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Audible ‘Connect to a Device’ misbehaving?
This has been driving me nuts for a while now and I finally figured out what’s going on and how to fix it. TL;DR If you find that the option in the Audible app to ‘Connect to a Device’ does not appear as you might expect then it seems this can be caused by another…
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0x80070422 might not be what you think
I’m writing this having just spent some unwanted effort resolving issues with the Xbox App, Microsoft Store and Windows Update on my Windows 11 PC. Like many people when I encountered an error using the Xbox App I turned to Google to see how to solve it. I was even given an error by the…
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What is a ‘Senior Developer’?
TL;DR Hire the behaviours, train the technical skills It’s all arbitrary and entirely dependent on what you need from a ‘Senior Developer’. That said, my experience has shown me that – to me – being a Senior Developer is mainly about behaviours. Sure, technical ability is a significant part of that, but for the day-to-day, being able to cover…
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Explaining TypeScript
I recently fielded an interesting request that I thought might have some value outside of a private conversation. Can you explain to me what TypeScript is? As you would to a small child please 😂 Samuel Hughes – https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-hughes-16029b163/ This reminds me of a maxim I have encountered in a number of organisations to assist in…
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Making the jump
Over just the past few weeks I have been asked on three separate occasions now for advice on making the move from being a hands-on software developer to a primarily management-focused role. This has given me significant cause to consider this subject and I feel it warrants its own post to fully capture my thoughts.…
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Simple Linear Regression in Power Query
Some Background I’ve been doing some work setting up a custom work item tracking process in Azure DevOps to support our current way of delivering change. Azure Boards doesn’t really support the sort of customisations we require and so I’ve broken most of the usual Agile tools such as the burndown charts. As a result…
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Run! The Distributed Systems are coming!
You can avoid the fate of those that fell before you This is a letter to my fellow engineers, specifically those who operate in the front-end world. This letter is sent with love, but carries a message of deep foreboding. It is a warning and yet it is a message of hope, that there is…
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Improvement Sprints
or Shuhari Sprints Nothing worth doing is easy and anything worth doing is worth doing well … or so the sayings go. My personal experience certainly proves to me that these are more than simple soundbites and I am fairly confident in those sayings having more than a ring of truth to most IT professionals. So…
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Concepts of Compliant Data Encryption
Introduction This is a somewhat lengthy article that is intended to help anyone who is taking their first steps into learning about encrypting sensitive data in a compliant environment such as meeting PCI DSS requirements. The hope is that this is an effective stepping stone into the dry, dry world of encryption standards and compliance.…
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Babeling in defence of JavaScript
And so it goes, the eternal question “What is wrong with JavaScript?” and the inevitable, inescapably droll, reply: Nothing![] == '' // -> true[] == 0 // -> true[''] == '' // -> true[0] == 0 // -> true[0] == '' // -> false[''] == 0 // -> true — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) June 16,…
Helping with the taxing tech problems that get less attention
Stephen Roughley - A Common Developer 