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2017

The one with big machines

It’s time for my annual Drupal project again. I had actually got my start in web development with Drupal and...

Building for cross-browser compatibility

This is the third post of a multi-part series about developing the brand identity for Wismut Labs. The previous post...

The one in a minimalist hacker chic

I have an Argentinian friend. Not an acquaintance. A proper good friend. This is highly improbable, at least in my...

2016

The one with lots of poultry

Most of the projects I worked on in 2015 were either Facebook applications (yes, somehow those are still being made)...

The one where I grok MVC

Earlier this year, I mentioned that I was starting out with the Kohana framework. Actually, my team uses a heavily...

2015

The one in many languages

I’ve always heard that Drupal did multi-language well, but you know when you hear about something and think, I know...

The one on the tightest of deadlines

I feel large-scale projects are like play-off games. You can’t expect to win without adequate preparation. You need to scout...

The one built from 128 pictures of cakes

I have a habit of saying yes to requests before I realise I have never done said request before. I...

The one where I grok jQuery

My next assignment was actually with the very first client I ever worked with. Repeat client! This time, the task...

The one where people get a say

As awesome as Drupal is, you may be surprised to find that over in my part of the world, there...

The one with many iterations

The third project I worked on was a website for the Redemption Hill Church. The church’s site started out as...

2014

The one where I learn responsive

The Pixel Onion website was a project that had languished in a corner for months. The team had been swamped...

The one I cut my teeth on

My next assignment was to build a new website for the Singapore Gastric Cancer Consortium. Their original site was static...

The one that came first

My first assignment as a web developer was to style the theme for the Temple University in Singapore website. The...