Nick Palmer

Wow, blown away by all the submissions to #1BRC 🤯! Had to focus on evaluating the most promising ones for now (others will follow): Three contenders under 20s atm: @sampullara, @ElliotBarlas, and @palmer. But is @royvanrijn gonna counter? Stay tuned 🤓! github.com/gunnarmorling/…

At one of the fastest exchanges in the world - @LMAX, Nick @Palmer works as a Lead Developer. Nick is set to introduce Deterministic systems at #geecon Prague, showcasing how a single decision can alter the way we reason about code. 2023.geecon.cz/speakers/?id=8…

Nick @palmer is a software polyglot but he knows that there's nothing like #Java. He is a part of the @LMAX team, and at #geecon he will share lessons learned from one of the corporate's projects. Come and learn about determinedly deterministic determinism 2023.geecon.org/speakers/info.…

A great example of why you can't use a volatile as a replacement for a fence. github.com/openjdk/jcstre…

When naming things like tables, always future proof If you sell wine, calling a table “wines” will be confusing when expanding to beer “Beverages” will be confusing when you sell ice “Products” confusing when expand to services recommend tables be called “stuff” or “table1”

Tech interviews focus so much time on writing code instead of debugging code. Debugging ability is one of the core skills I look for in more senior engineers.

Dipped a toe in to dev public speaking @ljcjug last week youtube.com/watch?v=4vq9kx… Slides with notes: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

TODAY - Functional Programming Fundamentals and Concurrency Concepts - Thu, 25 March 2021 13:00 – 14:00 GMT Join here - eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljc-meetup-f…

The magic of pairing! :)

Though I saw a duckling running by heavy bus traffic on my way to work, but couldn't see any other ducks around, had to leave it. On my way home checked it out and found one taken by a bus… instagram.com/p/BxLBXHonRU3/…

Had fun last night at The Ha'pennies new EP release at the century club. Good music & good views. @ Century Club instagram.com/p/BuPUIvCFiDQ/…

Nice break from the usual commute and time spent in the office doing something a little different in a place with a bit more sun. Puddle is unedited, just a lot of blue paint in that water… instagram.com/p/BtmLL2Ml7ND/…

Just published a blog post on why I'm not as grumpy with the LMAX codebase as I think I could be: lfn3.net/2019/02/06/red…

Survived a long trip (14hrs ish) back to England across a very flat channel. Sailing round the needles and up the Solent to Gosport at night was quite the experience. Safely moored up by… instagram.com/p/BmNYmCMlANs/…

Survived first day. Only four more to go... @ Portsmouth instagram.com/p/BmEfgS6FcCb/…

Excellent race, great comeback by Lewis, shame Bottas couldn't hold onto it @ Silverstone Circuit instagram.com/p/Bk-YTX6FLzp/…

Ready for a Formula One race day from woodcote @ Silverstone Circuit instagram.com/p/Bk9yrK0FCU7/…

Where has this been all my life? @ The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury instagram.com/p/BkXrC5mFra5/…

@robmanuel Also saw that one at bond Street with much less forgiving kerning/vandalism