As I write this I have less than 2 days until the due date for the birth of my first child. Its a very exciting time, but it is also infuriating waiting for it to arrive. Even in the 21st century science can not predict with any accuracy when a baby is going to arrive and we just have to wait for mother nature to do...

Recently me and my development team have been looking at performance and how to improve it. One area of improvement we have identified is with our stored procedures, which we plan to rewrite. But how do we identify which are the easiest to rewrite and which are the hardest? My first thought was maybe to count the...

For a while now I have seen ICYMI splattered around the internet. I had no idea what it meant so just ignored it but I have finally had enough and I googled for a definition and I now know what it means. ICYMI – In Case You Missed It ICYMI is often used on social media sites to indicate articles that you might have...

I use git as my source control system. Here are some of the most common git commands in no particular order. Check Out a git Repository git clone /path/to/repository Add files to commit git add Commit files to git git commit -m “Commit message” Push changes to server git push origin master Show status git status...

For the past few years I have volunteered on the technical team at my local church St Michael le Belfrey . For the church to function well it requires volunteers in all sorts of roles, people to welcome visitors, people to pray, people to play music, people to look after children and many other roles. My natural...