Rarely Prolific

Introducing two-way communications

Jun 4, 2017

⚠️ Update for 2025. Disqus was removed. See here for more details. ⚠️ Up until today this blog was missing an important feature. Here I am putting the world...

They don't make config files like they used to

May 31, 2017

I was having a think about configuration file formats the other day and it occurred to me that so-called legacy configuration file formats could be better than the formats we...

Just learn anything!

Apr 9, 2017

Trying to decide what to learn next is something I hear discussed a lot between developers. Sooner or later the topic of conversation usually ends up talking about whatever technologies...

Practising and Prototyping

Mar 26, 2017

This is a continuation of my first blog post, Innovation, learning and biting off more than you can chew, which was written as an example of what can happen...

Extreme Programming Explained - Book

Feb 12, 2017

Before I became a developer I thought that the most important skill for the role was hard technical knowledge. That is, being fluent in a few popular programming languages and...

The problem with CSS

Feb 11, 2017

As a web developer (as opposed to a web designer) I have a love/hate relationship with CSS. I’ll be the first to admit I’m no designer and I much prefer...

Aiming below perfection

Jan 30, 2017

What I am about to write about is not a new and revolutionary idea. It’s something I’ve read about countless times before. It’s also something I have fairly consistently ignored...

Innovation, learning and biting off more than you can chew

Jan 25, 2017

There is a constant drive for innovation in software development. Organisations want to be seen to be embracing new technology and most developers have a built-in desire to play with...