I write about software engineering and good work habits, along with some of my own personal opinions to spice things up a bit.
It’s simple to ask, but difficult to answer. In this post, we explore factors affecting software cost so you can get more value from your development projects.
Systemic demands on developers prevent them from building deep expertise, and it's holding back the web on an industry-wide scale. Here's why.
When developing new software, timelines, cost, and quality can be hard to control. Here's how to choose the right development partner to keep things on track.
Your single page JavaScript web app probably doesn't make you as much money as its old-school alternative. Sorry.
We spend too much time making vanity improvements to our code, while failing to make refactors that affect the long-term quality of our software. We need to do better.
Twitter has some great web development chatter. However, it also makes me feel like a fake and a failure. Here's why, and what I intend to do about it.
In 2015 I started a digital agency. As an employee who made the switch to running a business, here are some things I wish I'd understood before starting.
Amazon Textract extracts text and structured data from scanned or photographed documents, but how reliably can it be used for business process automation? We put it to the test.
How can your business thrive when you're constantly being disrupted by leaner, faster, more automated competition on a global scale?
We've experienced how competing stakeholders, unclear ROIs, and uncertainty can make committing to business automation difficult. Process maps provide a powerful way to clear the fog.
Without a clear definition of success, it's hard to know which direction to take, or whether you're making any progress. Goals provide direction and clarity for your teams.
Imagine this scenario — someone in your company proposes a new software feature with the potential to save the business …
At Leaf, we embrace remote work to get a productive edge. However, it’s easy for a remote environment to work against you.
In my experience of software teams, there are a few behavioural traps that leaders (senior stakeholders …
These days, people in most organisations are encouraged to work in their personal time …
We took Howdy, our own little app, from an idea to a fully published SaaS application entirely in our spare time. During its development…
Writing great code is easier than ever, and yet we act like it doesn’t matter.
Some tips for a better code review process based on my experiences working at Holiday Extras.
What I learned about getting technical debt within a large team under control while working at Holiday Extras.
Back from the days before React Native, some tips for getting the best performance possible from a Cordova based mobile app.
I started working as a freelance development consultant full time in April 2021. Here are the numbers and reflections on my second month.
I started working as a freelance development consultant full time in April 2021. Here are the numbers and reflections on my first month.
Leaf is closing its doors in April 2021. Here's why we're winding down a profitable agency business, and what I plan to do next.