Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: Scope vs. NamespaceScope and namespace are words with similar — but critically different — meanings in programming.Oct 7Oct 7
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: Name Binding‘Name binding’ is a term for assigning a ‘name’ to something, e.g. a variable, in code — i.e. the ‘name’ is ‘bound’ to it.Sep 283Sep 283
Maggie HuntGreenIO Conference 2024: Key takeawaysLast week I had the pleasure of attending the Green IO London conference.Sep 24Sep 24
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: Green Tech TipsI have pulled together this infographic, to share some key facts and tips to reduce your own digital carbon footprint.Jul 24Jul 24
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: ArgsArgs — short for ‘arguments’ — are the values you feed into your functions. They are the values you ‘pass’ between chunks of code, as the…Jul 3Jul 3
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: That’s my TypeIn programming, ‘typing’ defines the way variables interacts with each other, tied to the values they can hold — and the data types …Apr 15Apr 15
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: Tech DebtTechnical Debt is a catchphrase often thrown around, essentially as a bit of a catchall for a few things you will one day need to resolve.Apr 11Apr 11
Maggie Hunt#LegacySystems: Why ‘tech for good’ is not good enough, Part 1 — Tech is not inherently fairWe don’t just need ‘tech for good’. We need good tech.Mar 27Mar 27
Maggie Hunt#TechForNewbies: ‘Infrastructure’ and ‘Architecture’You will often hear these terms used to describe the technical landscape of something you are working on.Feb 27Feb 27