Technology leadership, software development and industry perspectives. 114 articles · 6 topics
Only 31% of software projects succeed. The rest show warning signs early - scope creep, developer turnover, communication breakdown. Here are 7 signs your project is in trouble and what to do about it.
In 2023 we packed up our life in Gloucester and spent 16 months as a remote solutions architect, living and working across Tenerife, South Africa, Mauritius, Panama, and Costa Rica as a family of four. Here is what it was actually like.
European clouds (Hetzner, Scaleway, OVH) offer 50-80% savings over Azure. UK data centres available. Full GDPR compliance included.
AI coding assistants generate code fast. Without proper version control discipline, you might lose it just as quickly. Learn from real mistakes.
Azure, AWS, and GCP charge £45-58/month for Kubernetes control planes. 5 providers offer them free. Save £700/year instantly.
My formal writing style, dyslexia, and grammar tools mean I now 'write like AI'. Here's why authenticity policing based on style is an ad hominem fallacy.
Compare Azure to 8 UK cloud providers. Save 50-85% on hosting costs with DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and OVHcloud. Includes 2026 UK pricing.
The developer who saves every project is often your biggest risk. Hero culture creates bottlenecks, hides complexity, prevents scaling, and burns out your best people.
Skills, MCP, and agent profiles now work in both tools. Here's what genuinely differentiates Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in January 2026 - and why we chose Claude Code.
A comprehensive technical guide to migrating from Azure to DigitalOcean with zero downtime. Includes Terraform configurations, CI/CD migration strategies, and a detailed cutover playbook.
Cloud migration savings of 30-40% sound compelling, but the hidden costs tell a different story. A pragmatic framework for making data-driven migration decisions.
Compare MongoDB Atlas and DigitalOcean managed MongoDB for production workloads. Includes pricing tables, feature comparison, and clear recommendations for when to choose each.
