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Sometimes a decision comes with a cost, a sacrifice.

In the book Leaders Eat Last Simon Sinek says:

When I grew up I had an old 35mm Praktica camera that was given to me. I purchased some lenses for it and mostly used it to take pictures of the Somerset cricket matches I went to watch.

Turbo Pascal is 40 years old and it had a big impact on the direction of my career.

There is a quote “A backup is not a backup unless you have recently performed a restore from it”; I got to find this out the hard way.

We have manuals and guides for the software we use. We have a manual for the car we drive. Why not the house?

An oh no second is that moment in time when you realise that you have done something potentially catastrophic and your stomach turns to mush with the dread and realisation.

The role of the software developer is set for a major upheaval over the coming years.

There is a rush at the moment to add AI to everything with a fear that if you don’t then you will be left behind.

Foundations are important and need to be correct and strong before you build anything.

I have never understood abstract art. I have tried.

I am not a big art lover but when I have viewed art I tend to be at the photo-realistic end as, to me, that shows the skill of the artist.