When You’re Busy, Learning Can Feel Impossible Life can get busy. Between working, maintaining a household, hobbies, spending time with family and friends, and just trying to rest, it can be hard to squeeze in anything extra. After finishing my web development diploma (a full-time course while working part-time), I was absolutely drained. Some weeks […]
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Why User Design Matters As someone who loves being creative, an area of web development that has always interested me is user design. It’s one of those things that can go unnoticed when done right, but when done wrong, it stands out immediately… When a design is intuitive and user-friendly, people stay, engage, and return.
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Jumping In vs Slowing Down One of the biggest challenges I’ve come up against in my web development journey is planning. It’s something I’m still learning and actively trying to get better at. Like a lot of beginners, I often feel the urge to jump straight into building. I love the excitement of seeing things
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You’ve put time and care into building your website or writing that blog post but how do people actually find it? That’s where SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) comes in. It’s what helps your content show up when someone types a question into Google. The better optimised your site is, the more likely it is to
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How I Took a Leap into Web Development In 2021, I did something that terrified and thrilled me in equal measure. In the midst of Covid lockdowns I packed up my life, my cat Paco, and my ambitions and moved to a city 19 hours drive away from home to start fresh. After 14 years
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