PinnedColin WreninThe StartupBuilding My First App — JiffyCVMy first ever app — JiffyCV — is now in beta! Here’s the story about how it came to be, the approach I took to make it and what I’ve…·19 min read·Dec 18, 2020--2--2
Colin WrenAtomic Todo Discovery — Modelling datesI’m currently building a Todo List app where Todos can be set for years, month, weeks and days. But how to model those dates in SwiftData?7 min read·Nov 19, 2023--1--1
Colin WrenUsing State Charts to design and validate your user flowsPrototyping is great but it involves a lot of effort. Now I’m building my 3rd app I’m looking for a quicker feedback loop·9 min read·Nov 11, 2023----
Colin WrenTrying to find the perfect Todo list appI don’t use a traditional GTD style Todo List instead I have 19 lists for days, weeks and months and I wanted to find a new app for my…27 min read·Oct 28, 2023--28--28
Colin WrenAI may take your job but it’ll take the company with itThe AI ‘bubble’ will see those companies that replace humans with AI fail because humans don’t just do their job. They give useful feedback4 min read·May 6, 2023--1--1
Colin WrenBook Review — Resilient Management by Lara HoganWe’ve started a book club at work and the first book on the list was Resilient Management by Lara Hogan, published by A Book Apart.11 min read·Apr 1, 2023----
Colin WrenEnhance your shitposting with FFMPEGI was watching one my favourite movies — An American Werewolf in London the other day and realised the meme potential of one of the scenes3 min read·Mar 11, 2023----
Colin WrenAuthenticating via Microsoft Azure AD in Cypress (and Puppeteer)Automating single sign on using Microsoft Azure AD can be troublesome when using Cypress·3 min read·Feb 25, 2023----
Colin Wrenmidi-to-lsdj development updateI’ve just released v1.5.0 of midi-to-lsdj my little library for converting MIDI files into the commands needed to reproduce the song in…9 min read·Feb 19, 2023--3--3
Colin WrenWhat I’ve learned after taking a four-month sabbatical from workIn October 2022 I started a sabbatical from work. Here’s what I’ve discovered after 4 months off7 min read·Feb 5, 2023----