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zakwillis

Hi, I normally contract in MSBI, Oracle, .Net/.Net Core, focusing on a property platform at the moment. Have also been working hard on upgrading my limited company website too.

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Education

Degree - Grad 1998

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CEO at London/Virtual

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A newish automation configuration tool ripe for releasing - collaborators?

#productivity #automation #batch #collaboration
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re: Why Software Development Outsourcing is the New Normal?
I wrote a post for Dev.To but decided not to publish it here ...
re: Is anyone planning a full or partial "early retirement" from software development?
You're missing the point big time. All code starts closed sou...
re: Is anyone planning a full or partial "early retirement" from software development?
Let's face it. Professional software development sucks. The m...
re: Is anyone planning a full or partial "early retirement" from software development?
How about Bitcoin? Pretty impressive open source project?
re: What are some "classic reads" in programming?
Uncle Bob's - how to code... It is brutal.
re: Why Do You Need a Backend?
Would say it like this. There is huge value in data. Set base...
re: Why Do You Need a Backend?
Whilst what you say is pretty much reasonable on first pass, ...
re: Why You Shouldn't Use OFFSET and LIMIT For Your Pagination
Hi there thanks for the post. Strangely, many developers ha...
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Short term assignment - .NetCore/SQL Server/Piranha CMS

#hiring
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A neat but hacky way to add customisable style changes to a web application

#javascript #jQuery #dotnet #css
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How long will it take?

#productivity #estimation #development #sdlc
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How to try and build quality code in a startup

#startup #productivity #csharp #testing
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Do you know of a simple commandline email client which...

#help #email #commandline #productivity
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Why you must add relational database development to your toolkit

#database #productivity #sql
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Please help me understand my target product better. How do you automate your artefacts and applications?

#automation #devops #processing #productivity
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Data Protection and protecting your users in light of GDPR

#security #gdpr #privacy #websites
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Avoiding Hard Coding and Magic Strings in code and databases

#dotnet #sql #codequality #startup
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An awesome way to avoid violating the open closed principle

#csharp #dependencyinjection #code #interface
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Application Configuration - thinking of configuration as data

#csharp #configuration #dotnet #json
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Rebranding yourself

#career #socialmedia #websites #dotnet
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Database Domain Driven Design

#sql #csharp #dapper #codefirst
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Novel tips on unit testing - avoiding hard coding

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