. Heart felt thanks to all those who’ve helped get us this far! ⭐️

We are excited to announce our next set of speakers: @othergill, @MarkMcCann, @virtualgill, and @davidand393 who are tackling the emerging issue and rapidly developing opportunity of AI and Serverless: 'The Evolution of AI and Serverless'. This is essential for all engineers!

Some last prep on the train for my talk tomorrow at ☁️ AWS Cloud Day Dublin 2023! Come say hi if you are going to be there ☕️ 👋 pages.awscloud.com/dublin-cloud-d…

We must redefine who we see and label as "leaders." You're not a leader if you don't care about your people (period). You're a task, product, process, or money manager.

Hey folks, I’m running a leg of the Belfast marathon this year to raise money for the Lighthouse charity. If you’d like to support this good cause please add my name in the comments section when you make a donation. The Go Fund Me page is justgiving.com/fundraising/li…

Some personal news. After ten years at Instil I will be leaving this month to join the Developer Advocacy team at @jetbrains. It's my dream role with a brilliant team and a renowned company. So I am equal parts enthused, invigorated and terrified 🎉🤞😉.

@GarthGilmour @virtualgill A none specific job title that no one enquires to deeply about and lots of travel. Why yes you are an “IT Trainer” and definitely not an international assassin 😜

@virtualgill That's a very kind thing of you to say, although on reflection it feels a bit like a euphemism...

He just knows that guiding people on their way is what you do best

Picard career tip: The grass may seem greener on the other side, but sometimes it's because of all the fertilizer.

“The role of management is to change the system rather than badgering individuals to do better.” W. Edwards Deming

Building with Conversational AI can be challenging if you are new to it (or even not that new!), so with input from lots of experts I’ve put together a list of best practices for #AmazonLex for the first key piece - training your model 💬 🧠 aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-…

We’ve lost quite a few followers for being highly critical of the Government, but we can’t be silent about their destruction of the NHS. Please follow and RT if we can still count on your support.

SAVE THE DATE! - ServerlessDays Belfast is back on Tuesday 28th Feb at the Game Of Thrones Studios. Keep an eye on @BFSServerless for more details in early Jan. Ready to walk into Winterfell? cc/ @davidand393 @GarthGilmour @virtualgill @redhandknight @ServerlessEdge

⚡️⚡️Exciting news!! ⚡️⚡️ Save the date folks #ServerlessDays #Belfast

@johngirvin I believe “yes” is the anything word@you are looking for

Is there anything to be said for another coffee?

Absolute privilege to have hosted the panel discussion at Serverless Summit today with Kurt, @virtualgill, @AllenHeltonDev, Namanja, and Ima! 🚀Thanks to @globaldatanet for organising 🙌 If you haven't already signed up, there's more tomorrow serverless-summit.io #Serverless