I recall the wave of podcast popularity years back and I’d always have my earbuds in listening while I delivered junk mail twice a week (fun fact – yup, I was that guy!) Fast forward, and I’m finding myself listening to podcasts all the time once more. At the end of last year they were […]
I’ve had a lot to reflect on over the past few days, particularly in the light of Grant Thomas’s participation in Sam Newmans offensive video, now deleted from Twitter. Some have brushed it aside laying blame at Sam Newmans feet (see NewsCorp’s coverage I won’t link it). Others, like Joan have highlighted how this hit […]
When I left devrel last year, a few wise friends told me “you’ll be back before you know it”. To be frank, I was burned out, and at the time I told them it will be a few years until I dip my toes into the evangelism and advocacy space again. Well, my friends – […]
Hey there everyone, As you know I’ve spent the last little while based in Kuala Lumpur where I’ve been leading the rapid transformation of the software development teams at ABSS. In that time, we’ve completely changed our technology roadmap, kicked off new R&D initiatives (and partnerships) and unified some of the key processes that drive […]
API design tools and specifically OpenAPI + JSONSchema tooling has evolved dramatically over the last 12 months. In particular, I’ve been using speccy quite extensively as a tool to simplify the design process of my spec-first APIs. Lets first dig into how we define REST APIs using OpenAPI spec and how big those definitions can become […]
Below is my submission to the Department of Home Affairs on the “Assistance and Access Bill” currently being considered by the Australian federal government. It’s a little bit scathing, but in my mind, it’s reasonable and proportionate. Australians are increasingly aware and mindful of their digital presence, and critically so, their security privacy. Globally, we’ve […]
Today I’m excited to share that I’m joining the team at Financio and ABSS and as Head of Engineering based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It’s been a fantastic week getting to know the team so far and I’m excited for what we can deliver together in the months ahead for SME’s across Southeast Asia. You may be […]
Hey there folks! Three years ago I met a slightly crazy kiwi at an API conference and we hit it off like a house on fire. A few weeks later I started working for the chap – and what an adventure its been! Since joining MYOB I’ve travelled 190,000KM’s to 28 cities on 39 trips. 197 […]
Working on a side project this weekend I encountered an inconvenient default behaviour in Laravel's routing. Primarily, it just wasn't documented. Courtesy of this StackOverflow answer, I found the issue. As a brief summary of my project config and its goals: api.myapp.com and myapp.com can run from the same project 'web' and ' api' groups […]
Over the past few weeks I've been migrating my blog from being a static site built with Hugo to a site running on WordPress. Having been away from the CMS space for over 3 years, whats it like returning to use Gutenberg? In recent months I've struggled to post as much because publishing from command […]