I rate every pint I taste using the Untappd app. Think of it like TripAdvisor for lager, stout, cider, bitter, and all manner of other beery goodness. Seriously, I’ve reviewed over 600 different drinks Recently, I decided to see if I could self-host my beer check-ins. The first step – extracting my own data from…
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In app design, we often talk about designing for the user in context. For example, a taxi app can’t rely on a perfect GPS signal in a crowded city, a user in the countryside may not have brilliant bandwidth, battery life is not infinite so we should limit certain features when power levels are low.…
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by | | Read ~155 times.I’ve been to many Real Ale festivals in the last few years. Small ones – such as Newbury – take place in the summer and allow one to sit on a deck chair, supping a beer while watching cricket. Behemoths – like the Great British Beer Festival – take place in vast, anonymous venues like…
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