Things I've written

Get to know the Aiven API with Postman.

An API is an important feature to look for when making cloud purchasing decisions.

Sphinx extensions for developer portals

Twice this week... .... I've had to look up my own instructions for turning a CSV file into a PostgreSQL table definition and importing it. Luckily, "blog-as-a-brain" works just as well on the comp...

Git Fundamentals Screencast This screencast series was a fun collaboration with O'Reilly. Because it's aimed specifically at web developers, I felt I had the freedom to include code samples (I usua...

PHP Web Services: Book PHP Web Services covers the theory behind web services, some specific examples of data formats and service types, then moves on to give good, solid advice on different aspect...

DZone Refcard: Getting Started With Redis I try not to have favourite technologies; for the most part I enjoy them all when used for the purpose they are intended for. However Redis is so excellent...

How to accelerate your software development career Sharing some of my preferred levelling-up skills for technical professionals on Computing here!

What does a successful developer actually look like? A short post for Silicon Republic about the workforce in tech, which skills really matter for developers, and how the skills shortage will be so...