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Sept 03 2026
development
Where the work goes when an agent writes the code
Aug 16 2026
personal
A summer with cricket in it
Jul 28 2026
personal
Too hot to keep the laptop open
Jul 09 2026
development
Giving an agent a job it can finish
Jun 12 2026
frontend
AI-assisted development without giving up judgement
May 12 2026
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The ordinary work of technical leadership
Apr 14 2026
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Keeping side projects small enough to finish
Mar 14 2026
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How I decide what to automate
Feb 12 2026
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Checking accessibility while I build
Jan 06 2026
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Setting engineering goals that survive January
Dec 29 2025
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What I Learned From a Year of Deliberate Practice
Nov 15 2025
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The Value of Small, Reversible Changes
Oct 07 2025
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When a Design System Needs Governance
Oct 03 2025
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Choosing Boring Technology on Purpose
Jul 31 2025
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Is It Time to Learn Another Framework?
Jul 29 2025
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What Makes Developer Documentation Useful
Jun 05 2025
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Making more room for reading
May 10 2025
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Balancing Dev Life With Creative Projects
Apr 26 2025
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Looking forward to cricket season
Mar 16 2025
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The Joy of Writing Code That Teaches
Feb 09 2025
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Why I Still Don't Use Tailwind in 2025
Jan 22 2025
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Getting Back Into the Groove After the Holidays
Dec 25 2024
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What My Career Taught Me (So Far)
Oct 24 2024
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Why You Should Still Learn Semantic HTML
Oct 15 2024
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Dealing With Tech Stack Regret
Sept 28 2024
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The Quiet Satisfaction of Good Documentation
Aug 03 2024
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How to Onboard a New Dev Without Overwhelming Them
Jul 24 2024
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Knowing when a side project is finished
Jun 20 2024
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Golf and Code: Mental Reset After a Buggy Day
May 15 2024
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The Power of Technical Storytelling
Apr 25 2024
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How to Actually Use Linting for Team Success
Mar 17 2024
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Building a Portfolio That Reflects Your Values
Feb 27 2024
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Why CSS is Still the Best Tool for Layout
Jan 15 2024
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How to Start a Project With Good Defaults
Dec 15 2023
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Looking Ahead: What I’m Focusing On in 2024
Nov 16 2023
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What Makes a Front-End Project Fun
Oct 13 2023
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The tools I keep coming back to
Sept 10 2023
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Leadership Without Ego
Aug 09 2023
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When and Why I Still Reach for Vanilla JS
Jul 20 2023
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The Myth of the 10x Developer
Jun 16 2023
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Design Tokens vs Utility Classes: My Take
May 05 2023
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What Cricket Selection Meetings Taught Me About Hiring
Apr 18 2023
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The Developer/Designer Relationship Done Right
Mar 28 2023
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How to Stay Technical as You Climb the Ladder
Feb 25 2023
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Getting to know an established product at BJSS
Jan 16 2023
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Joining a Consultancy: What Surprised Me Most
Dec 19 2022
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What I Hope Front-End Looks Like in 5 Years
Dec 07 2022
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What I ask before adopting a new tool
Oct 23 2022
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How To Prepare a Junior Dev for Promotion
Sept 01 2022
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The Case Against Over-Abstracting Front-End Code
Jul 30 2022
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How I Plan My Week as a Senior Engineer
Jul 18 2022
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Why Devs Should Be Involved in Design Reviews
Jun 15 2022
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Building for the Next Dev: My Personal Rules
May 30 2022
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How to Explain Technical Debt to Non-Tech People
Apr 08 2022
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Why Tennis Tactics Apply to Software Teams
Apr 06 2022
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The Cost of Poor Front-End Decisions
Jan 31 2022
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Being a Tech Generalist in a Specialist World
Jan 21 2022
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Why I Still Start Projects Without a Framework
Dec 08 2021
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Reflections on Another Year of Change
Nov 28 2021
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The Case for Writing Your Own Component Library
Oct 05 2021
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What I value in a senior developer
Sept 18 2021
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The Business Value of Good UX (Explained for Devs)
Aug 16 2021
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How to Make Front-End Development Less Fragile
Jul 11 2021
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Learning From Losing: What Sport Taught Me About Feedback
Jun 07 2021
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Why I Still Use TypeScript (Even When It Slows Me Down)
May 04 2021
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Looking back on changing jobs
Apr 13 2021
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How to Build a Culture of Code Ownership
Mar 21 2021
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Replacing padding workarounds with aspect-ratio
Feb 21 2021
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Leading Small Dev Teams Without Micromanaging
Jan 14 2021
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What remote work is teaching us
