Why I don’t host websites
I used to host websites for clients, but I stopped taking on new hosting clients a few years ago and migrated all my existing hosting clients to Mythic Beasts. The…
Side projects
Recently I've been focusing on launching some of the side projects I've had on my ideas list for a long time. Chances are most of them will not make any…
Why I write my own content
I have a lot of copywriters in my network, and occasionally the question will come up as to whether a business owner like me should write their own content -…
Freelancing: Ask Me Anything
This year will mark my tenth anniversary of freelancing full time, and my 25th anniversary of freelancing overall (I built my first commercial website in 2000 whilst at school, for…
2024 review of the year
2024 was a better year than 2023 in many ways - at least from a freelance perspective. I continued splitting my time between one-off projects (fewer in number but higher…
Docker could not find an available, non-overlapping IPv4 address pool
Docker by default seems to limit the number of networks to 31. I often exceedthis due to using Docker with most of my clients and side projects, which results in…
Java Web Services: Up and Running
This review was originally printed in the September 2013 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Java Web Services: Up and Running (2nd edition)Authors: Martin KalinISBN: 9781449373870…
Vagrant: Up and Running
This review was originally printed in the June 2013 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Vagrant: Up and RunningAuthors: Mitchell HashimotoISBN: 9781449335830 As a developer, one…
Rails for PHP Developers
This review was originally printed in the June 2008 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Rails for PHP DevelopersAuthors: Derek Devries, Mike NabereznyISBN: 9781934356043 As someone…
Version Control with Subversion
This review was originally printed in the December 2008 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Version Control with Subversion (2nd edition)Authors: C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman,…