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Essays on technology leadership, AI adoption, architecture and developer experience, published continuously since 2019.

157 pieces · 2019–2026

A brown wooden table by a window. Behind the table is a banner which reads “may I help you?” in all caps, as white text on a light blue background. 20 Jan 2023 · 7 min Podcaster Questions: How Should I Host My Podcast?

Deciding how to host your podcast can be a minefield. This blog post attempts to demystify some of the aspects of podcast hosting, …

A close up photo of some printed sheet music for Consolation No.4 in D-flat major by Liszt. The majority of the detail is slightly out for focus. There are handwritten notes on the sheets, in pencil. 3 Jan 2023 · 6 min Podcaster Questions: I Can Buy Downloads?!

Is it possible to pay for guaranteed downloads? In this blog post, Jamie talks about why you likely shouldn't do it, but also …

A subterranean library with white bookshelves on either side of the viewpoint. Around 14 bookshelves can be seen on either side, and their placement curves slightly to the right of the picture. Each bookshelf has a large, and colourful collection of book contained on it - all of which are out of focus, meaning their titles cannot be read. Concrete girders can be seen overhead 29 Dec 2022 · 35 min Continual Professional Development - 2022

Communication, Empathy, and Leadership where the focus of 2022's CPD. In this blog post Jamie discusses 10 of the best books that …

The hands of two separate people holding a three sticky notes, arranged in a cascading manner. Each sticky note is a different colour and have legends in blue ink, the text for each reads To Do (on a lilac coloured sitcky note), Doing (on a yellow sticky note), and Done (on a pink sticky note). Of the people holding the sticky notes, only their hands and forearms are in the image. 26 Dec 2022 · 9 min Getting Started With Open Source Development

Contributing to open source software is more accessible than ever. In this blog post, Jamie talks through a few of the ways that …

An planner, laying open on a desk. The planner has a month-to page view. 26 Jul 2022 · 9 min Podcaster Questions: Do I Need An Episode Release Schedule?

Do you always have to release episodes of your podcast on schedule? Is there a 'best' day to release new episodes?

A selection of black vinyl records, they are not arranged in any order and are spread out over the image, some overlapping others. Most of the records have central record label stickers, and are all in primary colours or have single colour patterns. 24 Jul 2022 · 6 min Records vs Classes in C#

Why do record types in C# exist when classes work fine? Jamie attempts to explain where you could use each.

A mobile phone showing a white screen with the Google logo in the centre. The phone is held by a caucasian hand, and in the background (out of focus) is a grey table with the box for the phone, a potted plant, and the phone charger. 20 Jul 2022 · 13 min Building .NET Maui Apps on Linux-Based Operating Systems

Building .NET Maui applications on Linux isn't as easy as it is on Windows or Mac. but Jamie found a way.

A person stands, looking up into the night sky. They are quite far from the camera and shown only in silhouette against a multi coloured starfield. The sky is a yellow hue, going through purple into green before becoming black. 11 Jul 2022 · 9 min Apprentice Dev Blog: Weeks 7 and 8 - .NET Maui and MVVMS

As we come to the end Alex's time with us, they took some time to clean things up and look at James Montemagno's MVVMS …

A purple-petaled flower growing amongst a field of yellow-petaled flowers. 5 Jul 2022 · 11 min Azure & Why You Shouldn’t Use Defaults

A very simple mistake in building a GitHub workflow lead to three days of confusion with Azure WebApps. The simple solution will …

A person stands, looking up into the night sky. They are quite far from the camera and shown only in silhouette against a multi coloured starfield. The sky is a yellow hue, going through purple into green before becoming black. 24 Jun 2022 · 8 min Apprentice Dev Blog: Week 6 - Markup & New Ways To Design UIs

Our 2022 apprentice has been deep diving into how to build UI's using XAML this week.

A person stands, looking up into the night sky. They are quite far from the camera and shown only in silhouette against a multi coloured starfield. The sky is a yellow hue, going through purple into green before becoming black. 17 Jun 2022 · 9 min Apprentice Dev Blog: Week 5 - Looking To The Future

Our 2022 apprentice has been working on adding unit tests and implementing the repository pattern this week.

The hands of two separate people holding a three sticky notes, arranged in a cascading manner. Each sticky note is a different colour and have legends in blue ink, the text for each reads To Do (on a lilac coloured sitcky note), Doing (on a yellow sticky note), and Done (on a pink sticky note). Of the people holding the sticky notes, only their hands and forearms are in the image. 12 Jun 2022 · 8 min Agile and Video Games

Could some of the biggest video game release disasters have been avoided by using Agile practices rather than waterfall? Jamie …

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