I was going to title this a statement of intent but I don't want to go that far. By stopping short of that I am in effect making a different statement.
There are lots of good blogs out there for the professional developer, working full-time on enterprise projects, whose working life is dedicated to writing code. I'm not going to try to write one of those blogs. I don't have the time and that's the point.
With the boom of 'X as a Service's there are now a multitude of options available for those who have to code on the run, or in their lunch-breaks, who don't have time, money or inclination to build and deploy servers. Part-time programmers now have more options for tools and platforms. Bedroom programmers, lunchtime hobbyists and garage start-ups can now draw on a vast field of services to get their ideas and products 'out there'.
I used to be a professional developer. Now I manage developers. I'm also a father and husband. I still have the urge to produce software but I don't have the time I used to have. There are some corners I can safely cut and others that need to be left well alone. I'm searching for tools that can make my life easier and allow me to create working, functional software without giving up the day job.
