I’ve most recently been tech director for a software agency and I'm now looking for something new. I enjoy problem solving and have experience across lots of different technologies and domains.
Location: Cornwall UK
Remote: Yes
Relocate: No
Technologies: Backend, Frontend, DevOps, most recently full stack React
CV: on request
Email: colinramsay at gmail.com
I’ve most recently been tech director for a software agency and have worked with loads of different technologies. I enjoy problem solving!
I’m looking for a flexible role but I don’t have a specific position in mind. I’d love to have a conversation if you’re looking for a capable developer and communicator!
I didn't have a `media` entry in my pages.yml, which meant the rich text editor wasn't loading (JS error was being thrown). When I added that entry, it started working! Brilliant work!
I'm using Jekyll, with yaml frontmatter, and it's not clear how to specify the body. The documentation says that a rich text field could be set up with a "name" option (and gives "body") as an example but my Markdown files don't specify a name for the body.. it's just... there:
I'm less interested in immutable systems and more in pre-configured systems. NixOS with Home Manager is the one that stands out here, but the configuration is just awful. I want to be able to have my full config in source control and know that is the state of my current system, with anything else being wiped on reboot. Anything that's changed before reboot should be highlighted.
In my (limited) experience with something like Silverblue, the base system can be configured but when you start adding applications (like say, Firefox), it is lacking when it comes to configuring that because you're using Flatpak and I don't know of a way to tell it to both install all Flatpaks I want along with all of the configuration.
I guess there's some way of installing Flatpaks en masse and then dotfiles can take care of the rest?
Please respond with rate and time zone! No agencies or recruiters please.
We’re looking for a freelancer who could expand to a full role to work primarily with TypeScript, React (Remix) and Tailwind. Must be able to work with a PR-based development mode, independently, and within budget. Backend and frontend experience is a must.
We’re a small UK agency building up a base of Remix projects and need someone to support new projects and support existing ones.
Yes. The use of loaders and actions blurs the lines between client and server. It's really productive. There are a few gaps that need filling, one that comes to mind is internationalisation [1]
I am very surprised that NextJS has left it so long to consider mutations - they're apparently coming up with an RFC on that but it seems to be somewhat behind closed doors.
I'm not sure how to feel about this, but my main wish for Remix is a public roadmap and full development in the open. There is overlap but also healthy competition between it and NextJS, and I'm really interested to see where Remix goes next.
Looking for TypeScript/Remix developers who have the ability to self-direct. Dev workflow will be through GitHub pull requests so we expect strong communication, documentation and testing chops.
Location: UK
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript/React/Ruby/Rails
Résumé/CV: https://stackoverflow.com/cv/colinramsay
Email: [email protected]
Interested in new contract work, my recent interest has been in Remix/NextJS but I've got extensive experience across a range of industries and skillsets.
I agree. That doesn't negate the fact that it took me a while to understand what the issue was, see if I could get around it, work out how to disable the font downloading in Flutter, etc, etc. I may have been trying to force a round peg into a square hole but NixOS didn't do much to help me see the shape of the pegs and holes in the first place.
> I'm going to keep using it, since I can't stand anything else after having a taste of NixOS
This is how I feel about NixOS. I like what it gives me but I don't really like much else about it. Unless something _just works_, you're looking at hours of debugging which will most likely lead to failure. Off the top of my head there are a couple of things I've hit a dead end on recently:
- Packaging a Flutter desktop app because its build process downloads fonts from a URL and so makes the whole thing impure
- Getting Blender's GPU support working, I think the same problem is causing Webcamoid to crash on launch
Previously I used Arch, which I loved, but it was all to easy to completely shaft my setup and not be able to roll back.
I'm currently working on a small Slack app and the experience has been fairly horrendous. The documentation is all over the place. I'm not sure if adding yet another chunk of stuff to it is such a good idea - where does this leave Bolt?
Remote: Yes
Relocate: No
Technologies: Backend, Frontend, DevOps, most recently full stack React
CV: on request
Email: colinramsay at gmail.com
https://colinramsay.co.uk/
I’ve most recently been tech director for a software agency and I'm now looking for something new. I enjoy problem solving and have experience across lots of different technologies and domains.