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The Top 5 Mistakes You Make Building Software And How To Avoid Them

Saturday 10 February 2024, 17:18

The difference between failure and success isn't whether you make mistakes, it's whether you learn from them.

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I Tried ChatGPT and It's Not the Best Thing Ever

Sunday 05 February 2023, 16:36

An AI revolution or playing dumb? This blog post brought to you by a special guest contributor.

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Swap two (string) variables without using a third

Saturday 15 October 2022, 15:31

A bit about binary (pun intended!) to put a twist on a classic learning puzzle.

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Why You Probably Don’t Need React (or any other frontend framework)

Friday 07 October 2022, 23:30

Challenging the present day orthodoxy on web application architecture.

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Build your own OAuth2 Server with PHP and Symfony

Saturday 10 September 2022, 21:40

Learn all about OAuth2, OIDC, plus build an AWS Cognito style single sign on app.

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I Tried GitHub Copilot and it's the Best Thing Ever

Tuesday 29 March 2022, 17:47

...the AI trained on open source which writes code for you!

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Test Driven Development (TDD): How, What & Why

Sunday 29 August 2021, 22:08

Write better software with a test-first lifecycle.

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Delete Git tag

Tuesday 06 April 2021, 17:51

Delete a Git tag locally and remote

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