Jacob Tan 🐶2018 summaries, 2019 objectives2018 has been quite an eventful year, I did a 2017 summary early in the year, and decided to continue with a summary for 2018.Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Jacob Tan 🐶Celebrating Small Wins; The importance of user storiesIn software development, one of the hardest things to do well is knowing how to keep track of features that you need to ship, and when to…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Jacob Tan 🐶Understanding HTTP/2 and optimising for performanceHTTP/2 is the first major revision of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and very foundation of communication on the world wide web.Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
Jacob Tan 🐶Tackling Front End Performance —Strategy, Tools, and TechniquesPerformance, we all know it matters. Coming from the country with the fastest fixed broadband speed in the world, Singapore, I do take that…Mar 9, 20182Mar 9, 20182
Jacob Tan 🐶How I launched WatchCrypto, a cryptocurrency dashboard websiteI recently built WatchCrypto, a cryptocurrency dashboard website that ranks the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap.Feb 22, 20181Feb 22, 20181
Jacob Tan 🐶2017 summaries, 2018 objectivesHere are a list of things I have done in 2017. Most people write their summary of the year close to end of the year, I haven’t done this…Jan 8, 2018Jan 8, 2018
Jacob Tan 🐶inMinitheory DesignFont support on Internet Explorer, WOFF v.s. WOFF 2.0We recently completed a project for a big client; it was one of the most significant projects I have worked on in my career thus far.Nov 16, 20175Nov 16, 20175
Jacob Tan 🐶Being an imposter in the tech industryThe imposter syndrome is a common ‘syndrome’ faced by many, especially in the tech industry where changes are a constant, and lagging…Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2017
Jacob Tan 🐶inMinitheory DesignFront End UI Testing ProcessRecently, we were engaged to develop and test UI elements for an existing site. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Unfortunately, reality is often the…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Jacob Tan 🐶3 ways to improve the passport renewal experienceRecently, I had to renew my passport for travel purposes. Due to my previous experience of having to wait hours to renew my passport, I…Jan 21, 2015Jan 21, 2015