The intention I set out with was one blog entry a week on my core subject, a real case of developing a new web application from scratch following a very professional approach and documenting it all. Essentially replicating what I do for a living as a hobby project and documenting what’s done en-route to show people what it’s really like to develop an application from scratch, properly, in PHP.

I also thought I’d make the odd post about other technical issues that came up in passing, tools I ran into that were not directly related to what I was doing, and articles I’d read that set me thinking.

Only, in early July work got very hectic. Stress levels up and I was wiped out by the time I got home. My wife thought I was on the computer too much and we had a row about it. So I’ve got no-where since then.

I still intend to carry this on at some point soon. Meanwhile, I’m going to get back into the habit of writing one article a week on development and software engineering as a career.

Right now, at work, I have a team of 45 engineers working for me. I’m recruiting for more. My experience reading CVs and interviewing lots of people has made me realise that people really don’t know how to write a good CV or to handle an interview. My experience running a team of engineers for the last two years has also shown me a lot of stuff about what makes a great programmer and what makes a great team member.

So, I’m going to shift focus and write about that for a while instead. I hope that’s of use and interest to some people.

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