One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned in my career didn’t come from a technical book or a mentor—it came from a misstep. While...

One of the most underrated skills in software architecture is the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly. In my early career and...

Shifting from permanent employment to contracting was never part of a grand plan. It began with a conversation with a recruiter, and...

When building microservices, one of the recurring challenges is service-to-service communication. How do we allow services to talk to...

When I started my career at Brightside, I still held on to the idea that loyalty in the workplace worked the same in tech as it did in...

In every developer's career, there are roles that act as inflection points. For me, that moment was JLT Development. It wasn't my first...

One of the most common challenges I see teams face when transitioning from a monolithic architecture to microservices is not...

In the early stages of my career, I quickly learned that software isn’t just about getting things working—it’s about ensuring they...

Before "microservices" became a buzzword, before every company rushed to componentise their monoliths, I was learning the hard way why...

Before microservices became the buzzword they are today, I found myself stumbling into that architectural world out of necessity—not...

My career in software development has followed a path that, looking back, feels deliberately paved by a focus on scalability, reuse, and...

One of the defining features of my early career was being thrown headfirst into the murky waters of legacy systems and technical debt....

Silverlight is long gone. Officially deprecated, removed from modern browsers, and largely forgotten by the wider tech community. But for...

Software architecture isn’t just about making the right technical decisions—it’s about ensuring those decisions are understood, embraced,...

My Journey from University to Brightside Leaving university can feel like stepping off a cliff. One moment you're immersed in lectures,...