Welcome to David Burton

Being out of work is never fun. As a contractor you know that your work can end at any time and you won't be given any redundancy payment, you'll get a short amount of notice compared to most, and you'll have minimal ability to claim any benefits when you're not working. I've been there before. Just never at a time when I couldn't physically attend interviews, a time when everyone's daily routines might just be suffering a bit. So how best to cope?

Well, we're just starting the grand experiment in all working from home. So how's it all going?

Developers and companies throw away vast amounts of money writing code they don't need to. Why?

Having been a developer for 20+ years, seeing cycles of different content management systems, this is my experience using Gatsby, JAMstack, Netlify and now Sanity.io

As hobbies go, 3D printing is probably unusual, but it's creative, technical and educational.

Recruiters and companies often look to previous salary when deciding what they should offer a candidate. Here's why it is a poor approach.