Having worked with a number of developers in the past, I've noticed that a fair number are still making basic software engineering mistakes. I think this is in part due to further education institutions focussing too heavily on the underlying principles of computing and ignoring the skills that…
Each time I need to extract or modify a piece of html, I'm amazed by the speed and simplicity which which CsQuery [https://github.com/jamietre/CsQuery] allows me to do it. It's a breath of fresh air over the other two options I've…
I have to admit, when I first heard of Yo, I was a little sceptical about how it would provide value and even more taken aback when it received over $1 million in VC funding! I mean, what is the point of receiving a "Yo" from a person…
The more I get to grips with NancyFX [http://nancyfx.org/] and RavenDB [http://ravendb.net/], the more I wish that they had been around from the start of my development career. Both frameworks lend themselves to building reliable applications that not only "just work" but can also…
I recently had a bug where a user managed to register twice on CompareVino [http://www.comparevino.com/] in a matter of seconds, causing the confirmation page to break (as it was expecting one user for the given email address instead of two). On closer inspection, the user in question…
I set out to build CompareVino [http://www.comparevino.com/] for two reasons: a) to help myself and others drink better wine [https://jonleigh.me/hello-world/] and b) to form a hobby site where I could reacquaint myself in the art of web development (I was feeling a little rusty…
I wouldn't say I'm a wine connoisseur but I really do enjoy drinking good wine. As often as possible, I try to buy wine from our local wine shop [https://plus.google.com/115399319250490204660/about?gl=uk&hl=en] but due to convenience, more often…