State of Progress
Pragmatic articles on software development and management
What is the trade-off?
Last month, we held our fourth company meet-up, where most of our small team got together and worked in person from our office for a whole week.
It only works if you know why
“It does not work, and I do not know why! Now it works and I still do not know why!”
Django Prose: Wonderful rich text content editing for Django
We are super excited today to announce ; an open source project we have been working on for a while in LOGIC. Django Prose makes it extremely easy to work with rich-text content in Django, our web framework of choice. Let’s take a deeper look into this.
LAUNCH: Vaulty
This is a special day. We are extremely excited today to launch Vaulty, along with its first subscription offering “Vaulty Personal”. Vaulty is the easiest way to receive end-to-end encrypted sensitive information.
No one cares that "An error occurred"
A couple of months ago I ran into an issue with a car I rented, that quite much resembled a regular situation in software.
A few thoughts on focus
For the last few years I take considerable vacation every August — 2 weeks minimum. It helps me relax, rejuvenate and think.
Too many upgrades is a downgrade
Getting distracted by the very same tools you use to do your job in your every day work is really new to our species. Our brain has been developed for hundreds of years with non-intrusive tools. The pen and paper on an architects office, would never pop up a notification to let you know about their new versions. Neither would the hammer in a blacksmith’s workshop. On the other side though, we are getting constant “update notifications” from our own tools, when we work. These notifications are the exact distractions that is the arch enemy of focus in creativity. We are not and should never get used to that.
LOGIC is hiring a Web Developer
We are thrilled to announce that we are looking to hire a Web Developer at LOGIC. LOGIC is the company through which and are pursuing exciting projects.
The role of software
A few weeks ago I ordered a cab through an app to get me back to my hotel from a visit at a friend's house in London. Two peculiar things happened at this moment. First, the driver pretended to pick me up and then completed the ride immediately, so they could get the minimum £4 tariff — I will not deal with this right now. Next, the app charged me an additional £15 “technology fee” — that is what I want to talk about.
LOGIC is hiring a Junior Web Developer
nior Web Developer at LOGIC, the new company through which and are pursuing exciting projects.