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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
Self-Executing Functions in JavaScript
I’ve been steadily migrating my JavaScript assets to use self executing functions (and more recently literals) as they are a good way to enforce scope
Using a Git repository with an existing Heroku app
You can take an existing Git repo and add a remote using the git URL provided when you created your app. You may need to
Deleting duplicate records using T-SQL
WITH cte AS ( SELECT [Field1], [Field2] row_number() OVER(PARTITION BY [Field1], [Field2] ORDER BY [Field1]) AS [rn] FROM [Table1] WHERE [Column1]=[Condition1] ) DELETE cte WHERE
George Square, Glasgow – 19th September #throughglass
I was working late at our St. Vincent Place HQ on the day after the referendum and heard some noise down at George Square with Google
T-SQL script for identifying deadlocked processes
A useful script for identifying SQL deadlock cause/victim. WITH [Blocking] AS (SELECT w.[session_id] ,s.[original_login_name] ,s.[login_name] ,w.[wait_duration_ms] ,w.[wait_type] ,r.[status] ,r.[wait_resource] ,w.[resource_description] ,s.[program_name] ,w.[blocking_session_id] ,s.[host_name] ,r.[command] ,r.[percent_complete]
placeholde.rs – A hosted image placeholder service for developers & designers
placeholde.rs is a hosted image placeholder service for developers & designers. Just specify width and height, tweak the parameters and grab the URL.
Engaging Business Customers with Mobile in 2014 – Apps vs. Mobile Websites
When we started the process of delivering a business mobile application to our customers, we asked ourselves a fundamental question which has haunted development teams
The SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow – Photo & Video Timeline
24 September 2013 24 September 2013 24 September 2013 24 September 2013 24 September 2013 24 September 2013 //player.vimeo.com/video/75390157 14th September 2013 28th August 2013
Handling Unauthorised Ajax Requests in ASP.NET MVC App
The following post describes an application-wide method of handling unauthorised Ajax posts within an ASP.NET MVC application. Modifying the Authorize attribute as per the example
Analysing your .NET App for Memory Issues
In this post, I will look at the hard & the not-as-hard (but still hard) way to isolate and diagnose memory issues within a .NET
New Website Launched – The Layer
We’ve just launched a new website for The Layer, a system for mobile & IT resellers.The website launch was backed up with the following ad
New Website Launched – R.B. Richardson & Co.
R.B. Richardson & Co. specialise in domestic conveyancing and provide clients with a local service at competitive rates across central and south west Scotland, including Irvine, Ayr,