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Even if you lie down sideways and look at the mirror it still doesn’t flip you upside down, only sideways. Unless you stand on a mirrored floor, in which case it makes you upside down.... but facing forward. What’s…

If so, did you use test driven development and what IDE did you go for?

Do you think Java is better than other languages such as Rust, PHP and Python? Discuss.

I’ve been reading about app subscription retention/churn rates recently. Apparently anything over 30% retention rate over 12 months is pretty good. However some apps such as Spotify are a lot higher still. For those of…

To me the internet seems a little broken now as every single website I visit wants me to accept the fact that they use cookies so store information, following GDPR of course. This usually involves presenting a pop over…

Hi. What is everyone using to write BDD tests against web apps theses days? Last time I had to do this Selenium seemed like a good choice for calling the UI. Is that still best in class?

Hi. Well it’s been a while now since I launched the Band Mule web app which started out as a shared band calendar for managing gigs. Just thought I’d post an update on how it is going. Since then, following user…

Whenever I get sent a job spec from a recruiter, it’s always the same format... “Green field this.. wow!”, “using technology a, b and c.. oh golly!”, “The leading blah de blah company in the industry... !” If just one…

So Hacker News' solution to GDPR is to 401 European IP addresses? Nice touch but a little excessive.

Hi. I'm looking for a little feedback on the new landing page for bandmule.com The homepage used to be a simple login form, but I thought it needed a proper landing page to explain what the product does. Does the new…

Hi there. I created bandmule.com as a weekend project. It needs a lot of work but would be great to get a little initial feedback. Thanks!

Hi there. I've been working on a side project to help bands arrange their gigs and practice sessions.<p>This came out of a need to do the same for my band, and to record and share snippets we get from practice sessions…

LinkedIn just sent me an email asking me to congratulate a friend as it's the 4th year anniversary since they started at their current job. Wondering whether to send flowers. Seriously, who thinks this stuff up.