Spend more time on other things while looking like a frontend champion. — CSS takes forever. At least it did. I should know. I used to write all my CSS from scratch and it felt like it took a really long time. That all changed when I started using CSS generators where appropriate. You can create a design by manually writing the code…

If you want to motivate and inspire your team, best to avoid these leadership pitfalls. — “You should hate each other for having let each other down.” — exclaimed the CEO of a company when addressing the team responsible for a failed product launch. Shortly after his tirade, he fires the leader of the team and replaces him on the spot. The CEO was Steve Jobs…

I missed out on a lot more than I thought. — “Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs all did it…” — the 19 year old me foolishly thought. “… surely University is just a waste of time then.” — I considered whilst in the comfort of my parent’s home, half way through a three-year Bachelor’s degree that was paid for…

Don’t be that person everyone avoids like the plague. — We’ve all been there — standing in the schoolyard as kids are picked one-by-one to join a team for a friendly match of who-knows-what that surely consists of a ball and some physical activity. First goes the kid that has the physical capabilities of an A-grade sports player. Next up…

When to use a stack and a deep dive into the most performant implementation of a stack. — Data structures and algorithms are the bricks and mortar of software engineering. Strip any software or application to its core and you’ll find a large network of data structures and algorithms meticulously sewed together. While many softwares and applications arguably “do their job”, I’m sure you’ll agree with me when…

These projects allow you to showcase the attributes technical leaders are looking for, separating you from other candidates. — “Needing experience to get experience” — The paradox that makes every graduate developer’s blood boil. If I had a dollar for every time I saw an entry-level job position that required at least 1 year of experience to get the ENTRY-level position I’d be up there with Elon and Jeff…

Features every seamless product have in common. — Good design is often mistaken for the appealing coordination of colors or the pristine arrangement of components. When in fact, the core purpose of design is to construct a product that will assist the user in achieving a goal with as little friction as possible. On a basic level, this…

What is AWS Lambda, how does it work and why you should care. — “Serverless” has been the buzz word for several years now, with many applications choosing to implement the serverless approach. The term originated from the idea that the infrastructure used to run your backend code does not need to be provisioned and managed by you and your team. This significantly lessens…