29 May 2022
Collated from notes written in December 2019
Read more...8 August 2020
In a nut shell, I genuinely think my biggest problem is being able to easily understand multiple perspectives.
Read more...5 July 2020
I’ve seen a couple of articles showing apps people use to run their businesses; Pat Walls, Ian Grabill and it was even suggested to check out the Startup School Library.
Read more...12 February 2020
The idea that something could be my fault changed my whole perspective. I’m never wrong… right?
Read more...29 January 2020
Fuck me. People are annoying.
Read more...9 January 2020
Everything we do is right now. Right at the tips of our fingers. Mostly with the introduction of the smart phone, but it’s the way we live now. Need to find out some information; google it. Need to speak to someone; ring them. Need help exercising; look at the rings on your Apple Watch.
Read more...23 December 2019
Meetings drag on for much longer than necessary.
Read more...17 December 2019
When someone comes up with an idea: we best not forget that.
Read more...6 December 2019
Rails has some amazing guides to get you started.
Read more...30 October 2019
Today, I was helping a newbie at work deal with a problem with a double render issue due to using send_data to generate a CSV.
Read more...22 October 2019
It’s true what they say. Honesty is the best policy.
Read more...6 October 2019
There are so many inspiring people around. I’ve stumbled upon a lot of people that inspire me all the time. Some that I’d never have thought.
Read more...25 September 2019
I love learning languages, but outside of learning some basics when I travel, I don’t typically make an effort. That being said, I’ve been using Duolingo to learn French lately - I’m on a 115 day streak right now. I’ve been feeling like I don’t know enough, that I should know more by now, but I know it’s a much longer progress and small steps go a long way.
Read more...23 September 2019
I am a white space Nazi. I can’t help it, it kills me. When I write code, I care about the white space, quotes and brackets. The code layout and position is important to me.
Read more...22 September 2019
This is the title of another article I’ve wanted to write for a long time. I’ve mentioned in other entries about “Enough” with specific references to Paul Jarvis (@pjrvs on Twitter).
Read more...22 August 2019
It was a fairly warm pre-summer’s day. The evenings were cool - most of the time you could manage with an extra layer, maybe a blanket, but not this night.
Read more...13 August 2019
I’ve finally got around to attempting some mobile app development.
Read more...8 August 2019
During recent years, I’ve wanted to expand my skill set and perform many tasks myself. This is the reason I got into “making”, so I could do additional technical things outside my usual day to day job. Things I don’t usually do.
Read more...20 July 2019
I recently saw this post on Twitter, I can’t recall where from!
Read more...7 July 2019
I am a Rails Developer, currently working at Yozu in Liverpool. I have experience developing accounting software which is used by over 20,000 companies.
Read more...7 July 2019
I’m a recovering geek, who is trying to improve myself and my life by build better habits in 2019. From my late teens to early adulthood, I was addicted to World of Warcraft. I’ve not played for many years now and the craving is completely dead. That style of game is still my favourite - that is, games where you can constantly improve, climb ranks and beat harder opponents.
Read more...30 June 2019
Read more...After getting some great feedback from a colleague, I’m rewriting my ‘Cooking’ section for my talk.
Rather than talking negatively, like good doesn’t matter, we’re switching it up to be more positive and instead talking about lean eating instead.
It’s an easy comparison to make for code.
30 June 2019
I keep planning to… well, plan. Something keeps getting in the way. I just don’t have the time. Whenever I hear the sentence, “I don’t have the time” I always recall an article I read that says;
Read more...28 June 2019
…and that can be fine.
Read more...14 June 2019
This should close out my previous Gemfile posts with part 3. Potentially the final entry, but a lot of this is covered by Thoughtbot in ‘A Healthy Bundle’
Read more...14 June 2019
Continuing from Upgrade Early, Upgrade Often…
Read more...14 June 2019
A Gemfile is the home for dependancies in a Rails application.
Read more...7 June 2019
My slack is set up in a very clear, compact manner. I have nothing visible.
Read more...2 June 2019
1 June 2019
I work in an open office with a staff count of 40. It can get busy. It can get loud. It’s easy to be distracted, especially with tools like Slack.
Read more...23 May 2019
Everyone has an origins story. At least all the great heros (and villians).
Read more...17 May 2019
I saw a tweet recently:
Read more...7 May 2019
Coding is difficult… you can read documents, practice daily and take millions of courses and still never remember how to perform a simple function. There is so much to learn, it’s easy for previously gained knowledge to vanish into thin air.
Read more...6 May 2019
We had a motto at work; if you can say it in English, we can do it in code. I’ve not heard it in a while and I don’t know how true that is really, but there is a simple truth to it.
Read more...3 May 2019
This is sort of a continuation from yesterday, but I think it’s separate…
Read more...2 May 2019
The recent Rails Conf keynote by DHH, has brought up some old wounds. The talk was typical of DHH, as it meandered here, there and everywhere, but he always seemed to bring it back to a related cause. There was (pretty long) stretches where I wondered what on earth he was talking about and his far-fetched anecdotes were spouted.
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