James King | thoughts

4 January 2023 · min ★ LATEST

Enabling Dark Mode.

Ever thought "ewww this site is so bright?!" and then searched for the "dark mode" button? I'm one of those people too, and despite my love of bright blocks of colour I decided that implementing a dark mode switch would be a good idea.

2 January 2023 · min

Deploying To Firebase Preview Channels Using CircleCI And GitHub.

If you use Firebase to host your website, you may have seen the new Preview Channels functionality has entered Beta and wondered - what on earth is that?

21 March 2021 · min

Webmentions Are Fun.

Ever wondered if there's some way to let people know you think their web article/content is great, but also wanted it to be automated and snazzy?

16 August 2020 · min

Stop Blaming Slack.

These unprecedented times have caused many companies to shift to or expand their usage of communication technologies, such as Microsoft Teams and Slack. With this expansion have come teething issues - as would be expected.

4 July 2020 · min

Talk To Your Engineers.

We've all been there - the sales person says "Hey everyone, I've just got us a new project!". At this point all the engineers look at each other, and realise that none of them have been spoken to regarding the project.

9 September 2019 · min

The Importance Of Monitoring And Alerting.

We all know that monitoring and alerting are important, right? But just _how_ important do we really think that? How much do we show that in what we do?