Web dev feed

Here you will find shorter posts about Web Development, past projects, successes, lessons learnt, our services and future plans.

If you are looking for longer, more detailed thought provoking posts then check out our blog posts.

Shortcuts are the longest route you'll ever take.

8 October 2025

We’ve all done it, added a “temporary” hack with the promise to fix it later... But later never comes, and that “quick fix” ends up living rent-free in the codebase for years. Shortcuts feel fast, but…

Your web application should be "build once, run anywhere", not "build once, get hacked from anywhere"."

1 October 2025

Web Applications were the fulfillment of the dream: Build once, run anywhere. But then reality sank in, and the dream turned into the nightmare: Build once, get hacked from anywhere. The internet is i…

Agile isn't magic, but it can course-correct where water just falls.

24 September 2025

Web development projects are special when compared to other software projects because they are usually in the hands of users faster and are accessed by a lot more people. They also receive feedback qu…

The Friday curse is a sign you need to step up your game.

17 September 2025

In darkest coding rooms in the dead of night, there are whispers of the most taboo of taboos... the Friday deployment. Never deploy on a Friday, wisdom says, because here be dragons and even small cha…

How to break your site with images

10 September 2025

Long ago, the World Wide Web was nothing but text. Then, some genius realized you could encode images and have browsers display them, and we've been suffering ever since. Images now play a crucial rol…

If you think code reviews are about finding bugs, you're doing them wrong...

3 September 2025

We all know that code reviews are important, and we are familiar with the benefits, common suggestions, and best practices. So, you don't need another post telling you about them. Instead, here's why …

Your app's security is only as current as your last update.

20 August 2025

You can build the strongest castle, stone walls, guards, traps, moat, but if you leave a side gate open because the lock is ‘coming soon’… It’s all pointless. It’s the same with web applications. You …

Technical debt is like credit card debt, it compounds if ignored.

13 August 2025

If you’ve ever had a credit card, then you probably know the drill: you buy something, the statement comes in, and you think, “I’ll deal with it next month”. Then interest piles up, and suddenly that …

Silence isn't golden, it's the sound of a failing project.

6 August 2025

Picture this: the big demo is 48 hours away. The product owner asks, “How’s feature X?” The room goes quiet, and you can almost hear the timeline slipping. When it comes to delivery, no news is bad ne…

Automate it once, or do it forever.

30 July 2025

Some tasks can feel like déjà vu. How many times have you set up a project, created and sent invoices, or run deployment scripts? These tiny tasks only take a few minutes, but you do them again, and a…