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Move Fast And Break Things Considered… Okay?

/posts/2026-05-15-move-fast-considered-okay/ Stephen Darlington

Regulation Is More Than What People Want

/posts/2026-05-01-regulation-customer-demand/ Stephen Darlington

How to Format Phone Numbers

/posts/2026-04-24-how-to-format-phone-numbers/ Stephen Darlington

ZX81

/posts/2026-03-13-zx81/ Stephen Darlington

iPad Pro M5

/posts/2025-11-21-ipad-m5/ Stephen Darlington

Process as Investment

/posts/2025-09-12-process-as-investment/ Stephen Darlington

Migrating to FreshRSS

/posts/2025-08-22-freshrss-migration/ Stephen Darlington

Why use RSS?

/posts/2025-08-15-why-use-rss/ Stephen Darlington

Corporate Engineers

/posts/2025-07-25-corporate-engineers/ Stephen Darlington

The Bystander Effect

/posts/2025-07-18-bystander-effect/ Stephen Darlington

Notes Nintendo Switch 2

/posts/2025-06-20-notes-nintendo-switch-2/ Stephen Darlington

Process

/posts/2025-04-25-process/ Stephen Darlington

Switch 2 Reaction

/posts/2025-04-04-nintendo-switch-2-reaction/ Stephen Darlington

Raspberry Pi Pico: Temperature Sensor

/posts/2025-02-28-raspberry-pi-pico-temperature/ Stephen Darlington

Raspberry Pi Pico: LED Display

/posts/2025-02-21-raspberry-pi-pico-led-display/ Stephen Darlington

It Depends

/posts/2025-02-14-it-depends/ Stephen Darlington

Big Tech isn’t All Tech

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/posts/2025-01-31-not-all-tech/ Stephen Darlington

Apache Ignite: “IgniteCheckedException: No clients found”

/posts/2024-07-02-apache-ignite-ignitecheckedexception-no-clients-found/ Stephen Darlington

Saving PowerPoints as PDF on a Mac

/posts/2024-06-26-saving-powerpoints-as-pdf-on-a-mac/ Stephen Darlington

Is making a phone call really the most annoying thing you can do on a plane?

/posts/2024-06-24-is-making-a-phone-call-really-the-most-annoying-thing-you-can-do-on-a-plane/ Stephen Darlington

Is Google’s “dominant position” in mobile abusive?

/posts/2024-06-19-is-googles-dominant-position-in-mobile-abusive/ Stephen Darlington

macOS High Sierra and fast file copying

/posts/2024-06-17-macos-high-sierra-and-fast-file-copying/ Stephen Darlington

WWDC 2016 Announcement Analysis

/posts/2024-06-12-wwdc-2016-announcement-analysis/ Stephen Darlington

WWDC 2024 Keynote: Total disappointment

/posts/2024-06-10-wwdc-2024-keynote-total-disappointment/ Stephen Darlington

History

/posts/2023-01-27-history/ Stephen Darlington

Twitter

/posts/2023-01-13-twitter/ Stephen Darlington

Programming Pearls

/posts/2022-12-06-programming-pearls/ Stephen Darlington

Panic

/posts/2022-10-25-panic/ Stephen Darlington

Project versus Product

/posts/2022-10-11-project-versus-product/ Stephen Darlington

Security by Scapegoat

/posts/2022-10-04-security-by-scapegoat/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 16 and watchOS 9

/posts/2022-09-20-ios-16-and-watchos-9/ Stephen Darlington

Is git too hard

/posts/2022-09-06-is-git-too-hard/ Stephen Darlington

The Count of Anti-Crypto

/posts/2022-08-30-the-count-of-anti-crypto/ Stephen Darlington

Why Enterprise Software is Bloated

/posts/2022-08-23-why-enterprise-software-is-bloated/ Stephen Darlington

Generalist Software Engineering

/posts/2022-08-16-generalist-software-engineering/ Stephen Darlington

Adventures in iCloud Mail Hosting

/posts/2022-03-08-adventures-in-icloud-mail-hosting/ Stephen Darlington

Ops is undervalued

/posts/2021-10-19-ops-is-undervalued/ Stephen Darlington

What are Registers?

