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Software engineering people leader and app developer. Twenty years building software and ten leading the teams that build it. Here you’ll find what I’ve learned about hiring and teamwork, plus a few apps, tools and fonts I’ve made along the way.
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AI has moved the bar. Hire software engineers for judgement, ownership and teamwork, not just code. A guide you read once and worksheets you use on every hire, from over a thousand interviews.
Better conversations with your people, and safer software from your teams.
Guides and templates for first one-to-ones, GOOD one-to-ones, GROW coaching, objectives and career conversations. A4 and US Letter.
Four editable policies for UK software teams, mapped to ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials, with six everyday checklists.
Coaching prompts for engineering managers: one-to-ones, wellbeing, performance, team building and more. Swipe through them before your next meeting. Pairs perfectly with the One-to-One & Coaching Toolkit.
Free on iPhone and iPad. All on the App Store →
Coaching prompts for engineering managers: 1:1s, wellbeing, performance, team building and more.
Write a note, publish to your Jekyll site. A focused Markdown editor for GitHub Pages bloggers.
Stop typing the same thing twice. A text expansion keyboard that works in any app.
See tomorrow before it arrives. Tomorrow’s events from all your calendars in one calm view.
Times tables and more as a friendly chat with a bot, building speed and confidence.
Working better together, and landing your next role.
Solve team problems with ensemble programming, also known as mob or group programming.
Your CV, your stories and your answers, from a hiring manager of over a thousand interviews. A4 and US Letter.
I’ll spend an hour reviewing your CV for a software engineering role, from the side of the table that reads them.
Sorting your finances and your year, one step at a time.
The order to sort your money in, from an emergency fund to topping up your pension, with a tracker for every step. A4 and US Letter.
A year at a glance and a page for every month, with every UK bank holiday marked by nation. Weeks start on Monday.
Look back at 2026, choose the goals that matter, break them into steps and check in every month. Writing it down makes it real.
Small things I built because I needed them.