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I’m Nick! I build & lead teams who create products & solutions that help people do more.
I am a passionate technical leader & full-stack software architect with over 14 years’ experience in designing & delivering large–scale commercial cloud SaaS software solutions, predominantly using Microsoft technologies.
As a hands-on leader, I have a proven track record of building effective on-site & remote software teams, based on the sharing of good practice, defining clear processes, implementing best-of-breed systems and shipping quality code.
Latest Posts
New Build: Stacked Liquid Cooled Mini ITX Powerhouse
My new build is finally complete! Mini ITX motherboard with liquid cooled i7 4790 & stacked out memory (and case lighting of course!)
Volkswagen Congress Hearing
Listen to 1:11:40… “This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason,” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Great Scottish Run 10k
Layer Systems team snapped just before the Great Scottish Run 10k
Happy 30th Birthday Claire Kewney
Happy 30th birthday to my lil’ sis! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UC569TZeTQ) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
jQuery Change Persister for DOM text inputs
/* jQuery tbChangePersister v1.0.0 – April 2015 by Nick Kewney */ (function ($) { $.fn.tbChangePersister = function (next, defaultDelay, domStorageSuffix) { return this.each(function () {
Extracting a price from a VARCHAR in T-SQL
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_extract_currency_from_string] (@string VARCHAR(1000)) RETURNS VARCHAR(255) AS BEGIN DECLARE @var VARCHAR(1000) = @string DECLARE @len INT = LEN(@var) DECLARE @start_position INT ,@end_position INT DECLARE
Web Application Security Testing Tools
Port Scanners Nmap – general port scanner Vulnerability Scanners Nikto and Wikto – web server vulnerability checkers Nessus – general purpose vulnerability checker WebInspect –
Virgin Money London Marathon 2015
I will be running the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon on 26th April 2015 for the British Lung Foundation who are currently funding research on
Arduino Christmas Tree Project
I decided that it was essential to give our customers the ability to turn our Christmas tree lights on and off over the web. Check out