Dev Blog
.sub_heading {Ramblings from life as a software developer
} }Ideas & opinions are all my own :D
AI is killing the software industry
AI is the best development tool in years, and it's quietly cutting the bottom rung off the ladder that trains new developers.
Laravel vs Rolling Your Own
From rolling a custom CMS from scratch to landing firmly in the Laravel camp for any new project.
Just press F5
A love letter to the F5 key, and the ritual of refreshing the page and hoping for the best.
So... What Kind of Test Is This?
Unit, feature, integration, contract, smoke, regression - stop arguing about the label and start with the risk you're trying to remove.
I Don't Want to Be a DevOps Engineer
In defence of WAMP for solo development - Docker has its place, but not every developer needs the whole stack just to write code.
I Hate The Big Blue Blob
An honest, long-held dislike of WordPress: the plugin sprawl, the bloat, and building the thing you actually need instead.
Leaving the agency
After eight years at the same agency, comfortable and stuck looked identical from the inside, until a chat became a job offer.
The gap between "learning to code" and "working as a developer"
You've got the licence. You haven't got the miles - on the gap between finishing a course and being job-ready.
