Nicholas MartininBetter ProgrammingApparently You Can Use Route53 as a Blazingly Fast DatabaseExploring the pros and cons, and how it might be possible·5 min read·Mar 30, 2021--3--3
Nicholas MartininGeek CultureIf Your Database Is Sleeping, It Might Be a Clue That You’ve Been Hacked, or About to Be…A cautionary tale about inheriting old code, the importance of keeping it up-to-date, and not leaving yourself vulnerable to SQL injection·4 min read·Mar 22, 2021----
Nicholas MartinJust to jump on the "it's not React's fault" bandwagon...Roadblock #1 - Going from a .NET WPF application to a React-based app is a pretty steep learning curve. I've been in the same situation as…2 min read·Mar 12, 2021----
Nicholas MartinJust to jump on the "it's not React's fault" bandwagon...Roadblock #1 - Going from a .NET WPF application to a React-based app is a pretty steep learning curve. I've been in the same situation as…2 min read·Mar 12, 2021----
Nicholas MartinHow Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has boosted my mental health while working from homeLook out that window and what do you see? A game that is both visually stunning and mentally uplifting·6 min read·Aug 19, 2020----
Nicholas MartininBetter ProgrammingOptimizing VS Code Dev Containers on WindowsImproving disk performance in your dev container environment with named volumes·4 min read·Jul 1, 2020----
Nicholas MartininBetter ProgrammingUse Reference Fields to Manually Order Content With Contentful and GatsbyOrder entries the easy way·2 min read·May 22, 2020----
Nicholas MartininAcross the StackDeploying a Gatsby website to AWS using CircleCI and PulumiOptimising the build and deploy process to be just as fast as Gatsby Cloud·4 min read·May 3, 2020----
Nicholas MartininBetter ProgrammingWhy I Chose Gatsby Over Next.jsServer-side rendering vs. static site generators·5 min read·Apr 30, 2020--5--5
Nicholas MartinTaking advantage of the government furlough scheme the right wayAs someone who has been put on furlough, here are my thoughts on how companies should approach it·4 min read·Apr 8, 2020----