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Building a face recognition API with face_recognition, Flask and PostgreSQL

14/11/2022 — Python, PostgreSQL, Technology

Setting up Penpot to run on my Synology NAS

02/11/2022 — Design

Porting my Python 2.7 Flask app to NextJS

26/10/2022 — Python, JavaScript, Music

How to move off Medium and port your content to another platform using Markdown

22/09/2022 — JavaScript, Automation, Technology

Using Miro to build an information radiator for your remote team

21/08/2022 — Agile, Data Visualisation

How banning Scrum increased my team’s velocity and happiness

10/08/2022 — Software Development, Lessons Learned

How I failed to take my first step on the property ladder and what I’ve learned from doing so

23/07/2022 — Life, Lessons Learned

Making it easier to keep tabs on your projects using Retool

12/05/2022 — Product Development, Technology, DevOps

An intro to building plugins for Figma with create-figma-plugin

24/04/2022 — JavaScript, Technology

Adding an API to your Neo4J graph with @neo4j/graphql

19/04/2022 — JavaScript, Software Development, Technology

Iterating my way to a product landing page via user testing with Maze

07/04/2022 — Product Development, Design

How Business Analysts can enable and participate in Test Driven Development

19/02/2022 — Testing, Software Development

How I improved my site’s performance by replacing all my GIFs with Lottie

12/02/2022 — JavaScript, Software Development

Building a GraphQL API using Firebase Functions and Apollo

23/01/2022 — JavaScript, Software Development

My experiences building a plugin of my app for Miro

17/12/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development, Technology

Why I ditched Google Analytics & MixPanel for PostHog

11/12/2021 — Product Development, Technology

Tutorial: How we built the Reciprocal.dev alpha

20/10/2021 — Product Development, Lessons Learned

Adding Drag to select to your Konva app with React

09/10/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Using GraphCMS with Gatsby and Netlify to build a CMS driven static website

24/09/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Enabling seamless Firebase authentication across multiple web apps using Netlify

19/09/2021 — DevOps, Software Development

Create an Editable, Resizable Text Label in Konva with React

11/09/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Create an Editable SVG Path with Konva

27/08/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Create Connections Between Objects with Konva and React

12/08/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Adding Objects to Your Konva Stage via Drag ’n’ Drop in React

04/08/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Why I find having 19 To Do Lists more efficient than just one

21/07/2021 — Life

Documenting the context behind your code with Architectural Decision Records

23/06/2021 — Documentation, Software Development

Queries I Found Useful in My First Adventures with Firestore

16/05/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Faking it to make it

09/05/2021 — Product Development

Finding focus: Going on a vision quest

25/04/2021 — Product Development

Johnny Decimal-ising my life

17/04/2021 — Life

Adding a mini-map to your Konva canvas using react-konva

26/03/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Using a React Context With React-konva

12/03/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Adding zoom and panning to your react-konva stage

21/02/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Building a user journey map using Figma, Konva & react-konva

12/02/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

How I built the right thing for the wrong people and what I’ve learned

23/01/2021 — Product Development, Lessons Learned

Translating Your React Native App With i18n-js & Expo-Localization

16/01/2021 — JavaScript, Software Development

Monitoring crashes in your React Native app with Sentry & Expo

09/01/2021 — DevOps, JavaScript, Software Development

Building My First App — JiffyCV

18/12/2020 — Product Development, Lessons Learned

Make Testing Expo Apps Easy With Deep Links

12/12/2020 — JavaScript, Testing, Automation, Software Development

Enhancing Your Miro Boards By Building Your Own Miro Web Plugin

22/11/2020 — JavaScript, Technology

Build a Solid App in React with Tripledoc

07/11/2020 — JavaScript, Technology

Why You Should Modularise Your Automation Code

18/10/2020 — JavaScript, Testing, Automation, Software Development

Adding Dark Mode to my Expo based React Native app

02/10/2020 — JavaScript, Software Development

Downloading and Saving binary files using React Native with Expo

04/09/2020 — JavaScript, Software Development, Testing

Testing your React Native App with Expo & Appium — Handling Cross Platform Differences

