Everyone puts lip service to the concept of keeping versions consistent between servers but it is consistently one of the most broken best practices I see amongst my clients. The problems with such inconsistency are legion, and I’ll point out a few here.
Mismatch between production and development: Development environments are often neglected, particularly […]

The first start-up stage I’ve worked within is the prototype phase. Within this phase traffic is not an issue for performance or scale, it’s about functionality. Low traffic and small datasets can hide atrocious code quite easily. The nice thing about this stage is that you should not have to invest […]