Tag: programming

  • Friction

    2024-07-09

    I want to talk (again) about friction. Things that slow us down. How some friction is good, and some is bad.

  • Trusting code

    2024-03-24

    You kinda have a relationship with code from your projects. You probably have feelings about it. As I've been thinking about code style, I've also been thinking about how it's important to build up trust in a code base.

  • The View from the Bottom of the Pile

    2023-10-02

    It seems upside-down, but sometimes when you're at the bottom of the pile, you can see a whole load more looking back up! And there's opportunities for programmers here.

  • notsoeasyhosting.com/tricky.css

    2009-11-21

    I'm currently running...err...at least 4 small web-based projects at the moment, so I'm getting to grips with Hosting, DNS and CSS again.

  • Debugging the Borders

    2009-02-12

    Nothing...NOTHING I've ever come across is as unpredictable, complicated, difficult to get right, and downright confusing as this.

  • Tools of the Trade

    2009-01-10

    Developing a computer program of any size, like any engineering trade, requires some tools and some planning.

  • Web development complexity

    2009-01-03

    I wonder if such a large collection of technologies has always been required to write a business application?

  • Maybe not so bad afterall

    2008-12-30

    JavaScript's all making a lot more sense, but I still think it's a bit of a daft language.

  • Javaaaarrghhscript

    2008-12-27

    I'm still playing with Web Development languages and tools...but I'm really not liking JavaScript.