A couple of weeks after starting my remake of SeeThisSpot.com, and I think I can say that I’m so so so happy that I’ve done it, and am really excited about how it’s going to turn out. The original see this spot was written in PHP, using the Cake framework, which was 100% new to […]
Deploying a Node.js project with ZURB Foundation to Heroku
So many new things happening! Pretty stoked that I managed to get ZURB’s Foundation working on my Node.js application, my next step was to get the app deployed to Heroku. Until this point I’d only ever deployed a project to Heroku by following and mimicking the ‘Getting Started‘ tutorial. My seethisspot project was already very […]
Using ZURB’s Foundation 5 in a Node.js project
Scouring the Internets for hours on end, I found it incredibly difficult to find a solid example of somebody using ZURB’s fabulous Foundation 5 in a Node.js project. Could it even be done? Do I really have to install ruby? What’s going on? What is Grunt anyway? Of everything I found that looked semi-helpful, I […]
SeeThisSpot – An evaluation
Software development is a funny thing. When I started SeeThisSpot.com, all I was looking for was a playground for me to show off my skills, learn new skills, and generally have something to hang my hat on. So what happened? Somewhere along the line I got lost. What I imagined: Responsive design High performance using the latest technology […]
SeeThisSpot – Improvements #1
The last couple of weeks have seen me get back into the groove in terms of making updates to SeeThisSpot.com, and I have to say I’m a little excited about it! The single biggest improvement I could make is to remove the requirement to log in to Instagram in order to do a search. Removing […]
SeeThisSpot is LIVE!!!
SeeThisSpot.com is the best way to search Instagram for photos in your current location. My latest little side project is officially live, and I must say I’m pretty proud. This is the first time I’ve taken an idea from scratch and really followed through on making it happen. There’s a glimmer of hope that this […]