Hi there, I’m Simon Russell.

I’ve spent the last 19 years as a software engineer and sometime startup CTO, so a fair bit of my thinking goes into technology, product design and startups. I’m also interested in architecture, photography, music, urban design and the environment. I live in Melbourne, Australia.

You can find me on LinkedIn, GitHub, and GitLab.

Recent stuff

Link: The case for all-remote companies

A short introduction to how GitLab manages itself as an all-remote company, and some of the benefits.

Link: The big hack: how China used a tiny chip to infiltrate US companies

Well, this is scary. Denied by everyone (including the companies affected, Amazon and Apple), the article alleges that the Chinese government altered cloud server motherboards during the manufacturing process, adding a tiny microcontroller that can alter code in memory.