In the past, Windows has developed a reputation for being a difficult OS to use as a developer. Things were difficult to install and run, involved complex workarounds and you could forget doing anything involving Ruby. Thankfully in recent years that's improved, even more so with the Windows Subsystem for…
Last week I got the chance to speak at [Microsoft Build](https://mybuild.microsoft.com/), and do a first-look demo on their newly announced featured - [Azure Static Web Apps](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/overview?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003595). And as I didn't get access to Static Web Apps until they same time everyone else did (the day before my demo), I got…
We all know that testing is important, but this is often limited to unit testing and integration testing, focusing on the back-end of our application, and we tend to forget about testing the front-end. There are so many different types of tests that we need to run on the front-end,
Last year, for a demo at Twilio Superclass in Sydney, I built a bot that sent pictures of Quokkas when requested - Quokka on Demand (covered in Part 1 of this blog series, *[Building Quokka on Demand](/building-quokka-on-demand/)*). After that was done, chatting with Phil and Devin from Twilio, they came…
I remember a few years back when I first started using SSL certificates on my websites, I spent several hours trying to get stuff working on the command line, eventually finding an online generator and working out what they needed me to do to verify the site and generate the…
Ready to match the sign-in theming to your site? Okta has you covered! In this video, join Heather Downing and special guest Amy Kapers for a walkthrough on what CSS tricks you can use with the Okta Live Widget sandbox.
Last month I started getting overwhelmed at what I had coming up this year (that's right, it was only January). I wanted something where I could see the whole year at a glance, I didn't need many details but wanted to see what trips/conferences I had happening and even where…
Last year I got the chance to give a live demo at the Superclass at [Twilio Engage](https://twilioengage.com/sydney2019) in Sydney. It was a quick demo so I didn't have the chance to do much, but I thought it would be a good opportunity to show how quick it is to get…
As if spam wasn't already infiltrating enough areas of our lives - in our letter boxes, on our phones in our emails - it's now in our website contact forms. But as much as I would like to earn millions of dollars through a cryptocurrency, I'd also like to keep…
For the past three years, I've been involved with Global Diversity CFP Days, first as an attendee, then as a mentor and most recently as a facilitator. And these workshops have been incredible, as they've given me the opportunity to go from someone who didn't think they had anything to…
Well [Global Diversity CFP Day](https://www.globaldiversitycfpday.com/) has wrapped up again for another year, and my head is still spinning with things I wish I'd remembered to share. So while it's all still fresh (and while I can continue to postpone my other work 😂), I thought I'd take the chance to…
It's now been a couple of years since I first started doing these (and I still have a half written one for 2018). But last time I took the time to sit down and reflect on the past 12 months, it was really interesting to remind myself of all the…