Nick

Nick (13)

Geek with a law degree. Outdoor enthusiast. Often found on (or falling off) a mountain bike. (All views expressed are my own)

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skipton.digital

What is it? https://skipton.digital / https://www.linkedin.com/groups/17858011/ A local meetup of like minded people who work in or around digital and technology. It's open to everyone - even if you don't work in technology, if you have an interest in what we're discussing, come along! A…

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Is Modern Software development still the Ultimate Team Sport?

I’ve been watching the latest developments in software development closely, and with some interest. I’m seeing parallels between my early career and the current technologies being touted as the next best thing. Chunky (AI-written) specifications and (super crazy fast) waterfall development anyone? For decades, the…

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Experimentation, dotnet style

Safe (ish!) experimentation and continuous improvements are key to healthy codebases. We discussed https://github.com/scientistproject/Scientist.net yesterday, so I thought I'd get Cursor using GPT-5 to knock up a swift dotnet8 example. A few birds with one stone as it were. AI, latest model and cursor version…

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A celebration of mobile app development & shipping

(which in turn was my L&D... https://www.google.com/search?q=recursion) As an engineer, it is important to constantly learn and improve your skills. One way to do this is by developing mobile iOS applications in your L&D time (nice perk of working at SBG! - 10%). Not only…

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