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Why I’m Moving My Operations to America
In software, simplicity is key. Follow these five strategies to make sure complexity doesn’t sneak in the back door..
I Almost Quit Coding Until I Discovered This
Why every developer must build their own software project at least once.
Most Developers Can't Build an App in a Month—I Built This One in Just 7 Days
Ever since I realised I can use existing skills to launch my own software, my mission has been to build as many projects as possible. So I set myself the goal of building project #3 in just 7 days.
Building Software Got So Easy That Anyone Can Do It
I can’t believe how insanely easy it is to build software today. I just spent the morning “writing code” without actually writing any code. Almost everything was copy and pasted from ChatGPT, stitched together, and tweaked. Only when absolutely necessary do I browse official documentation. Normally a bot gives me the exact code I’m looking for. There used to be technical tasks so far out of my comfort zone that I never considered attempting them....
How To Deploy Nuxt to AWS Lambda
Nuxt’s default deployment mode is as a continuously running Node.js server. That’s a problem for developers who prefer cost-efficient serverless technologies like AWS Lambda.
The Only Time I Ever Received a Cheque From America
I made money with a computer for the first time when I was 14. As a kid, I was obsessed with the internet. Weeks after installing an app that displayed ads in the browser, a cheque arrived by post for eighteen cold hard dollars. But for years after that I remained closed to the possibility of making a living online. I was writing Java code to help business owners realise their dreams....
Why Senior Developers Must Write Their Own Rulebook
For the longest time, I was a stickler for the rules. In another life I could’ve been a parking warden—slapping tickets on windscreens with a smile. As a software developer, I once landed the perfect job for a rules enthusiast, at an “Agile” software development consultancy. Agile is an approach to building software that adapts to projects where the goalposts are constantly moving. I spent 2 weeks at the company’s India offices, learning the rules of Agile....