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

157 pieces · 2019–2026

A screen shot of the homepage for ABM Kitchens and Bathrooms. It shows a photo of a contemporary bathroom design, with a shower cubical on the left and a toilet on the right, with a blue filter applied to the entire image. The words 'ABM Kitchens and Bathrooms. Local tradesman, operating in Hull and the surrounding area, specialising in full property refurbishments, including: fitting bathrooms and kitchens, tiling, plumbing and joinery. We have over three decades of experience and hundreds of happy customers' are shown over the image. 6 Oct 2021 · 2 min Reviewing Our Work: ABM Kitchens and Bathrooms

A short review of a newly released website for a client of ours - ABM Kitchens and Bathrooms

A person holding a camera lens up to the camera. The view point is focused through the lens, allowing us to see a river and valley in the distance. 11 Sep 2021 · 9 min Responsive Images Without JavaScript

How to have responsive images on your site, leveraging a simple HTML element, without the need for JavaScript or server-side code.

Four cargo containers arranged on top of each other. The containers are each coloured differently, from top to bottom and left to right they are: red, blue, orange, and green 1 Sep 2021 · 6 min What is a Container, and What is Docker?

Containers, Images, Docker, podman, DevOps and scalable applications; what do all of these things mean? Jamie talks us through …

A woman holding a book, pretending to read it, whilst looking off to the right of the image. The woman is sitting in a library and is surrounded by books. She is framed by a number fo books arranged to provide a circular window. 31 Dec 2020 · 17 min Continual Professional Development - 2020

DevOps, development best practises, and business where the focus of 2020's CPD. In this blog post Jamie discusses 10 of the best …

Two black headphones setup on brown wooden table, using microphone arms. Each microphone has a set of headphones plugged into them, and the microphones are arranged opposite of each other. 17 Nov 2020 · 31 min Starting a Podcast - Our Advice

Do you want to get started in podcasting? This blog post has our top 15 pieces of advice for budding podcasters, or those who want …

A microphone placed on a lit up DJ controller 10 Nov 2020 · 4 min Getting Started in Podcasting

Seventeen posts on starting a podcast and keeping it going, published between 2020 and 2025, grouped by what you need next.

A teal coloured padlock on chain link fence. 1 Nov 2020 · 9 min Never Block Password Managers or The Paste Command in Web Applications

Why you should never block password managers or the paste command in web applications.

A woman in black half-sleeved shirt sitting while facing woman and smiling. They are stilling at a desk which has a black USB microphone and an Apple laptop. 31 Jul 2020 · 10 min 10 Lessons Learnt From the Last 2 Years in Podcasting

Some advice from Jamie - the host of The .NET Core Podcast - about podcasting

A hand holding a stop watch, representing an audit for a webpage load speed 1 Jun 2020 · 6 min A Single-line, Whole Page, Speed up Trick

How a single line change improved a client's page speed by almost 1.5 seconds

A consultation taking place at two laptops, showing colleagues referring to a printed document 3 Feb 2020 · 8 min Securing a Webapp - Step 1: Start As You Mean To Go On

Security starts at the very inception of an idea, not at the end

A single, brown leather travel bag in the middle of the road 4 Jun 2019 · 5 min Take a Vacation!

Everyone needs a rest from time to time, and here are our thoughts on why

A storyboard for a user journey throughout a proposed system, showing several pins with key points along the user's journey. A person's hand can be seen moving a pin. 21 May 2019 · 2 min Securing a Webapp - Step 0: An Introduction

Why we decided to write this series, and what it might contain

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