/posts/2021-02-20-what-are-registers/ Stephen Darlington

Meetings

/posts/2020-04-07-meetings/ Stephen Darlington

Mismatched

/posts/2020-01-29-mismatched/ Stephen Darlington

Amazon Fire 7″ (9th gen)

/posts/2020-01-15-amazon-fire-7-9th-gen/ Stephen Darlington

Innovation department

/posts/2019-11-12-innovation-department/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 13 and iPadOS

/posts/2019-09-18-ios-13-and-ipados/ Stephen Darlington

App Store pricing

/posts/2019-05-30-app-store-pricing/ Stephen Darlington

Fragile Development

/posts/2019-01-17-fragile-development/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 12

/posts/2018-09-14-ios-12/ Stephen Darlington

Pro is not a useful label

/posts/2018-08-29-pro-is-not-a-useful-label/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 11

/posts/2017-09-19-ios-11/ Stephen Darlington

What do you know?

/posts/2017-08-14-what-do-you-know/ Stephen Darlington

Nintendo Switch

/posts/2017-07-15-nintendo-switch/ Stephen Darlington

WWDC 2017

/posts/2017-06-02-wwdc-2017/ Stephen Darlington

Virtual Assistants

/posts/2017-01-04-virtual-assistants/ Stephen Darlington

Dongles

/posts/2016-11-08-dongles/ Stephen Darlington

The Short-Sighted Game

/posts/2016-09-20-the-short-sighted-game/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 10

/posts/2016-09-13-ios-10/ Stephen Darlington

Underwhelming by design

/posts/2016-09-06-underwhelming-by-design/ Stephen Darlington

Humane Recruitment

/posts/2016-04-19-humane-recruitment/ Stephen Darlington

Support and Snark

/posts/2016-03-19-support-and-snark/ Stephen Darlington

Technology and Humanities

/posts/2015-12-04-technology-and-humanities/ Stephen Darlington

Apple TV (4th gen)

/posts/2015-10-30-apple-tv-4th-gen/ Stephen Darlington

Mac OS X 10.11 “El Capitan”

/posts/2015-09-29-mac-os-x-10-11-el-capitan/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 9

/posts/2015-09-08-ios-9/ Stephen Darlington

Taking Stock

/posts/2015-07-22-taking-stock/ Stephen Darlington

WWDC 2015

/posts/2015-06-18-wwdc-2015/ Stephen Darlington

Simpleton Explores Microcomputers

/posts/2015-04-22-simpleton-explores-microcomputers/ Stephen Darlington

Here comes the crunch

/posts/2015-04-20-here-comes-the-crunch/ Stephen Darlington

The ‘D’ in ‘DVCS’

/posts/2015-04-07-the-d-in-dvcs/ Stephen Darlington

“Preview” is damaged and can’t be opened.

/posts/2015-01-06-preview-is-damaged-and-cant-be-opened/ Stephen Darlington

QA Mindf**k

/posts/2014-12-05-qa-mindfk/ Stephen Darlington

Java and Yosemite

/posts/2014-11-04-java-and-yosemite/ Stephen Darlington

How do I do “X” in Swift?

/posts/2014-10-20-how-do-i-do-x-in-swift/ Stephen Darlington

Starting Coding

/posts/2014-08-28-starting-coding/ Stephen Darlington

Recruitment Tests

/posts/2014-07-07-recruitment-tests/ Stephen Darlington

Swift Hate

/posts/2014-06-24-swift-hate/ Stephen Darlington

Failure is an option

/posts/2014-04-02-failure-is-an-option/ Stephen Darlington

Webcam

/posts/2014-03-25-webcam/ Stephen Darlington

Not so smart phones

/posts/2014-02-11-not-so-smart-phones/ Stephen Darlington

CameraGPS debrief

/posts/2014-02-04-cameragps-debrief/ Stephen Darlington

Which Tablet?

/posts/2013-11-22-which-tablet/ Stephen Darlington

Notes on iOS 7

/posts/2013-09-18-notes-on-ios-7/ Stephen Darlington

What to do?

/posts/2013-07-13-what-to-do/ Stephen Darlington

iTunes Match – addendum

/posts/2013-07-10-itunes-match-addendum/ Stephen Darlington

AQGridView to UICollectionView

/posts/2013-06-06-aqgridview-to-uicollectionview/ Stephen Darlington

Familiarity Breeds Contempt

/posts/2013-03-14-familiarity-breeds-contempt/ Stephen Darlington

No Massive Google Play Privacy Issue

/posts/2013-02-14-no-massive-google-play-privacy-issue/ Stephen Darlington

War?

/posts/2012-12-13-war/ Stephen Darlington

iOS 6

/posts/2012-09-19-ios-6/ Stephen Darlington

Mountain Lion – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

/posts/2012-07-30-mountain-lion-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Stephen Darlington

Deleting a Google Apps Domain

/posts/2012-06-06-deleting-a-google-apps-domain/ Stephen Darlington

Facebook IPO Fail?

