Web Development

Looks like I’m technically now a Professional

So apparently the disillusionment doesn’t stop just because you’re technically now a professional.

Time to meet new People

In a new city, it can be difficult to find a place where you fit in. Especially when you move to start working on your new career and have competitions lined up for the first few months which involve daily training.

Brain drain is starting to take it’s toll

As excited as I was to be starting off on a new adventure, nothing could have prepared me for how draining it…

Today I deployed my first piece of working code to a real production system

Today I deployed my first piece of working code to a real production system and…

So… I might have overreacted a little.

After a weekend away from the screen, I’m back at the office with fresh eyes. And following a good nights sleep, I’m…

Ok. This is really fucking hard.

I’m actually questioning whether I can do this for a job. It is honestly that difficult and I have no idea what’s going on…

Official Dev — One week and counting…

One week down and I’m exhausted.

Watch out IT, you don’t know what you’re in for!

How excited am I to be getting flown to another city for the day just for an interview? Uhhmmm, pretty damn excited! Now, the job isn’t guaranteed, nor is it guaranteed that I’ll take it but the fact that someone from a highly reputable…

Get started with Symfony and php on Mac OSX

Before you start working with any new technology it is important to at least understand the basics of what it is you’re working with or attempting to learn. Symfony2 is a full-stack web framework written in PHP which leverages the internal web server…

What is a Server?

This article is going to describe a broad overview of the term ‘server’. There is a range of server types, which do things slightly different to one another but before looking into specialist types, it is vital to understand what a server essentially is and does in the first place.