Published in Short Stories by CS Rhymes·May 23, 2020Time for workPublished: May 23, 2020 by C.S. Rhymes He checked his watch again, it was now 5 to 8. Five more minutes before he had to start work. …Stories4 min readStories4 min read
May 8, 2020Creating a docs site with Bulma Clean ThemePublished: May 8, 2020 by C.S. Rhymes I created Bulma Clean Theme as a theme for my own website and decided to open source it so others could use it as well. …Github Pages3 min readGithub Pages3 min read
Feb 29, 2020What are Story Points?Published: Feb 29, 2020 by C.S. Rhymes I’ve always estimated development issues in hours or days but I recently created a new project in Jira and it only allowed me to use story points for estimates. I have always stayed away from story points as I have struggled to understand…Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
Feb 19, 2020How to motivate yourselfPublished: Feb 19, 2020 by C.S. Rhymes Sometimes life as a developer gets you down. No matter how hard you work it seems like there is a never ending list of new bugs and change requests that keep coming in from your users. It’s easy to get fed up and…Motivation5 min readMotivation5 min read
Nov 5, 2019Development is like a jigsaw puzzlePublished: Nov 5, 2019 by C.S. Rhymes Last week I decided to buy a jigsaw puzzle and as I was building it, I had a thought that puzzles share a lot of the aspects of development. After all, a jigsaw puzzle does require a lot of problem solving skills. Finding the edges When…Puzzle5 min readPuzzle5 min read
Published in Short Stories by CS Rhymes·Jul 18, 2019The holidayPublished: Jul 18, 2019 by C.S. Rhymes He sat in his seat, trying to stretch his legs in what little room he had with seats squeezed in both each side and in front. He had dozed off just after take off, trying to relax after the hustle and bustle of…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Mar 15, 2019Managing ExpectationsPublished: Mar 15, 2019 by C.S. Rhymes How long will something take to do? Who knows? Sometimes you just need to make just a tiny little quick change, but it doesn’t work out quite as expected and you have to go back and keep making small change after small change…Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Mar 8, 2019Is web development just copying and pasting?Published: Mar 8, 2019 by C.S. Rhymes It seems it’s impossible to make a website these days without using some kind of package manager, whether its npm for your frontend dependencies or something like composer for your php dependencies. If you need to do something a bit tricky then, chances…JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Published in Short Stories by CS Rhymes·Jan 29, 2019The fireworks displayThe old man looked at his clock on the wall. It was time to get going. He stood up slowly from his comfortable chair, taking his time as he always did, before walking over to his front porch and grabbing his coat and putting it on. …Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
Published in Short Stories by CS Rhymes·May 27, 2018Packing up the boxesThe tape was on the side next to the scissors. The tape was running low but there was still so much to do. Torn off bits of news paper and bubble wrap littered the floor, the evidence of their previous actions clear for all to see. Valuables, both in terms…Moving2 min readMoving2 min read
