I always feel I’m not getting enough out of life. This lovely weather - and I didn’t use it. I should recognize that sitting in Hyde Park is as useful as sitting in front of a computer
A Year With Swollen Appendices
The existentialist developer, or the absurdity of code quality
12 December, 2015Tags
Camus, code, grammatical nerd sniping, and why caring about standards is like being condemned to an eternity of pushing a boulder up a hill.
Using theme_picture for responsive images in Drupal 7
01 December, 2015Tags
The Picture module helps you to use Drupal’s image creation capabilities to set up responsive images using the picture element. It’s a…
Say It Loud, I'm Troubled By Mental Health Issues and I'm Not Too Proud to Admit It
30 November, 2015Tags
Coming out as someone with anxiety and depression, the value and risk of open source contribution, and the importance of openness for mental health.
I feel the need, the need for slowness
27 November, 2015Tags
It’s becoming a cliche these days to talk about the overwhelming pace of life, the combination of stress, overwork and information overload…
How to add classes to links in Drupal 8
16 November, 2015Tags
As I start porting the modules I maintain to Drupal 8, I’m hitting a few places where things haven’t been intuitive to me. I’ll try to work…
Super, Smashing, Great in Barcelona
23 October, 2015Tags
Reflections on the Smashing Barcelona conference
Getting node IDs in theme preprocess functions in Drupal 8
09 October, 2015Tags
From a front-end point of view, most of the noise being made about changes from Drupal 7 to 8 have been around Twig and the libraries API…
Better Learning Through Code Reviews
09 October, 2015Tags
The hows and whys of making code review part of a development workflow
Spotify, Uber, and the problem of evil
30 September, 2015Tags
OK, so the title is maybe a little irrelevant and inflammatory, but what’s wrong with a little clickbait once in a while? I like to feel as…
Amateur tips for compiling a running playlist
23 September, 2015Tags
In the last year or so, I’ve started getting into running, and while I definitely wouldn’t call myself a proper runner, I’m improving. One…