Marc Littlemore

Back in 2021, I joined a logistics startup called Beacon.

Discovering podcasts Way back in the mid 2000s, I was still a mildly successful DJ under my alter ego of DJ Cruze.

I was looking at my site the other day and realised that I've managed to write quite a few blog posts in the past 10 years.

I laugh every year when I see this meme about updating your website footer: https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/1212320688050229249 If you're a developer who has come from the world of Wordpress where using PHP to dynamically update the year in the foo…

If you're like me, your early blogs were probably hosted using Wordpress.

One of the questions people ask when starting their journey into testing their JavaScript code is where to start.

Each week one of my new team makes a release and deployment of our API service from our GitLab repository.

In the middle of January 2021, I decided to start a habit of writing.

I've never liked the title Junior Developer.

Being comfortable is a good thing, especially when you start a new job.

In software development, there's always been the idea of the 10x or rockstar developer.

When I was young, I used to love watching TV when I got in from school.

I had an interesting catch up with a wonderful colleague, Blanca Garcia Gil, today.

The dictionary defines success as: “The accomplishment of an aim or purpose” Everyone wants to feel successful.

I went to the Lead Developer Conference back in 2019.

People have talked about remote working in the technology industry for many years.

Teams want to write great code.

I recently attended an "away day" for the leadership team of our department.

At the end of last year I converted my DJ Cruze website from Wordpress to Eleventy.

We often think of learning as something we do at school, college, or university.

If you're playing along at home, you'll know that I embarked on a 30-day writing habit challenge to myself.

Building an online audience is a great way to build your career.

All developers want to ship code on a daily basis.

I love gifs!

I wrote video games for about 20 years and for a long time I made games for the Sony PlayStation consoles.

I've always loved the following saying: “A rising tide lifts all boats” Although John F Kennedy may have borrowed it from the chamber of commerce of the New England Council, the idea behind it really resonates with me.

I once found a wonderful comic by Zach Weinersmith of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC).

One of my team asked me a fantastic question today.

Over the past couple of years I've been moving my personal websites from using WordPress to simple static HTML sites.

Nobody sets to build complex software.

Some days I can't shut my brain off.

I love helping people to automate their lives.

I worked in the video games industry for almost 20 years.

I was shy as a teenager.

I write a lot of notes both in my job and in my personal life.

Every time we write software we incur technical debt.

I didn't set out to become a manager of software engineers.

At the start of 2020, I wrote a review of 2019.

If you're a developer, and you hang out on developer Twitter, then you'll have seen people sharing their hot code tips.

Understanding types of software testing New developers often don't know where to start with testing their code.

Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?

I started my 2020 by thumbing through Twitter as I often do, and often try to avoid doing.

Facebook Messenger chatbots are a great addition to your marketing toolbox but they have one big problem.

Here in the UK we have an organisation called Code Club which aims to help all children learn to code.

Error handling is a big part of writing code and it's something that every developer should think about.

One of the often asked questions about unit testing is "how do I ensure I'm writing good quality unit tests?"

I was swiping through my Twitter timeline the other night when I saw a really interesting tweet from Kent C Dodds, a great JavaScript developer who works at PayPal, and someone you should really follow on Twitter if you don't already.

For Halloween back in 2015, I had an unused Raspberry Pi and decided that I should make a Halloween project in order to learn electronics again, and to scare the local children as they came trick or treating.

A source control system is an essential tool if you're writing software, even for your own side projects.