/posts/2012-05-23-facebook-ipo-fail/ Stephen Darlington

Blocks, both technical and mental

/posts/2012-05-05-blocks-both-technical-and-mental/ Stephen Darlington

Instapaper versus Pocket

/posts/2012-04-28-instapaper-versus-pocket/ Stephen Darlington

Spectrum

/posts/2012-04-23-spectrum/ Stephen Darlington

Glitches

/posts/2012-03-13-glitches/ Stephen Darlington

iTunes Match

/posts/2012-01-09-itunes-match/ Stephen Darlington

RIP SPJ

/posts/2011-10-06-rip-spj/ Stephen Darlington

What’s wrong with Google+

/posts/2011-09-27-whats-wrong-with-google/ Stephen Darlington

iOS Developer Program: from individual to company

/posts/2011-08-30-ios-developer-program-from-individual-to-company/ Stephen Darlington

Do Apple take 40% in the EU?

/posts/2011-07-26-do-apple-take-40-in-the-eu/ Stephen Darlington

A new CEO for Yahoo?

/posts/2011-06-24-a-new-ceo-for-yahoo/ Stephen Darlington

Patents

/posts/2011-06-08-patents/ Stephen Darlington

The Trouble with eBooks

/posts/2011-03-29-the-trouble-with-ebooks/ Stephen Darlington

Why you need a crash reporter

/posts/2011-03-22-why-you-need-a-crash-reporter/ Stephen Darlington

Your most important customers

/posts/2011-02-23-your-most-important-customers/ Stephen Darlington

Programming Is Hard

/posts/2011-01-18-programming-is-hard/ Stephen Darlington

Travels with my iPad

/posts/2010-11-15-travels-with-my-ipad/ Stephen Darlington

Crash

/posts/2010-09-08-crash/ Stephen Darlington

Delicious Debrief (Part 5/5)

/posts/2010-07-23-delicious-debrief-5/ Stephen Darlington

Delicious Debrief (Part 4/5)

/posts/2010-07-22-delicious-debrief-4/ Stephen Darlington

Delicious Debrief (Part 3/5)

/posts/2010-07-21-delicious-debrief-3/ Stephen Darlington

Delicious Debrief (Part 2/5)

/posts/2010-07-20-delicious-debrief-2/ Stephen Darlington

Delicious Debrief (Part 1/5)

/posts/2010-07-19-delicious-debrief-part-15/ Stephen Darlington

Communication

/posts/2010-07-13-communication/ Stephen Darlington

What is “polish”?

/posts/2010-07-06-what-is-polish/ Stephen Darlington

The Up-Sell

/posts/2010-01-06-the-up-sell/ Stephen Darlington

Shrinking

/posts/2009-12-31-shrinking/ Stephen Darlington

Snow Leopard

/posts/2009-09-16-snow-leopard/ Stephen Darlington

Professionalism

/posts/2009-03-24-professionalism/ Stephen Darlington

Favourite iPhone Apps

/posts/2009-03-17-favourite-iphone-apps/ Stephen Darlington

The W Effect

/posts/2009-01-13-the-w-effect/ Stephen Darlington

Attitude

/posts/2008-12-09-attitude/ Stephen Darlington

Growing Up in Public

/posts/2008-12-02-growing-up-in-public/ Stephen Darlington

Advertising your iApp

/posts/2008-11-11-advertising-your-iapp/ Stephen Darlington

Eight Best Computer Books

/posts/2008-09-08-eight-best-computer-books/ Stephen Darlington

Competitive Threat

/posts/2008-09-02-competitive-threat/ Stephen Darlington

What Price?

/posts/2008-08-19-what-price/ Stephen Darlington

Just for Fun

/posts/2008-08-07-just-for-fun/ Stephen Darlington

WordPress for iPhone

/posts/2008-07-22-wordpress-for-iphone/ Stephen Darlington

Marketing Windows Vista

/posts/2008-07-22-marketing-windows-vista/ Stephen Darlington

Byline Bypass?

/posts/2008-07-15-byline-bypass/ Stephen Darlington

Error Mishandling

/posts/2008-05-27-error-mishandling/ Stephen Darlington

Where iPhone went wrong

/posts/2008-05-19-where-iphone-went-wrong/ Stephen Darlington

Why “unlimited” broadband must die

/posts/2008-04-15-why-unlimited-broadband-must-die/ Stephen Darlington

So, you got a bad review?

