I recently passed my probation period at Elastic which, of course, I’m remarkably pleased about! In this post, I wanted to attempt three things. Firstly, to encourage every developer out there to dream big and realise that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to. I’m now in a dream role and if I […]
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Do We Have an Obsession with Ducks in Software Development?
Excuse the slightly unusual blog post, but we are living in quite unusual times as I write this. I thought this post might be a mood lightener for a few of my regular readers! With that, let’s explore whether we have an obsession with ducks in software development. There are two phrases which came to […]
2017 – The Year in Review Looking back at an exciting 2017
2017 was an incredibly fun, exciting and busy year for me. I’m a bit late in pulling it together but I wanted to write this year in review post. 2017 Highlights For me there are a few distinct highlights that come to mind in a year packed full of goodness… MVP Award The biggest highlight […]
GitHub Contributor Tips and Tricks (Gitiquette) My thoughts of being a better GitHub citizen
I made by first GitHub pull request back in November 2015. After a code review I needed to make some changes to the code and the learning curve of Git/GitHub bit me. I had to close my PR and open a fresh one in order to get my code accepted since I couldn’t figure out […]
Introducing My Blog
I’ve been thinking about creating a blog on and off for a year or so. I like the idea of sharing what I learn and if nothing else it gives me somewhere to write stuff down that I might later need. I’ve had a blog before and finding the time and discipline to keep it going […]