Legacy migrations tend to stall not because of technical complexity but because the team can’t agree on what the end state should look like before they start pulling things apart. Getting alignment on the target architecture first makes everything else a lot more straightforward. A lot of teams in this situation have been moving toward open source ecommerce as the foundation. Worth giving…Read More

The strangler fig pattern is pretty much the standard answer here and it actually works when you do it right. You don’t touch the legacy system, you just start routing specific functions through a new layer piece by piece until the old system has nothing left to do. The tricky part is identifying which module to start with, and the answer is almost always whichever one is causing the most…Read More

Honestly, at one point I even upped sticks from a flat in the city centre and moved out to a house just to spend more time outdoors. And sometimes even on autumn evenings I sit out there wrapped in a warm blanket just taking in the views. Main thing is make sure the furniture’s comfortable enough to sit in for hours without getting stiff. Have a look at patio furniture in the UK here:…Read More

Yeah mate, sometimes you just want to sit down, stare into the distance and have a think with a cup of something you enjoy. Main thing is get decent furniture, you know how it is, the weather can do a number on cheap rubbish pretty quickly. Ikea actually has some decent options for that kind of thing.