Software
Speeding Up Your Website – Part One: Terminology
A quick explanation of some of the techniques used to decrease an web applications load time.
Life
The Importance of Deliberate Practise
In this article I cover what deliberate practise is and why is it important to do it.
Life
Achievements in 2017
Impostor syndrome can really damage your morale and make you feel worthless. As part of my exploration in dealing with it, I've found that listing my achievements helps, so that's what this post is: a list of my 2017 achievements.
Software
Yet Another Top 10 Dev Books Post – Part 2
Another one of those "Top 10 development books" posts. But which books did I choose? I can guarantee that there'll be, at least, one you haven't read.
Software
Yet Another Top 10 Dev Books Post – Part 1
Another one of those "Top 10 development books" posts. But which books did I choose? I can guarantee that there'll be, at least, one you haven't read.
Life
52 Posts in 52 Weeks
One year ago, I set myself the goal of writing 52 blog posts in 52 weeks. "That's not that hard," you might think. Well, why not click through and see whether I made it?
Life
Announcing: Discworld Disorganiser Web App
Over the past few months, I've been working on a new web application: one a search engine for Discworld novels. I'd used it to fuel a series of tutorial posts over on my .NET Core blog, too. Come read this article to see a few demo versions of the application, get a link to the live version and read about how I made it.
Life
How I Organise my Blog Posts
Did you know that I write for three blogs... in my spare time? Three?! Are you mad? ... Yes. In this blog post I'll discuss the process that I go through to write and publish a post on one of my three blogs.
Life
What I’ve Been Doing 2017 Edition
Today’s header image was created by Camille Kimberly, you can find the original here 2017 Has Only Just Begun Really I should have come up with a snappier title for this blog post, but I had no immediate ideas. One of the fundamental laws of computer programming is that naming things Read more…