PinnedJohn DoraninNothing VenturedScaling an Engineering Org: A Journey Through Roles and ResponsibilitiesIn my 8 years at Phorest, our product development team has grown by 20x in headcount. We have gone through many iterations of…6 min read·Dec 1, 2023--2--2
John DoraninNothing VenturedShipping is in our DNAA fundamental principle we have ingrained into our DNA in Product Development is centred upon shipping, it is critical in guiding us to…4 min read·Feb 25, 2023----
John DoraninNothing VenturedCreating our first enabling teamThe purpose of Phireside chats is to share awareness and insights into the work we are doing in Phorest’s development team. It’s primarily…1 min read·Oct 14, 2022----
John DoraninNothing VenturedScaling communication in your teamIt gets harder as you grow4 min read·May 1, 2020----
John DoraninNothing VenturedWhat’s it like to be a developer at Phorest?What’s the tech stack in Phorest?5 min read·Mar 4, 2020----
John DoranReflecting on Shipitcon 2019ShipItCon is a community driven non-profit conference about Software Delivery. Being part of organising ShipItCon in 2019 was one of the…4 min read·Dec 31, 2019----
John DoraninNothing VenturedGrowing future techies with Teen-TurnThis summer Phorest took part in our second year of the Teen-Turn initiative. Teen turn is special to us because of its mission, to…2 min read·Sep 3, 2019----
John DoraninNothing VenturedOur approach to product rewritesThis piece is inspired by an insightful post on software rewrites. Phorest is 14 years into its mission of helping salons to grow their…6 min read·Jun 4, 2019----
John DoraninNothing VenturedOur journey to becoming data-drivenOur mission is to help salon owners grow their business, in order for us to do so we need to be able to make the right decisions, good…6 min read·Nov 13, 2018----
John DoraninNothing VenturedFixing a broken development processWe recently met with Jeremy Jung on the SE Radio podcast to discuss the changes we made in our development process to help our business…2 min read·Sep 4, 2018----