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s3y

Software craftsman, writer, and lifelong learner.

When I'm not running the gauntlet of daily life, you'll find me immersed in the zen of programming. I'm a software developer, writer, and creator. I'm passionate about open-source, and I love making things.

Reducing Katas

Currently back doing kata as I realise after a year of glue engineering, a lot of heavy React and a lot of Node, I’ve forgotten a lot of the basics. There are certain programming practices, I …

Stone Soup Programming

I recently read (I think it was The Pragmatic Programmer, but I can’t be sure) and it introduced the concept of Stone Soup Programming (if anyone knows the actual book that has a section on this …

Shape Shifting Functions

I wanted to write a quick post about decorators, as I’ve been using them a lot recently and I think they’re a really useful tool to have in your belt. I spent quite a bit of time trying to …

How to Make Time

How much can you get done in a day? Sometimes it can feel that there’s just not enough hours in the day. Other times we don’t feel much like doing anything. And how many times have you heard someone …