Musings

PHP internals and the battle for Ukraine

Sunday 06 March 2022, 01:03

...when world affairs and programming collide.

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Should technical tests FizzBuzz off? Some thoughts on interview practice.

Saturday 11 September 2021, 13:52

How can we improve hiring processes? Challenging the coding challenge.

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The Second Worst Job I Ever Had

Saturday 15 May 2021, 00:03

Memories of mad metrics and myopic targets.

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Feel like a fraud? It's more common than you think!

Thursday 06 May 2021, 17:24

Confident or con artist? Coping with imposter syndrome.

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Communication as a programmer

Wednesday 28 April 2021, 22:49

If we want to be better programmers, we must also learn to be better humans.

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Holy hackamole, bots are a problem!

Saturday 03 April 2021, 14:51

Why I'm glad I hardened my server before launching this blog.

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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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Monday 22 January 2024, 20:15

Recalling the time I turned down a job offer because the company's interview technique sucked.

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Friday 19 January 2024, 18:50

Recalling the time I was rejected on the basis of a tech test...for the strangest reason!

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Why type hinting an array as a parameter or return type is an anti-pattern and should be avoided.

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Saturday 17 June 2023, 15:49

Leveraging the power of JSON and RDBMS for a combined SQL/NoSQL approach.

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