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  • Enforcing Node.js, npm, and Yarn Versions

    12 Jan 2022
    When writing an application in Node.js it’s best practice to lock down the version that you’re using. This doesn’t really happen out of the box and there are a few different things you can do to enable this and make it more manageable.
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  • Excluding the AWS SDK from a Serverless Package

    6 Aug 2019
    Removing the AWS SDK from your Serverless code deployments can considerably reduce the size of your functions resulting in quicker start times and reduced costs.
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  • Adding Hot Module Reloading to Create React App

    23 Jul 2016
    A look at a small change you can make to get the productivity increase of Hot Module Replacement in Create React App.
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  • Help the Durandal Kickstarter

    4 Jan 2014
    Durandal is a great MVC/MVVM framework that is currently raising funding.
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  • Scott Hanselman’s 2014 Tool List for Windows

    23 Dec 2013
    Scott Hanselman does his yearly post of great utilities.
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  • Thoughts on Hybrid Mobile App Development

    16 Dec 2013
    I’ve been doing some hybrid mobile app development using PhoneGap recently and now that I’ve completed a few applications I wanted to summarise my thoughts.
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  • New Version of EchoesJS

    26 Nov 2013
    I never posted here upon its release but a few months ago I released an app for Windows Phone called EchoesJS.
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  • The Design of the New Bing Apps for Windows Phone

    8 Aug 2013
    Some thoughts on the new Bing apps for Windows Phone 8.
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  • WWDC 2013 App Released

    3 Jun 2013
    As things hot up for WWDC next week, Apple has released the WWDC app for this year.
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  • Massive Breakthrough in Battery Design

    17 Apr 2013
    Great article over on ExtremeTech.
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  • Stay Classy Samsung

    17 Apr 2013
    Samsung has admitted to hiring a marketing agency to post fake user reviews on the web.
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  • Every Man and His Rendering Engine

    4 Apr 2013
    Big changes in the web world yesterday as two new rendering engines were announced. Although one does seem bigger news than the other.
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  • Facebook Mobile Reveal

    30 Mar 2013
    So it looks like Facebook are going announce their entry into the mobile world this week.
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  • Facebook Rolling out Messenger Phone Calling

    20 Jan 2013
    All iOS users in the US can now make calls through Facebook Messenger.
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  • New Microsoft Windows 8 App Building Guidance

    10 Jan 2013
    It looks like Microsoft is moving away from Prism for Windows 8.
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  • A Fresh Start

    4 Jan 2013
    I’ve spent the last few weeks making this site from the ground up. I was previously pointing my domain at a Tumblr site but as a developer I wanted a place to call my own.
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  • New USA Today Site

    18 Sept 2012
    A look at the fancy new USA Today site.
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  • Windows Phone 8

    21 Jun 2012
    So Windows Phone 8 is announced and as rumoured current generation phones are left partially stranded.
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  • WP7 Phones May Not Be Upgradable to Apollo

    18 Apr 2012
    Big uproar at the moment about whether existing WP7 phones will get an upgrade to WP8 (Apollo).
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  • Instagram Founders Video

    12 Apr 2012
    Cool video from May 2011 given by the founders of Instagram.
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  • Apple Announces iPad Event

    28 Feb 2012
    Apple just dropped a bomb whilst Eric Schmidt was giving his MWC Keynote.
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  • Microsoft Talks More About Windows 8 on ARM

    12 Feb 2012
    More news on what to expect for Windows 8 on ARM.
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  • Quantity Over Quality

    23 Jan 2012
    A look at some new Windows Phone 7 apps.
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  • Alan Zeino: Android’s Broken Software Buttons

    17 Jan 2012
    An iOS Developer reviews Android 4.0.
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  • But What About Aero?

    8 Dec 2011
    Whilst Metro is the new application model for Windows, Microsoft says that dropping into normal Desktop Mode will still be something that users will still want to do.
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  • Gearing Up for Windows 8

    20 Aug 2011
    The grand revealing of Windows 8 is getting closer and closer.
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  • The Beginning

    8 Jun 2011
    Now that things are hotting up with Windows 8 I decided I would have another go at blogging.
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