Git commits made directly to branch
Sometimes in Git I'll need to synchronise a long-lived feature branch with master to reduce the likelihood of merge conflicts at a later date. One of the problems with doing…
Advice from a computer science graduate
In the coming weeks there will be an influx of new students starting their computer science degrees. I was in that situation 15 years ago when I started at the…
Ubuntu security podcast
The Ubuntu security team have recently started the Ubuntu Security Podcast. Released every week and lasting around 10 minutes, the podcast features a round-up of the Ubuntu security news. It's…
Recruitment done differently
If you follow me on Twitter or have read my Why I don't work with recruiters post, you'll be aware that I have had a terrible experience with the recruitment…
Converting HTML input fields to uppercase
One task which I've found myself implementing several times is converting data entered by a user in a form field to a canonical format, e.g. uppercase. The jQuery for this…
Post-Brexit business planning
Whether you voted Leave, Remain, or not at all, business owners need to prepare for the UK leaving the EU in March 2019, either with a withdrawal agreement or the…
Why Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPS proposal is a bad idea
A couple of months ago, Mozilla posted A cartoon intro to DNS over HTTPS, which outlines their plans to enable support routing DNS queries over a secure connection. Initially this…
Co-working spaces in Manchester
Recently I was asked for suggestions of co-working spaces in Manchester city centre. Rather than email the person directly, I figured it was easier to add a blog post and…
Should government mandate IPv6 rollout?
IPv6 rollout in the UK has been rather slow. Despite being standardised around 20 years ago, some major ISPs have still not completed the rollout of IPv6 to their customer…
Why PHP is great (and all other languages suck)
Several years ago I wrote a lightning talk entitled Why PHP is great (and all other languages suck) for the UKUUG Spring conference. It was intended as a tongue-in-check tour…