Development Articles

I recently passed my 1 year mark building Buink Web Development and thought it is about time to address one of my biggest competitors: offshore development. 🙂 I say competitor, but I honestly don’t see it as that. Looking to the future, I hope that offshore development is my friend, not my enemy. In fact, I Read More: Is Offshore Development A Good Idea?

I’m creating this page mostly for me. I often find myself needing a git command I used one time a while back. The trouble with Git is it’s really hard to find a lot of the nuanced commands and there isn’t much written about them. When I find a command helpful, I’m going to record Read More: Git Commands I’ve Found Helpful

It seems like everyone is looking for web developers these days. Being a developer, I get lots of questions in these 4 categories: (1) my development skills, (2) my contractor rate, (3) my work location (on site or remote), and (4) my willingness to be an employee again. My skills usually start the conversation and I’ve tried to make it Read More: Contractor VS. Employee: Who Dominates?

I’ve been doing contract development long enough to know what the market will pay for my services and skills. That said, I’m still surprised by people who won’t. They choose to go with cheaper, less experienced developers or overseas developers because of the lower rate. Let’s investigate (dear Watson) why a higher rate may be Read More: The Hidden Cost of Poor Development

As a freelance web developer, the first question I often get from a new client is, “Can you give me a quote for X?” This is a great question and I usually give them a ballpark figure or refer them to this article: the price of a website. These quick estimates are great for helping them make a Read More: Fixed Price Development Contracts Are Bad For Business

I did a guest lecture Tuesday night at Ignition, a coding school run by Spark Boulder that prepares students for their first coding internship. It was fun and I learned a lot about how to improve lecturing abilities. I also got a lot of good questions and one question that I didn’t think I answered well Read More: Selectors in JavaScript – IDs, Data Attributes, or Classes

I  have an interesting power as a web developer, with mere words, I can give people a horrifying condition called sticker shock. If you’ve never felt it, imagine a mix of the feeling that someone is trying to steal your money and the feeling of disappointment when a solution to all your problems exists but you can’t get it. Truth Read More: Spoiler Alert: The Price of a Website is Shocking

The news in my life is that I recently accepted a job at Voltage, a digital advertising and design firm in Louisville, CO. I’m way stoked about this next phase of my career. Like I said in a previous post, I want to get some solid coding under my belt and then who knows. I’ve Read More: Voltage Agency Work