Going pre-technical
Developers who no longer code refer to themselves as going “post-technical”. I’m never sure if this is a badge of honour or not. For someone who is pretty non-technical, I am delighted to announce that I’ve gone “pre-technical”. I’ve got an apache web server running on my local machine with a mySQL server all courtesy of the delightfully simple Apache Friends XAMPP. In only a few minutes I had it up and running (and after an internet basics 101 with Dan North) and a couple of clicks I’d installed WordPress on my laptop. I can now play around with different designs and start making this website exhibit the sort of production values that I strive for with clients.