Ash Furrow

  1. Disintegrate, Reintegrate, Extrude

    I wrote last week how my wife and I had to say goodbye to Clementine. Without going into detail, caring for our sick cat took a lot out of us. Since last summer, Clem needed some kind of daily medical care: ear drops, pills, special food, eye lube. Yes,...

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  2. Goodbye Clementine

    My wife and I said goodbye to our cat Clementine today. We had her for just four years – our time was cut short by cancer. Things have been up and down for months, but at the start of the year we changed priorities to keep her comfortable. Clementine and...

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  3. The Imperial Units Strike Back

    I lived in the United States for six years, during which time I refused to learn Fahrenheit. I was forced to give in to using inches because, unlike every tape measure I owned in Canada that had both inches and centimetres, every measuring tape I could...

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  4. Upcoming Conference Talk

    I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Swift Rockies conference for iOS developers next July in Calgary. This will be my first conference presentation in over five years! My talk is titled My Slow Return to a Swift Career. I’m pecking...

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  5. Peer Lab Community Shut Down

    When I lived in Amsterdam, a friend ran a weekly meetup for programmers. He held it on Saturday mornings, to discourage people who only had ideas for apps. The idea was to spend time in a café working on projects around other coders who were working on...

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  6. Five Years in New Brunswick

    Today marks five years since my wife and I moved away from New York and back to New Brunswick. When I wrote about this last time, I seemed unhappy. I guess things hadn’t worked out the way that I had envisioned them when we moved home – even if I didn’t...

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  7. Joining Wealthsimple

    I’m excited to announce that today is my first day working at Wealthsimple! I’ll be working as a staff developer on their mobile app. In a previous blog post, I teased that this role was a perfect fit for me. Today, I’m excited to share some details. But...

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  8. Eleventy Launch

    As I discussed previously, I’ve been rewriting this blog in a new tool called 11ty (aka Eleventy - the project’s devs aren’t consistent so I won’t be either). This is the first blog post written in the new blog engine, and the migration is complete! I...

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  9. Work At Your Spikes

    I want to discuss my career trajectory and a chronic issue I’ve identified with my job satisfaction since becoming a staff developer. It’s been subtle and I didn’t notice it for years. Maybe this will resonate with you. After a lot of reflection, I’ve...

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  10. Floating On

    It’s with mixed emotions that I’m announcing today is my last day working at Float. I’ve accomplished a lot here and I’m grateful for the opportunity to help shape such a young company and product team. I’m sad to say goodbye to my coworkers and I wish...

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