Published inGetsafe·Apr 12How we cut down our CI build times by 50%Here’s a story of how we improved our CI run times in one of our core Ruby services by up to 50%. Initial state First off, this is a fairly large service (over 600MB on my machine). We aren’t a large company, but this is one of our core services, so multiple…Software Development12 min readSoftware Development12 min read
Published inGetsafe·Aug 11, 2022Solving a distributed authorisation problem with a local libraryBackground At Getsafe, we use a service-oriented architecture. One key service (which is actually a client of other services) is our Admin Panel. Admin Panel provides a high-level view of the whole system by aggregating data from different services, making it possible to perform administrative tasks without needing to interface directly…Ruby7 min readRuby7 min read
Jan 4, 2021Blogging update: From Medium to dev.to and beyondHi guys👋. I haven’t written on Medium in a while, but whenever I’m here reading an article, I usually see a couple notifications, so that means I’ve still got people interested in and discovering my writing through Medium. …2 min read2 min read
Apr 20, 2020What’s the big deal about immutability?Hey guys! I wrote an article over on dev.to taking a brief look at what immutability is, and some reasons why devs might make a bug fuss over it. Check it out here: What's the big deal about immutability? If you're like me, you've heard a lot of people say things like "you shouldn't mutate state!" and talk a lot about…dev.toImmutability1 min readImmutability1 min read
Apr 20, 2020Helpful Node.js testing utilitiesI wrote a post about some tools I’ve found useful when testing my Node.js apps and libraries. Go check it out over at dev.to. And if you have an account there, you should probably follow me.😀JavaScript1 min readJavaScript1 min read
Sep 3, 2019The UX of URLsWriting better addresses for the Web — Let’s talk about something we see everywhere on the web: URLs. URLs are addresses A URL is an address to a property on the web. Just like a physical address, it points to one location. People share addresses to help one another locate things. The same thing happens with URLs. …Web Development11 min readWeb Development11 min read
Published inBits and Pieces·Jan 9, 2019Can Redux be Used on the Server?Redux is a great tool for managing state in complex frontend apps. Is it possible to extend this to the server? — Why would I need Redux? Redux bills itself on its landing page as “a predictable state container for JavaScript apps”. Redux is commonly described as a state management tool, and while it’s mostly used with React, it can be used anywhere JavaScript is used. We’ve said Redux is for managing state. But what is this…JavaScript9 min readJavaScript9 min read
Published inBits and Pieces·Jan 2, 2019Good Engineering Practices while Working SoloWhen you’ve got to go it alone, how do you make the most out of it? Most developers work as part of a team. However, at some point in our careers, we’ve had to (or we’ll have to) work alone. …Software Development11 min readSoftware Development11 min read
Published inBits and Pieces·Dec 24, 2018Understanding Throttling and DebouncingImprove your app performance by leveraging these two techniques — Throttling and debouncing are two widely-used techniques to improve the performance of code that gets executed repeatedly within a period of time. In this post, we’ll learn how to better use them in order to boost our app’s performance and write better and faster code in JavaScript! What are they? To throttle a…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Jul 26, 2018How to add a realtime audit trail to your Laravel projectAn audit trail is a record of all changes made to a data model. A model is any entity that can be stored in a database, such as a user or a product. An audit entry typically contains information about the type of change (creation, update, or deletion), who made…Realtime Audit Trail6 min readRealtime Audit Trail6 min read