Dec 30 2020
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2020 in Tech: What I’m Taking With Me
Nov 19 2020
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How I Structure a New Front-End Codebase
Oct 20 2020
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Back to Basics: The Power of Clean HTML
Aug 31 2020
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How to Say No Without Being a Bottleneck
Aug 01 2020
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Managing Front-End Performance Like a Product
Jul 24 2020
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How Golf Keeps Me Focused (Even on Buggy Days)
Jun 30 2020
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Helping Juniors Thrive in Uncertain Times
May 17 2020
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The Return of Simplicity in Web Design
Apr 14 2020
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Writing a useful pull request description
Mar 27 2020
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CSS-in-JS: Still Not For Me
Feb 19 2020
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The Power of Side Projects During a Crisis
Jan 23 2020
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Remote Leadership in a Suddenly Remote World
Dec 14 2019
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Wrapping Up the Decade: What I Hope Front-End Learns Next
Nov 15 2019
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When JavaScript is Too Much: Using HTML and CSS Instead
Oct 03 2019
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Making the Most of One-on-Ones With Your Manager
Sept 11 2019
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Why I Still Prefer SCSS Over Utility-First CSS
Jul 26 2019
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How to Give Talks When You’re Not a ‘Speaker’
May 29 2019
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The Myth of the Full Stack Unicorn
May 24 2019
frontend
Cricket, Code and the Importance of Timing
Apr 26 2019
personal
Let’s Talk About Dev Burnout
Apr 18 2019
personal
The First 30 Days of a New Dev Job
Apr 04 2019
frontend
What I Learnt Building a Real-Time Web App
Mar 18 2019
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Refactoring Legacy CSS Without the Tears
Jan 21 2019
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When shared components become worth maintaining
Dec 17 2018
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Keeping notes for the end of the year
Nov 22 2018
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Modern Front-End Build Tools: What’s Actually Worth It?
Oct 12 2018
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Leading Through Change: When the Team Gets Reshuffled
Aug 28 2018
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How I Use TypeScript Without Losing Flexibility
Aug 15 2018
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Dark Mode Isn’t Just a Gimmick
Jul 14 2018
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What Tennis Taught Me About Teamwork
Jul 07 2018
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When CSS Breaks: Debugging with Empathy
Jun 18 2018
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Why Tech Leaders Should Still Write Code
Mar 23 2018
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Getting More Out of Code Reviews
Mar 12 2018
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Testing Front-End Code Without Losing Your Mind
Feb 20 2018
management
How to Build Confidence in Junior Devs
Jan 25 2018
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Why Writing CSS is Still a Craft
Dec 18 2017
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Looking Back at a Year of Leading Devs
Dec 07 2017
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Why I Still Use Vanilla JS for Side Projects
Nov 01 2017
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Before committing to a rewrite
Oct 05 2017
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The Only Good Commit Message Is a Clear One
Aug 10 2017
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How a Pattern Library Becomes a Culture
Jul 11 2017
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The Front-End Tooling Overwhelm: My Coping Strategy
Jun 23 2017
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Tech Debt vs UX Debt: Spot the Difference
Jun 01 2017
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Trying CSS custom properties
May 18 2017
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Semantic HTML Isn’t Dead
Mar 07 2017
management
From Dev to Manager: Shifting Your Mindset
Mar 05 2017
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What Cricket Selection Teaches Us About Hiring Engineers
Feb 14 2017
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How to Make Pair Programming Less Awkward
Dec 11 2016
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End-of-Year Retros: What Worked, What Didn’t
Nov 03 2016
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Building Internal Tools That People Actually Use
Oct 23 2016
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The MVP Trap: When ‘Just Enough’ Becomes Too Little
Sept 13 2016
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What I want from a CSS naming convention
Aug 09 2016
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Making Time for Learning When You’re Flat Out
Jul 11 2016
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Lessons From Coaching: Getting Tech Teams to Play as a Unit
Jun 17 2016
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Deploying With Confidence: My Front-End Deployment Process
May 07 2016
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How to Interview for a Front-End Job Without Faking It
Apr 26 2016
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CSS Grid: At Last, Layout Makes Sense
Mar 11 2016
frontend
Golf vs Dev: Why You Can’t Rush Either
Feb 12 2016
frontend
Angular, React, Vue—Why I Tried All Three
Jan 18 2016
personal
The January Dev Blues and How to Beat Them
Dec 14 2015
frontend
Making the Web Work for Everyone: Accessibility as a Mindset
Nov 16 2015
frontend
When to Say No to the Latest JS Framework
Oct 11 2015
personal
How Cricket Taught Me Patience as a Developer
Sept 21 2015
frontend
Ten Years In: How Front-End Has Grown Up (and Out)
Sept 05 2015
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Teaching the Next Dev: Why Explaining Your CSS Matters
Aug 12 2015
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Why Building a Pattern Library Isn’t Just a Dev Task
Jul 26 2015
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Managing a Tiny Team With Big Ambitions
Jun 29 2015
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Thinking about the markup before the styling
Apr 23 2015
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Why I Don't Use Bootstrap for Every Project
Mar 31 2015
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Grunt, Sass, Mustache: My Go-To Toolkit in 2015
Feb 28 2015
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The Joy of Starting from Scratch
Jan 15 2015
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Why Good CSS Still Matters in 2015