programming The programmer paradox Okay, so this is probably true of all professions or skills. But one thing that's struck me over the past few years, as a programmer. The more I know about programming, and software
politics How to debate TL;DR Dont' be a dick. I have fairly strong views on many subjects. So, typically, as someone who uses the internet, I end up, often against my will, being dragged into debate,
javascript ES6 is beautiful One of my criticisms in the past when it comes to Javascript, is that it can get really messy, really quickly. That's before ES6 came along. ES6 has loads of great features, but
javascrip A brief introduction to Redux I've been working on a couple of large React projects lately, both were using straight up React + Flux. I was pretty new to React prior to these projects, but I fell in love
go Writing a service container in Go I've been working on a pretty large API recently, lots of routes, services, handlers etc. The first thing I noticed is my main.go file started to become excuciatingly bloated with 'bootstrapping' code.
golang How Go solves so many problems for web developers My team at work are, quite frankly very tired of my Go evangelist ways. Every time someone mentions some problem with one of our codebases, they can usually count on me to chime
shell Make your own Gif to Mp4 converter using ffmpeg and bash Many social media sites, mostly Facebook... have fairly poor support for gifs. To get around this problem, you can convert gifs into mp4 video files, and they will autoplay etc. So this will
go Writing and running Go api's in Docker Note, this article is two years old and will be updated soon* In this post we'll be looking at creating a really basic API in Go, and running it within Docker. Folder structure:
php Designing domain specific language When you spin up a framework such as Laravel, Symfony etc. The first thing you'll notice, is that they have their own 'feel'. I often joke that Symfony2 is like Java and Laravel
acid What it's like to watch The Jeremy Kyle Show on... Acid Insert Image credit: http://correo1231.deviantart.com/ So the other weekend. I came home drunk at 5am and decided to raid the fridge/freezer for more booze. Forgetting that a friend had hidden