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Prevent Mistakes with NOMERGE Comments in CI/CD Pipelines
I added support for NOMERGE comments to our codebase, which the CI pipeline uses to prevent temporary, unfinished, or debug code from being released accidentally. - life
The burden of deliberate choice
Recently I've been thinking about how complex the world is, and how all that complexity makes everyday life feel draining. I don't have the answers, but in the spirit of radical vulnerability, I wanted to share my feelings. - coaching
Supercharge your Teaching with Metaphors
Metaphors can be an amazing tool to communicate quickly with others, but they're not all equal. What makes one metaphor better than another?
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Prevent Mistakes with NOMERGE Comments in CI/CD Pipelines
A cool tip that helps you remember to fix things before releasing your code - life
The burden of deliberate choice
The world is unimaginably complex, and that means we have to make some difficult choices. - life
Luckily I got hit by a car
I have a strange view on lucky and unlucky events, and it feels really peaceful. - coaching
Supercharge your Teaching with Metaphors
Metaphors can be an amazing tool to communicate quickly with others, but they're not all equal. - life
Onboarding at a Radical Enterprise
TalkJS has some radical ideas about company culture. Let's discuss the things that stood out to me during onboarding. - coaching
Don't Worry, it's Rocket Science
When encouraging someone to try a new task, never underestimate the difficulty - exaggerate it instead. - projects
Decorate your Blog with AI
I create art for every blog post using AI. In this post, I explain my workflow and how you can do it too! - projects
My Balance Box
It's about time we started to accept that humans have emotion, so I built a box that tells everyone how I feel, live! - coaching
Kind and True
The world is full of thoughts that are both kind and true, but don't need saying. What would happen if we said them anyway? - life
A New Trajectory
I used to be a developer, and now I'm a Technical Coach. Let's discuss what it means, and how I got here. - life
Opening Up About Burnout
Last year, I suffered from some pretty severe burnout. It's time we started talking about this stuff. - coaching
We Need to Talk (if you want)
I've always been open to chat with people, but now it's official. You can book a slot in my diary to chat about anything. - coaching
You can learn to Speak Confidently
Do the words 'public speaking' strike fear into your heart? I used to be the same. Used to. - technical
5 things you don't need Javascript for
Javascript can do a lot, but it's really over-used. Here's my top 5 things you don't need Javascript for. - technical
Database sync like magic, with Svelte + Firestore
Svelte and Firestore are a match made in heaven, making it easy to sync data between the browser and the database. - projects
Lexoral is open-source so you can punish us
Anyone can read the code for Lexoral and use it in their own projects. That means you can punish us. - projects
Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole
Over the past few months I've had an ergonomic keyboard obsession. - technical
Better Redux Reducers with TypeScript Builders
You can improve Redux Reducers by using the Builder pattern in TypeScript. - technical
TypeScript Builders: Improving your types one step at a time
You can use the builder pattern to implement complex type constraints. - technical
Svelte and TypeScript - Together at last!
Svelte is great, and now it's even better - it supports TypeScript. - technical
Optimise your Micro:Bit code with Chrome DevTools
Some might say I pushed the Micro:Bit too far. This post is not for those people. - technical
How to Write a Ray Tracer Intuitively
Ray tracing seems complicated at first, but together we can make it simple. - technical
3D Rendering on a Children's Toy
The BBC Micro:Bit is designed to do a lot of things, but 3D rendering isn't one of them. - technical
GitHub is a free CI/CD/Hosting solution
Introducing a free GitHub Actions workflow which builds your front-end and deploys it. - media
Stevie W and the Quest for 60 FPS
I gave a tech talk about optimising my Svelte app from 1 to 60 FPS. - technical
Slow Code HATES him! From 1 to 60fps
After hearing about Svelte, I set off on a journey of iterative performance improvement. - projects
Embrace your Obsessions!
For the past 3 months, I have been a bit obsessed with Minesweeper. That's a good thing. - technical
Typescript Pick 'n' Mix
In TypeScript, we can just Pick the good bits of an interface, so let's do that. - media
How to solve Minesweeper in 3 minutes
In my first ever tech talk, I explained how to algorithmically solve minesweeper - technical
Planning 56 sprints per second with SAT4J
SAT solvers are surprisingly fast and probably under-used, but can they plan our sprints? - media
Solving Minesweeper in Polynomial Time
I gave a talk on solving minesweeper at NE:Tech. Things got weird! - technical
Rethinking the Java DTO
Can we utilise static type-checking and integration with modern IDEs to write a better DTO? - projects
Introducing SharpShot
SharpShot is an esoteric visual programming language, made for Durhack 2018