- MacBook setup and the tools I use for web design - Nov 2013I recently had the pleasure of setting up a new MacBook Pro. I like making checklists so thought I’d keep track of what I set up for next time.
- How to send automated email in Ruby on Rails (with Mailgun) - Oct 2013If you’re developing an app it’s highly likely you’ll have to send automated transactional emails; confirmation emails, reset password, social notifications etc. I’ve had to do this a bunch of...
- Stop making me sign up - Sep 2013I posted an article on Medium entitled “Stop making me sign up”.
- Lean product development: How to validate a feature idea in 5 minutes - Aug 2013Every product has a back log of ideas and feature requests so how do you know what features are worth the time and effort developing? In March I shipped Flask,...
- Motherplate - A bare bones HTML5 CSS3 SCSS responsive boilerplate - Jul 2013A few years back I blogged about having a ready to use HTML framework for your projects. A lot has changed since then. Resources like HTML5 Boilerplate and Bootstrap have...
- How to set up your first .io domain (with Heroku) - Jun 2013.io Domains are all the rage in the startup/developer world. A couple of favourites include Preact.io, Intercom.io, GitHub.io and CodePen.io. As the .com market is saturated, it opens up an...
- Side projects are your playground - May 2013I posted an article on Medium entitled “Side projects are your playground”.
- My first Node.js app: CodeShare.io - Apr 2013I hooked up Firebase with Ace Editor to create a real-time code sharing tool CodeShare.io Learning Node.js and Express The best way to learn a language is to build something...
- The Lean Entrepreneur - Apr 2013I just finished re-reading The Lean Entrepreneur. It’s a great guide to lean product development and a useful read for entrepreneurs, startups, designers, product managers or anyone involved in the...
- 5 Things I learned designing for high-resolution retina displays - Mar 2013I was lucky enough to receive a 13” MacBook Pro with Retina display for work a few months back.