Use bigger user-interface text: why designers tolerate tiny text #UX hilton.org.uk/blog/text-size

Workflow process visibility: balancing constraints and guidance in automation #process #UX hilton.org.uk/blog/process...

Artificial product management: product management transformation still comes first #product hilton.org.uk/blog/artific...

"That's quite expensive. We'll just build our own." "Your library doesn't do what we need. Fix it now. For free." "Why do you want budget to pay for free software?" "You said this was free! How dare you charge money for the latest version!" Sound familiar? Help us fix it: usewhatworks.org

Code coverage matters until it doesn’t: calculating a minimum standard while building trust #programming #quality hilton.org.uk/blog/code-co...

I wrote a blog post! Just a quick update on what I'm up to these days, but at least I'm blogging again trishagee.com/2026/04/09/t... #techlayoff #layoff

Looking for work. Will DevRel for coffee or wine 😁

Dread by proxy: reflections on existential dread and the end of programming #programming hilton.org.uk/blog/dread-b...

The software maintenance paradox: nobody really wants to do maintenance, but if it requires coding, you can get programmers to do it, because they enjoy coding. When software maintenance no longer requires coding, people don’t want to do it.

Product review: Kvikk Lunsj – Kit Kat meets its nemesis #review hilton.org.uk/blog/kvikk-l...

Dad jokes are the wholesome essence of pure humour that’s left after you remove things like toilet humour, xenophobia, and dirty jokes

🇳🇱 Tulips, Rotterdam

I never used Grammerly, because it never did really understand the point of grammar and just...used a bunch of rules. Grammar (and punctuation and even spelling) is actually really squishy and alive and changing.

Coffee machine collaboration: hardware upgrades and unexpected consequences #office #collaboration hilton.org.uk/blog/coffee-...

Analyse research interview results: getting value from customer research #product hilton.org.uk/blog/analyse...

@hildur.bsky.social I’ve been enjoying your outdoor photos for a week or so, and today I’m in Reykjavik for the first time, feeling exceptionally satisfied that I happened upon Hlöllabátar 😀

This is the best product review I’ve read: samhenri.gold/blog/2026031... It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in the MacBook Neo or not; this is the kind of essay that makes you think about the potential of technology and the joys of exploration.

Start customer research interviews: the first step towards continuous product discovery #product hilton.org.uk/blog/researc...

Continuously improve user experience: meaningfully finishing software features #product hilton.org.uk/blog/ux-impr...

It's March, which means it's one month to April Cools, which means time to start writing *something* www.aprilcools.club

UXsky: how do we feel about perky greetings and messages in software UI? Does a ‘Good morning – here’s your inbox!’ and a ‘Well done – you’ve submitted the form!’ work, even though software-generated and therefore fake. Or do the humans roll their eyes, and resent being patronised? #UX

Progressive organisations moved from word-processors to wikis 20 years ago, and stopped using PowerPoint. Sadly, these moves didn’t become universal.

Software quality is a decision: casual software and software products worth paying for #product hilton.org.uk/blog/softwar...

Picard programming tip: The first version of any software will be buggy. That's why so many holodeck programs try to kill you.

Ok, so I wrote a very long and kinda personal thing about existential dread and the end of programming, and I'm not really sure I want to endure the discourse, but if you want to read it, it's here - gist.github.com/davidwhitney... It's like 6,000 words long, sorry.

Normalise search query characters: searching for Türkiye #data #DDD hilton.org.uk/blog/search-...

Starting product discovery: how to bootstrap understanding customer needs #product #management hilton.org.uk/blog/discovery

Meanwhile in transport SF&F 🚄

2025 H2 startup company ideas: another half a year, more free ideas #startups hilton.org.uk/blog/startup...

Are corporate email footers’ legal disclaimers ✨graffiti for legal teams✨?

Consumer SaaS review: The StoryGraph: the independent book tracker #books #reading #review hilton.org.uk/blog/thestor...

How to work with me: a remote work user guide #collaboration hilton.org.uk/blog/work-wi...

Track unread books: solving another domestic inventory management problem #books #reading hilton.org.uk/blog/track-b...

Curate an unread books collection: establishing varied options for what to read next #books #reading hilton.org.uk/blog/curate-...

🇳🇴 so hear me out, what if Smash were sweet, salty, crunchy… 🌶️and spicy🌶️?!

Get an unread-books bookcase: the joy of accommodating ‘too many’ books #books #reading hilton.org.uk/blog/unread-...

Awkward silence inspires the existence of comfortable silence

Accumulate unread books: why your wish list doesn’t belong in a database #books #reading hilton.org.uk/blog/unread-...

I’m in this picture and I like it 😀

What has more potential to improve software quality, in enterprise software development? Better code quality, or better data quality? 🤔

Document trade-offs and compromises – Northern Europe’s crimes against Italian cuisine #documentation #cooking hilton.org.uk/blog/documen...

Minimum viable inventory management: using Apple Notes to manage supermarket orders #product hilton.org.uk/blog/invento...

Startup idea: solve the problem of accidentally taking a job at a company that uses 20 year-old software tools, instead of modern alternatives. For example, create a job-board that lets you filter on usage of the most-loved and most-hated B2B software products.

Startup idea: solve the problem of pet-feeding drama, when putting the clocks back suddenly makes meals one hour 'late'. For example, program automatic pet feeders to gradually phase out daylight savings time over the course of several weeks.

🇳🇱 Coolhaven, Rotterdam

Why do product managers so often fail to sustain interesting conversations in online (and sometimes offline) communities, compared to, say, developers? Correct answers only, please 😅 #product

Domestic inventory management tooling: the ultimate nerd shopping list #product hilton.org.uk/blog/invento...

🇳🇱 Linker Rottekade, Rotterdam

Deconstructed inventory management: the basis for a home information management project #product hilton.org.uk/blog/invento...

What’s a software product that got significantly better at its core value proposition, over time, while avoiding complexity and bloat caused by adding ways to serve a larger market?