Ash Furrow is a world-class software developer based in Atlantic Canada, known for his deep expertise in mobile development and open-source leadership. Starting in iOS, his interests expanded to include TypeScript, React Native, and GraphQL. Ash is a prolific open-source contributor, author, photographer, and community advocate who strongly believes in giving back through mentorship and volunteer work. He currently works at Wealthsimple, crafting high-quality mobile user experiences.
7 articles from this blog
An iOS developer announces a conference talk comparing React Native and native iOS development, based on extensive industry experience.
A developer shares their journey to joining Wealthsimple's mobile team and reflects on React Native's evolution and its limitations.
The author completes their blog migration from Gatsby to Eleventy, detailing a 16x build speed improvement and simpler static site architecture.
A staff developer reflects on career satisfaction, discussing the concept of 'spiky' vs. well-rounded skills and the importance of working in one's core strengths.
A product leader reflects on their tenure at Float, sharing lessons learned about technical leadership, scaling mobile apps, and company culture.
A developer reflects on regretting a Gatsby blog rewrite and details migrating to the simpler 11ty static site generator, using AI tools for the code porting process.
A developer explores the limitations of AI coding assistants like Cursor and ChatGPT, highlighting their 'bias towards helpfulness' compared to human feedback.
