All blog posts

Brought to you Dave Cooper, a web developer in Toronto, Canada who has been building internet things for quite a while now. Say hello on LinkedIn.

1. 

   Why should non-developers care about developer experience?

   June 13, 2025

   From inside the dev team, bad developer expereince is easy to spot. From outside, not so much. Here's why developer experience matters.

2. 

   BFFs forever

   March 23, 2024

   Some thoughts on the backend-for-frontends pattern, and how it can help you build better apps.

3. 

   Testing burns calories

   May 23, 2022

   Get ready for summer with this killer workout that...actually, this post is about automated testing and how to do it better.

4. 

   Wrong opinions, loosely held

   May 15, 2022

   A while ago, I answered a co-worker’s question with information that was completely wrong.