22/08/2020 — Testing, JavaScript, Automation, Software Development

Testing Your React Native App With Expo & Appium

14/08/2020 — Testing, JavaScript, Automation, Software Development

Bi-Directional Traceability in Jira With X-Ray

08/08/2020 — Testing, Automation, JavaScript, Bash, Software Development

Running my first Usability Tests

24/07/2020 — Product Development, Lessons Learned

Figma tips for developers

18/07/2020 — Design, Technology, Lessons Learned

Building a live preview in React Native using your existing React components

11/07/2020 — JavaScript, Software Development

Actions on Google — Starting a conversation via Push Notifications

12/06/2020 — JavaScript, Conversational Interface, Technology

Adding a conversational interface to your app with Dialogflow

06/06/2020 — JavaScript, Conversational Interface, Technology

Interacting with my Ecovacs Deebot robotic vacuum with Python & Sucks

23/05/2020 — Python, Technology

An introduction to JSON Schema

15/05/2020 — JavaScript, Documentation, Software Development

Using Firebase for storage and auth with Restify & NodeJS

08/05/2020 — JavaScript, Software Development, Technology

Building an API consumer-first with Pact

02/05/2020 — Testing, Automation, JavaScript, Software Development

Seamlessly Deploying React Native Apps with Expo and Github Actions

08/02/2020 — DevOps, Automation, JavaScript, Software Development

Using redux-saga to handle (and test) Push Notifications in React Native

01/02/2020 — JavaScript, Software Development

Using Allure and Jest to improve test reporting

18/01/2020 — Testing, Software Development

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidy Code — Applying KonMari method to code

11/01/2020 — Software Development

There’s nothing retrospective about dull retrospectives

21/12/2019 — Agile

Building a MIDI to LSDJ Web App in Flask & React

24/11/2019 — Python, JavaScript, Music, Software Development

How David killed Goliath – Are too-small User Stories killing your ability to deliver?

02/11/2019 — Software Development, Lessons Learned

Creating chiptunes with Python, MIDI and LSDJ

19/10/2019 — Python, Music, Software Development

A tale of two teams and how they helped shaped the value testing provided

21/09/2019 — Testing, Lessons Learned

The frustrations of dealing with the LinkedIn API

14/09/2019 — Software Development, Automation, Technology

React Native Component Library — Making things theme-able

07/09/2019 — JavaScript, Software Development

Building a React Native Component Library with Storybook.JS

20/07/2019 — JavaScript, Documentation, Software Development

Reviving a legacy codebase with React Native

13/07/2019 — JavaScript, Documentation, Software Development

My journey with Docker

23/06/2019 — DevOps

Visualising test results with PyTest and Philips Hue

18/05/2019 — Python, Testing, Technology, Software Development

Mutation Testing with Stryker

11/05/2019 — JavaScript, Testing, Automation, Software Development

Configuration testing your Docker containers with TestInfra

05/05/2019 — DevOps, Testing, Automation, Software Development

Continuous Delivery with Travis, DockerHub, ECS and AWS CLI

13/04/2019 — DevOps, Automation, Software Development

Gherkin: A retrospective

08/04/2019 — Testing, Automation, Lessons Learned, Software Development

Using a Discord bot to validate an idea

30/03/2019 — Python, Conversational Interface, Product Development

Writing a Jest Test Reporter

16/03/2019 — JavaScript, Testing, Software Development

Breathing easy with Awair and Electron

02/03/2019 — JavaScript, Technology

Lessons learned testing a Apache Kafka based application with Jest & Node.js

16/02/2019 — Lessons Learned, JavaScript, Testing, Software Development

Running Tests in restricted environments using Jest, Restify.js and Docker

09/02/2019 — Testing, JavaScript, DevOps, Software Development

Automating my Resume with HackMyResume & FRESH

02/02/2019 — JavaScript, Automation

Documentation with JSDoc

23/11/2018 — JavaScript, Documentation, Software Development

Architectural Concerns of the Page Object in Automated Testing

19/11/2018 — Testing, Automation, Lessons Learned, Software Development

Using Storybook to develop shared understanding

18/10/2018 — JavaScript, Documentation, Software Development

Managing upstream API dependencies with User Journey focused regression testing

16/10/2018 — Testing, User Journeys, Automation, Software Development

Lessons Learned from building a Pokemon Go Raid Tracker

21/01/2018 — Product Development, Lessons Learned

Building a Pokemon Go Raid Tracker

06/01/2018 — Product Development, Software Development, Python, Django

Reconstructing 3D objects from 2D images

23/05/2017 — Technology

Visualising MIDI files with Python

21/05/2017 — Python, Music, Data Visualisation

Things learned from being part of a failed startup

12/03/2016 — Product Development, Software Development

Enabling Test Driven Development

10/02/2016 — Software Development