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Tag: Leadership
14
Apr 2026
Did They Have a Problem That Year?
2008 was a heck of a year for kraya, and for me. We were already operating megabus.com in the UK, USA, and Canada, alon...
13
Apr 2026
What we Carried
I started my company in 2000. I was 17. I built megabus.com in 2003. I was 21. It started off small, and little by lit...
13
Apr 2026
Whatcha Thinking?
I loved working on megabus. I was in love with it. My girlfriend at the time had a habit of asking what I was thinking ...
31
Mar 2026
I Know People Like You
A few years ago, I was interviewed for a role. I was talking about a ticketing system I'd built - originally in Spring,...
24
Mar 2026
It Gets Everywhere
In 1999, I was building websites in ASP (before there was .NET) and MSSQL Server. We had a Windows NT server that I had...
24
Mar 2026
Even Light Gets Heavier
A dedicated input type is better than reusing your domain model at the API boundary. Test layers matter. Writing log st...
11
Feb 2026
We Optimised Ourselves to Death
How iteration without identity becomes drift - and why unmade decisions quietly compound risk.