The Best Tool Is the One That Works Best for You
PHP, Power Automate, n8n: every tool has its defenders. The best one depends on your skills, your market and your costs, and on what happens after you build.
Same Software, Three Users: What Mobile Taught Me About Prioritising Features
One client runs his business from his phone, another splits mobile and desktop, a third won’t touch mobile. What that taught me about prioritising.
Reputation Is to a Business Owner What Experience Is to a Job Seeker
Every client so far came through someone who recommended me. Why reputation matters so much in tech, and why it can’t be rushed.
The Automation Catch-22: Too Busy Doing the Task to Automate It
You know which task you want to automate. But the time to build the automation keeps going to the task itself. Here’s how to break the loop.
Tech Doesn’t End at Make. It Starts After Make.
Saw a cool app and wanted to build one too? Check the root of the feeling first, and remember that the real work starts after launch.
Always Feel Like You’re Falling Behind? What I Remind Myself
New tools every week, a tougher starting point, and a list that never ends. How the feeling of falling behind shows up, and what I remind myself.
The Best Improvements to a System Come From the People Who Use It
I test every system I build, but customers use it differently. Once a system becomes their normal, their ideas are what make it better.
Sometimes the Problem Isn’t Progress, It’s the Mental Block
I kept avoiding a front-end feature I knew I could build. What finally broke the block wasn’t a better plan, just one spare hour and a small win.
AI Is Doing to Coding What Canva Did to Design
Canva made simple design free. AI is doing the same to software, which is great for ideas and prototypes, and harder for anyone just starting out.
Outsource the Syntax, Keep the Logic: How I Use AI Without Losing My Thinking
Calculators made maths easy, and many of us now struggle to do it in our heads. Here’s how I use AI for syntax while keeping the thinking mine.