A look at the current edge of web development; the Re3 Node.js stack
Although we work mostly with WordPress here at Avidmode, we also develop for Node.js from time to time (i.e. at any given opportunity). Lately, we’ve really been digging into the Re3 stack, so let’s talk about that and how it compares to the old PHP/MySQL combo. Node.js Whilst JavaScript runs in every browser, each has its…
Read MoreIs WordPress the “cheap” option?
At Avidmode, we’ve used WordPress for several years. It’s been very good for us, and we’re never worried about using it for client websites. It has quite literally never been an issue. However, outside our company, WordPress has a varied reputation. It’s often referred to as the “cheap” option. It’s not my intention to launch…
Read MoreThe mysterious case of the magic business cards
All companies have business cards. Well, most of them do, anyway. Avidmode does. But we recently ran out. So, what could we do but order some new ones? That’s where it all began…
Read MoreAn introvert’s path to networking: falling off the wagon
Late last year, we moved to Maidenhead — a town some thirty or so miles outside London — and that was all it took for my networking habit to reset back down to zero. It fell over and died. And, as an introvert, once I fall out of the habit of doing it, I will…
Read MoreAre we starting to see the end of unencrypted HTTP?
A little less than a year ago, Mozilla announced that they will be deprecating “non-secure” HTTP. The response was unending flattery and congratulations for pioneering online security and privacy, hailing the coming of a completely encrypted web. No, I know. Of course it wasn’t. It was a still burning shitstorm of insults, death threats and endless…
Read MoreThe 2016 rebranding of Avidmode
It is a grand mystery of our time to question, “do people change?”, and despite the very real and honest discrepancies from one day to the next, it’s easy to think that what we see is just the same core manifesting itself in different ways. In other words, am I different or am I just…
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