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I have been a software engineer for the best part of a decade (yikes, I'm old now?).

Most of Reddit is a trash fire, but there are some brilliant pockets of communities.

In the past couple of years, I started tracking albums I listened to and what I rated them.

In 2020, my wife and I decluttered 10 carloads of stuff from our home.

I love a good rule of thumb.

🧠 Thoughts The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle first grabbed my attention when my friend quoted the opening paragraph.

I love books.

Project Hail Mary is the 3rd major novel to be released by Andy Weir, most well known for The Martian.

"Lead Developer" - now that would look good on a business card.

I used to plan everything - individual tasks, lunch breaks, exercise.

Continuous integration and delivery is something many of us take for granted.

The end of the sprint rolls around - you know the drill.

If you're using DevOps and tried to clone down a repository with a Mac you might have stumbled across this error.

This website is my own little corner of the internet.

This page will be updated periodically.

If you browse developer forums, continuous integration and continuous delivery will not be new concepts to you.

If you are building a system with an API, there is a good chance it has a rate limit or you stay awake at night afraid of a DDoS attack.

I was fed up.

In business, moving fast is everything.

About 5 years ago, I went through a time when I doubted I could continue programming.

Recently I had the problem of removing a specific key from an object.

"Legacy code".

Interviews are for both the interviewer and interviewee.

I believe reading and travel are the best ways to expose yourself to new ideas.

Life can often seem like we don't have enough hours in the day.

"Senior" developer is a coveted title amongst software engineers.

Most People Overestimate What They Can Do in One Year - Bill Gates By now, as we enter the fourth month of the year, many of us will have abandoned our New Years' resolutions or lost sight of our goals.

Likely you have clicked on this article to find the answer to the aforementioned question.

When you start your software development career, you come into a new job with excitement filling your eyes.

Increasingly, I've noticed an increased level of resistance to recruiters among engineers.

Learning to become a software developer is not a trivial task.

TL;DR: Provide the tools, empower people to use them and embrace remote work for what it is - remote.

I start new jobs like a spelunking caver, exploring all the systems, code and pipelines.

Remember when software came on a physical medium like discs, USB sticks or punch cards?

Auth0 is an easy to integrate service that handles all your applications authentication needs.

Learning how you work best is a superpower.

Increasingly, I've become sceptical of businesses looking to "rapidly scale" their technical teams.

Design is a funny word.

Continuous delivery is something that we're all striving for.

Web performance is a vital part of your business to ensure customers keep returning.

Database migrations are the concept of managing your database schema via reversible, version controlled files.

Recently, I've started practising my typing each day - for around 5-10 minutes.

A seldom thought of component of performance is that of continuous integration performance.

What is your business?

Making sure you have correct spelling on your blog posts is vital to keep readers attention.

At York Press, we noticed that our pages were gaining weight.

So you've messed up... big time.

In the current pandemic, it's even more challenging to switch off from work.

After looking through tonnes of resumés, they all begin to blend into one.

Whilst running the MidlandsJS meetup, I've been asked a number of times how to "get into" software development and the industry at large.