As we wind down to Christmas, I do enjoy the daily coding challenges that come with the advent of code. https://adventofcode.com/ This year I'm using it as a way of learning Golang, a language which is very popular in my current team but something I haven't coded much in. First impressions, it's nice simple syntax, … Continue reading Advent of code day 1 →

Hello, it's been a while! Not sure why I haven't blogged for such a long time, I guess it's like when you stop going to the gym one week and get used to, you know, not. Well I'm back, so here we go. I thought I would continue my series of top things for babies, … Continue reading Top things for babies you may not think about- part 2: mummum edition →

It goes without saying that this post will contain spoilers for the last season of Game of Thrones! So if you haven't seen it yet, please read no further! Overall impressions of season 8 Season 8 has received very mixed opinions, mainly people hating how the plot lines were all tied up. Personally, I enjoyed … Continue reading [SPOILERS!] Game of Thrones: My thoughts on the final season →

DISCLAIMER: This blog contains some profanities. Sorry, but I feel strongly about some of the content. It may also be a bit controversial and blunt at times. Again- this is important to me and it should be important to you too. Getting Advice When you're expecting a baby and during the first year - you … Continue reading The world of babies, advice and statistics →

As teased in Top things for babies you may not think about, part 1 – the pooey edition here's my blog on baby classes I've been to! First off, baby classes are brilliant! They help break up the day, get you out of the house and prepare you for the military operation that is "getting your child … Continue reading Baby Classes- The Good, Bad and Boring →

Quick blog today. Recently I've been thinking a lot about time management and worrying about "getting things done". When telling people that I would be looking after Zeffen alone, I heard a lot of phrases like: "you won't get done what you think you will" or "don't expect to get anything done" etc. To the … Continue reading Quick Tip: Take control of your time! →

Warning: No baby photos on this one sorry! Working on Swrl List 2 (https://swrl-list.herokuapp.com and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.swrl.List2) has been a fun learning experience into client side JavaScript (as well as Cordova, see previous blogs: Cordova to the rescue!, Deploying Cordova apps to Heroku and Cooking with Firebase: an ode to Cordova plugin hell). Coming from more of a server side … Continue reading Compiling JavaScript: where I learn webpack and Babel →

Jem's Uncle Sanjay came to London last week and we had an awesome time! Body Worlds and Piccadilly We took Sanjay to the Body Worlds museum (now a permanent installation where Ripley's used to be). If you haven't seen it before, I would really recommend it! It's all real bodies (so if you're squeamish, you've … Continue reading Sanjay Mama came to London →

3 weeks ago I set some goals to keep me motivated during my time off. Let's see how I'm getting on... Gujarati: 5 words and 1 phrase a day and 1 chapter from my book a week - 32% Not a good start, need to make more effort with this! Swrl: 1 prod release every … Continue reading How am I getting on with my goals? →