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Example tech test2026-08-09

Following on from [my previous article](/posts/writing-a-good-tech-test) hypothesising about the ideal tech test task, I've tried adapting an example from [Code Your Future](https://codeyourfuture.io/)'s [bank of mock interview questions](https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/tech-tests/tree/main) to...

Writing a good tech test2026-08-08

I believe that a live tech test is still part of the most effective way to establish a candidate's ability, a feeling that has only been strengthened by the growing use of AI in interviews and screening processes. I also believe, however, that the code a candidate writes is the least important pa...

My thoughts on Astro so far2026-08-03

Astro is a web frameworks geared towards sites that are mostly statically generated. One of the main use cases for this is blogs, and in fact its what this site is built in. Astro ticks a lot of boxes for me. Large Frameworks leave me feeling far from the final product shipped to users, which is...

Has Javascript become more functional?2026-08-01

Recently, I was considering a thought I'd had a couple of times over the years - I felt that I had observed a shift in the way JavaScript was written, from code that stuck mostly to Object Oriented principals to code that embraced a more functional approach. But when I spoke to more experienced d...

How this site was built2026-08-01

This site is built using Astro JS, a framework optimised for primarily static sites. Articles are written in markdown, which is then rendered into static html at build time along with the other pages. Styling is tailwind, mostly using the default colour palette. Icons are sourced from the Gravity...