James Aylett

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Consultant CTO and technology strategist for companies not ready to hire someone full-time but who need strategic guidance. Co-founder of /dev/fort, and specialist in rapid production development. Also a writer, film-maker, open source developer, and an experienced dramatic improviser. Advising startups, building teams, making interesting things with a focus on getting things right. Specialties: Technical management, scalable web serving, scalable data processing, technical architecture, web best practices, technology strategy, social media strategy, presenting, training, mentoring, improvisation, writing.

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James Aylett

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Five class-based views everyone has written by now

Web heresies

Spacelog: things we did right-ish

Accessible by Voice

On committing well

Tree surgery

Beyond blockers

Django Files — A Short Talk

Django Files — A Short Talk (slides only)

Git, from the beginning

Documents

/dev/fort: you can build it in a week @emw

IA Isn't New, or: What would Samuel Pepys' website look like?