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I'm a technolgist at TodayTix, the posts below are about work, but probably don't reflect my employers opinions. If you want to connect about work related topics, then this is probably the best place to do it.
Is seasonality a reason?
Many e-commerce business experience (or suffer) seasonality. The Q4 sales retail hustle, and the ensuing workload, is the best know example. There is no escaping the rush to the holidays. But is seasonality a valid reason to use in your standup, monthly sales meeting or QBR?
18/03/2025 · READ
Hoggard: Static Site Generator
I made a static site generator named after former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard.
25/01/2025 · VIEW
VP Engineering Dashboard
Productivity advice famously doesn't work. A persons tips are almost certainly only applicable to them - we are unique individuals, perhaps with only a love of searching the internet for productivity tips in common. So with that caveat I'm sharing an approach that's been worki…
18/04/2023 · READ
Specialists and generalists: The challenge of building multi-stack engineering experience
When I started off in web development, back in the last century, everyone was a generalist. And generally people didn't really know what they were doing.
22/12/2022 · READ
Cycling through the Metaverse
Yesterday evening, I finished work, had dinner with my family and then cycled up Alpe d'Huez.
25/02/2022 · VIEW
No 10 plans to lower salary level at which graduates start repaying loans
Government believes too many students are racking up debts studying “soft” 3-year university courses in arts and social sciences, and is looking to funnel more 18 year olds towards technical training that is cheaper and will pay a faster economic dividend. It probably was “sof…
27/09/2021 · VIEW
The Mentorship Diamond
The idea that one person, your manager, is going to be the oracle on your career is a bit optimistic. Mentees all round!
16/09/2021 · VIEW
The Case for ‘Developer Experience’
If you're an engineering lead business and you make vendor and toolset choices that don't take account of the impact on the team it's not likely to go so well.
16/09/2021 · VIEW