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Matt Reid

Solo Entrepreneur | Lead Software Architect

The old switch-a-roo There’s nothing more frustrating than finishing work on your feature only for Product to move the goal posts right? “The feature needs to do these 3 extra things now” or “we just realised that part won’t work” are dreaded words to developers. We just spent hours coding...

getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN registry.npmjs.org I use a two step process for deploying changes to one of my apps, first docker-compose build app to build the latest image and then docker-compose up --no-deps -d app to replace the current version. Recently the first step in this process started hanging at the line...

We all love reading about the latest software developments trends and buzzwords but they can often turn out to be just that, buzzwords. For us at Small Improvements, Domain Driven Design (DDD) has really lived up to it’s own hype though and helped us build better software, faster and fewer bugs...

I’m sitting at the dining table, laptop open, looking out over the balcony to a sea view. It’s 20°C outside, slightly cooler than that inside and I’m sipping a coffee made just how I like it. Did I mention I’m being paid at the same time? This was my wife...

Imagine you walked into a restaurant and the waiter told you there was no menu. Instead you could order absolutely anything you wanted and it would be delivered to your table. What would you order? Chances are you won’t think of anything like tripe and cuttlefish gratin or “meat fruit”...