Chris Dermody

If Tesla had a loading icon

Since I found out that the Tesla logo is actually a cross-section of an electric motor, I thought it might be cool to play around with it as a loading icon, having it spin or rotate in some meaningful way. Here's my first attempt. This is also my

Things I ask when writing my morning journal

If you're reading this, you don't need to be told about morning journaling being awesome, you've probably been doing and realised how great it is for helping you reach your goals. So now, you're probably looking for ways you can make your

Hosting dinner parties to become a better product manager

I recently moved house. As a moving present I bought myself a slow cooker. This device is amazing, it's really broadened my horizons as far as cooking food goes. So, to celebrate my new-found mad kitchen skills, I decided to invite some friends around for a meal. Maybe

Web developer portfolio template - white desk

In case you haven't been following along, I have my side project mydevportfol.io, which means I keep an eye out for interesting portfolio designs that I could build. While perusing Dribbble, I came across this awesome shot (below), and thought it'd be perfect to turn

Better logs in node on Heroku - how to find out what functions are slowing your app down

I run a side project that helps developers and programmers build portfolios based on their Github projects: mydevportfol.io. Recently, it's not been running very well... Performance is critical for ecommerce website, but it's even more critical when your audience is a group of discerning developers.

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