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Olly Brand

@iOlly
"Enthusiastic Bloke" Head of Engineering Collecting Cars All views are my own and probably contain Cars, Tech, and/or Bruce Springsteen
Cornwall, UK
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  • @iOlly
    Olly Brand
    @iOlly
    22h
    I love talking about cars, reading about cars, writing about cars and, most of all, driving cars. And, when I get the chance, racing them. That love of cars has led to a lot of experiences over the years. Some good, some bad, and some genuinely incredible. @MM_RoR is firmly in
  • @iOlly
    Olly Brand
    @iOlly
    Sep 7
    Was VS Code the peak of the IDE?
    Was VS Code peak IDE?
    From linkedin.com
  • @iOlly
    Olly Brand
    @iOlly
    Aug 18
    I think the OG BMW i3 is one of the bravest cars @BMW has ever built. It isn't perfect. But nearly five years into ownership, I love it more than ever. I wrote about why: The engineering, the driving experience, the compromises and why I think BMW probably won't build another
    In praise of the BMW i3: a car that was braver than it needed to be
    From collectingcars.com
  • @iOlly
    Olly Brand
    @iOlly
    Jul 26
    Every so often you get a proper “pinch me” day. Thanks to a generous friend, after years of obsessing over the 997.2 GT3 RS 3.8, I finally got to drive one. One of my goals this year is to write more. Another is to drive more. I’m hoping those two things complement each other.
    2
  • @iOlly
    Olly Brand
    @iOlly
    Apr 22
    Q1 2026: 56% → 84% AI impact 1.6x → 7.5x human-to-AI lines of code +66% commits 0 new hires The bottleneck moved. Now it’s about throughput and what actually ships.
    AI First in Q1 2026: Foundations To Outcomes
    From linkedin.com