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Paying invoices on time is not optional

Paying invoices on time is not optional

Whenever we work on projects for clients, we often complete the work, raise an invoice and then give them 14 days to pay. Pretty standard…
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Adam CookeDec 8, 2015
Staytus — an open source status site

Staytus — an open source status site

Staytus is another open source project I got off the ground a few months ago. It provides a content management system for managing service…
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Adam CookeJul 14, 2015
String Interpolation in Rails

String Interpolation in Rails

A while ago I wrote a small library to handle string interpolation in a Rails application. The library allows you to safely allow users to…
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Adam CookeJul 4, 2015
Improve session security in Rails apps

Improve session security in Rails apps

In Rails applications, it’s really easy to allow users to login to your application. You ask them for a username & password, you check they…
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Adam CookeFeb 24, 2015
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Apple Push Notifications using HTTP

Apple Push Notifications using HTTP

I’ve recently been working on developing an iOS application for Sirportly — a helpdesk product which we run & develop at aTech. As part of…
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Adam CookeJun 23, 2014
Documentation Engine for Rails

Documentation Engine for Rails

A couple of months ago, I wrote a Rails engine which provides applications with complete documentation library functionality by simply…
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Adam CookeOct 12, 2014
Budgets

Budgets

A couple of weekends ago, I found myself needing some sort of application to manage the annual budget for aTech but manage my personal…
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Adam CookeJul 4, 2015
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Creating an IPv6 network with an EdgeRouter

Creating an IPv6 network with an EdgeRouter

We’ve been using IPv6 for quite a while now on the aTech and Viaduct networks however my home ISP doesn’t support IPv6 natively. As you can…
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Adam CookeDec 18, 2015
Auto Permitted Attributes in Rails Forms

Auto Permitted Attributes in Rails Forms

I’m sitting here at PHP South Coast, surrounded by PHP developers and I’m writing some Ruby. I’ve come up with a nice little gem to avoid…
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Adam CookeJul 18, 2015
A new lick of paint

A new lick of paint

I was feeling at a bit of a loose end last night so I decided that my blog could do with a bit of a facelift.
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Adam CookeMar 22, 2015
Creating MOSS returns for HMRC with JSON

Creating MOSS returns for HMRC with JSON

HMRC (the UK tax authority) have finally announced how UK businesses should submit details of their digital sales to other EU countries for…
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Adam CookeMar 21, 2015
Merging Pull Requests on GitHub

Merging Pull Requests on GitHub

Today I’m talking about the merge button on GitHub, why you shouldn’t use it and presenting an alternative which is cleaner & easier to use…
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Adam CookeMar 3, 2015
Home-made Crunchie Ice Cream

Home-made Crunchie Ice Cream

With Christmas fast approaching and with indulgence and over-eating very much part of the holiday, I made one of my favourite desserts …
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Adam CookeDec 22, 2014

The EU, Tech Companies & VAT

Starting from January 2015, there are going to be some changes to way EU tech companies need to charge VAT to consumers. In the past, you…
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Adam CookeOct 13, 2014
Gulp & Rails

Gulp & Rails

I’ve recently started using Gulp rather than the built-in asset pipeline in Rails. Gulp provides a fair amount of additional flexibility…
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Adam CookeJul 21, 2014

Set the top border colour of a UINavBar

I’ve recently started developing iOS applications and on my journey of discovery I have discovered a number of useful little gems of…
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Adam CookeJun 10, 2014
It’s time for Viaduct

It’s time for Viaduct

Yesterday, I publicly announced a huge new project we’ll be launching next year. I just wanted to write a quick post about what this means…
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Adam CookeDec 19, 2013
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Stories about software development and running a small business in the UK from Adam Cooke, the MD of aTech Media.

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