Blog posts
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🌟 Achievement unlocked - April 2019
Wisdom teeth and food again Just before writing this, I was: Cooking dinner (lamb and mushrooms and snow peas 😋) This path month, I achieved: 🚴♂️ Joined in a company-wide spin class to raise funds...
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Talk is cheap, show me the working
Code is a representation of your program. Not-code is also a representation of your program. Both of these representations are fair and valuable. I don’t think that’s a problem. Peoples attitude towar...
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🌟 Achievement unlocked - March 2019
The month of March was full of rain and food. Damn good food. Just before writing this, I was: Eating blueberry pancakes 😍 This path month, I achieved: 🥡 Moved my blog over to Netlify for easier de...
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🌟 Achievement unlocked - February 2019
I wrote this post retrospectively on the 9th March 2019. Just before writing this, I was: Working out my finances for the month - thanks Scott Pape 😛 This path month, I achieved: Getting stuff r...
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🏕️ Devcamp 2019 thoughts
After months of planning, deliberating over talks and hoping it would all come together, Campaign Monitor’s Devcamp for 2019 is over. A great 3 days of sessions and hangs was had and I’m so glad we go...
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Things I Spend Money On 2019
It’s often said that a lot of your money goes out regular expenses. Especially if you set it to auto-renew a subscription, you never even realise that you’re spending (and missing out on) the money in...
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🌟 Achievement Unlocked: January 2019
Just before writing this, I was: Reading some interesting roundups of apps and interviews over at The Sweet Setup. This past month, I achieved: Went to a SoFar Sounds gig for the first time! 🌺 Saw F...
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The surprising effectiveness of launch checklists
This week, our team launched a new user experience flow to a percentage of new signups. No big deal, except that it touched some critical billing flows. We’re pretty risk averse to touching those. So...
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🌟 Achievement Unlocked: December 2018
Just before writing this, I was: Waking up! This past month, I achieved: 🎵 Saw Jeff Rosenstock live 🎄 Survived three work Christmas parties in 4 days 🤓 Started learning Typescript 📕 Read “Has The...
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📚 Books of 2018
My reading journey in 2018 This year I rediscovered the magic of the local library in encouraging steady, sustainable reading. The past few years I would go into (mostly independent) booksellers on a...