Reflections on Epic Web Conf
I received an unexpected message on a dark evening in late January of this year.
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Stuttering.
Imagine an invisible choke leash around your neck that could be yanked at any time?
Being intentional.
This is not the first new year blog post I've written. But hopefully, it'll be the most intentional.
What I learned reviewing over 300 resumes
We're currently hiring a remote front-end web developer for my team at Canonical, and I have spent a lot of this week reviewing over 300 applications.
Get that Pull Request merged - today.
You've done the hard yards, that new feature or bug fix now works just as you'd like - now all that is left is to submit your Pull Request, get it landed and everyone is in profit, right?
Reactathon 2019, San Francisco
Last week I was lucky enough to attend Reactathon 2019 held in Github HQ, San Francisco.
New Gatsby plugin: Scroll Indicator
I recently developed a little scroll indicator for this site and then thought - maybe others might find this useful?
Formatting your code with Prettier
I've become a huge advocate of using Prettier to format front-end code. Let me explain why.
Making remote work, work.
I recently gave a lightning talk at BelfastJS on how I make working remotely, work for me. Here, I expand on some of those themes.
React Finland 2018
I spent an enjoyable couple of days last week attending the inaugural React Finland conference in Helsinki.
Hack The Hub 2018
I spent last weekend at Hack the Hub, a Machine Learning (ML) Hackathon in Belfast.
Taming your inbox
One of my goals for 2017 was to tame my box. I feel I've been reasonably successful in doing so. Here are some pointers which helped me.
Thoughts on Brexit
Growing up in Northern Ireland I was always taught that when in polite company, never discuss religion or politics as it’ll likely end in a blazing row.
Re: The Elephant In the Room