/posts/2008-03-29-so-you-got-a-bad-review/ Stephen Darlington

Net Neutrality, Privacy and Hypocrisy

/posts/2008-03-04-net-neutrality-privacy-and-hypocrisy/ Stephen Darlington

Is Microsoft-Yahoo the next HPaq?

/posts/2008-02-03-is-microsoft-yahoo-the-next-hpaq/ Stephen Darlington

Check-boxes

/posts/2008-01-24-check-boxes/ Stephen Darlington

The Perfect Thing

/posts/2008-01-21-the-perfect-thing/ Stephen Darlington

Update: Belkin Wi-Fi Phone

/posts/2007-09-20-update-belkin-wi-fi-phone/ Stephen Darlington

The Bourne Confusion

/posts/2007-08-19-the-bourne-confusion/ Stephen Darlington

Why I hate Dummies Guides

/posts/2007-08-15-why-i-hate-dummies-guides/ Stephen Darlington

Apple Addict

/posts/2007-08-07-apple-addict/ Stephen Darlington

Smart and Gets Things Done

/posts/2007-07-30-smart-and-gets-things-done/ Stephen Darlington

Is MySpace really the future of email?

/posts/2007-07-24-is-myspace-really-the-future-of-email/ Stephen Darlington

When is a pencil and paper better than a computer?

/posts/2007-05-16-when-is-a-pencil-and-paper-better-than-a-computer/ Stephen Darlington

Blessed is the Tool Maker

/posts/2007-04-05-blessed-is-the-tool-maker/ Stephen Darlington

The end of WMA?

/posts/2007-04-02-the-end-of-wma/ Stephen Darlington

Follow-up: Belkin Wi-Fi Phone

/posts/2007-03-11-follow-up-belkin-wi-fi-phone/ Stephen Darlington

Backup

/posts/2007-01-08-backup/ Stephen Darlington

Hiring

/posts/2007-01-05-hiring/ Stephen Darlington

Review: Belkin Wi-Fi Phone

/posts/2006-11-30-review-belkin-wi-fi-phone/ Stephen Darlington

.Mac Defection

/posts/2006-10-03-mac-defection/ Stephen Darlington

iPhoto 5 Books

/posts/2006-01-30-iphoto5/ Stephen Darlington

Random Changes

/posts/2006-01-07-randomchanges/ Stephen Darlington

Nostalgia

/posts/2006-01-07-nostalgia/ Stephen Darlington

Joel On Software

/posts/2005-02-27-joelonsoftware/ Stephen Darlington

Coder to Developer

/posts/2005-01-09-codertodeveloper/ Stephen Darlington

Why don’t developers read?

/posts/2004-12-31-noreaders/ Stephen Darlington

The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest

/posts/2004-12-26-20milhardest/ Stephen Darlington

Are Your Lights On?

/posts/2004-09-20-lightson/ Stephen Darlington

Bored of constant tweaking?

/posts/2004-02-24-linuxrant/ Stephen Darlington

GOTO – Software Superheroes

/posts/2004-02-24-goto/ Stephen Darlington

SliMP3

/posts/2004-02-24-slimp3/ Stephen Darlington

Practical C Programming

/posts/2002-12-22-practicalc/ Stephen Darlington

Oracle PL/SQL Programming

/posts/2002-10-19-plsqlprogramming/ Stephen Darlington

Software Project Survival Guide

/posts/2002-10-19-projsurvival/ Stephen Darlington

Accidental Empires: How the boys in Silicon Valley…

/posts/2002-10-19-accidentalempires/ Stephen Darlington

Engineer or Hacker?

/posts/2002-10-19-hackoreng/ Stephen Darlington

Open Sources

/posts/2002-10-19-opensources/ Stephen Darlington

Oracle Builtin Packages

/posts/2002-10-19-builtinpackages/ Stephen Darlington

What About Free Documentation?

/posts/2002-10-19-freedocumentation/ Stephen Darlington

Minolta Dual Scan II

/posts/2002-01-27-dualscanii/ Stephen Darlington

Dreadful Conclusions

/posts/2002-01-12-dreadfulconc/ Stephen Darlington

Extreme Programming Explained

/posts/2001-08-06-extremeprogramming/ Stephen Darlington

Dreadful Thoughts

/posts/2001-04-01-dreadfulthought/ Stephen Darlington

A matter of style

/posts/2001-01-10-style/ Stephen Darlington

Death March

/posts/2001-01-07-deathmarch/ Stephen Darlington

Whats with Windows 2000?

/posts/2000-02-20-win2k/ Stephen Darlington