https://old.bill.dev/tags/code/ Recent content in Code on Bill Glover Hugo en-gb hello@bill.dev (Bill) hello@bill.dev (Bill) Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:27:35 +0100 https://old.bill.dev/2024/09/20/foundational-skills/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:54:20 +0100hello@bill.dev (Bill) https://old.bill.dev/2024/09/20/foundational-skills/ <p>In his recent newsletter titled <a class="u-in-reply-to" href="https://a.bigmachine.io/posts/two-wonderful-investments-in-your-programming-career">Two Wonderful Investments In Your Programming Career</a>, <span class="h-card"><a class="p-name u-url" href="https://bigmachine.io">Rob Conery</a></span> talks about learning the “foundational” skills of the industry. This got me thinking; what would I include on my list of foundational skills?</p> <p>In his newsletter, Rob lists five foundational technologies but calls out two in particular that stand out to him:</p> <ul> <li>Your Editor</li> <li>SQL</li> </ul> <p>I’d agree on both counts. Pick a text editor and learn it well. It doesn’t matter if you don’t pick the most popular, or the one your colleagues use. Pick one you like and invest time in learning how to use it.</p> https://old.bill.dev/2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/ Sun, 26 May 2024 20:44:03 +0100hello@bill.dev (Bill) https://old.bill.dev/2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/ <p>EMF Camp 2024 kicks off later this week. I&rsquo;ll be there with my eldest son. We don&rsquo;t yet have our hands on our badges but I spent a little time tinkering in the simulator. It was a bit fiddly to get things up and running but this is my first App.</p> <figure><img sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw" srcset=' /2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/tildagon-badge_hu_ddaf73e755e89254.png 500w , /2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/tildagon-badge_hu_85588a5e154eaa39.png 800w , /2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/tildagon-badge_hu_53a738eec158eb29.png 1200w , /2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/tildagon-badge_hu_aa6c44654f7f731c.png 1500w ' src="https://old.bill.dev/2024/05/26/emf-camp-running-the-tildagon-simulator/tildagon-badge.png" alt="Screenshot of the Tildagon badge running in the simulator. The badge shows the text, bill.dev"/> </figure> <h2 id="running-the-simulator-on-apple-silicon">Running the simulator on Apple Silicon</h2> <p>First up, links to the official documentation and the code.</p>