From Athlete to Engineer: Lessons I Carry Into Coding

I spent over 15 years as a professional hockey player before becoming a software engineer. The lessons I carried from the ice to the codebase continue to shape how I write code, work with teams, and grow my career.

Managing Time as a Senior Engineer: What Actually Works for Me

Senior engineers are constantly pulled in different directions. Here's how I manage my time to stay focused on high-impact work, support my team, and avoid drowning in distractions.

Performance Doesn't Matter Until It Works

Performance is only valuable once your code works, is correct, and is readable. Build in that order and only optimise where it matters.

How To Actually Test Your Frontend Code

Writing tests on the frontend that matter is hard. What exactly to test can feel a bit mysterious and can lead to bad practices of either test the wrong things or testing less critical stuff on the page