Hi, it’s me James again 🙂 A lot has happened since the last blog update so this is a bit of a long one, buckle up, grab you popcorn and I hope you enjoy the read James x Privacy The main focus at the moment for SoSa is getting the Privacy setting’s in place. I...

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Hello everyone, it’s been a while since i’ve given you an update so I wanted to give you one 🙂 At the moment I can’t seem to catch my breath with my free time and the last month has been as manic as always. If it weren’t for a lack of motivation, my Grandad passed...

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Precursor Sprint 1 – The Foundations Sprint 2 – The ummm Foundations? Sprint 2 – Nerd Ramble Sprint 3 – Cooking with matches! Sprint 4 – Now We’re Cooking With Gas! Sprint 5 – Robot Uprising This Is Not the Sprint You’re Looking For Sprint 6 – That’s a Weird Looking Patronus Sprint 7 –...

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I have literally no idea where the last two weeks have gone. If it weren’t for Jira, I honestly wouldn’t know I’d achieved so much this sprint! Everything is blending into a single, really long, coffee fueled day and it’s weird. Stop it. Before we get started, here’s a table of contents! In case you...

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Hello girls and boys! It’s me! yo friendly neighbourhood James! We’re going to do things a little differently this update. It felt a bit weird that everyone on the BETA were getting the updates a week after I share it everywhere else on Social media. So starting this week, beta’s come first! If you’re on...

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Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes after my last update. Thankfully I feel much better now, I’m sleeping and the headaches have gone 🙂 which means I managed to get a fair amount done this sprint! 🥳 If you’re reading this, I’d love to hear from you! Let me know how you’re...

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Ok… so I should preface this with a few caveats… I wasn’t expecting a global pandemic to completely change the way we have to work overnight I haven’t slept very well at all for the last 2 weeks leaving me only just enough brain power to do my day job properly I definitely underestimated how...

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First things first! We’re in the Alpha stores! 🥳🥳 Exciting right? But what does that actually mean? So right now, the original Council team can install the app on their phones and break it to their heart’s content. The app is like the first iteration, what will happen now is every sprint I will upload...

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This sprint has been a little… fucky. The winter has hit my mood hard and I struggled for the first week to focus. Stepping away, sleeping, working out – none of it worked. So it’s been a bit of a struggle. I almost booked a trip to the canaries just to get some of that...

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Oh hey! Quick recap Hi I’m James! I’m a 34, slightly belligerent and from the UK. Between January 2020 – April 2020, I’m building a social network! Why? Because it’s fucking hard to make new friends and socialise as you get older and I think the world needs a platform that helps with those things....

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Hi! If you’re reading this, you probably already know – I’m James AKA TheBritishAreComing. There’s a few things you need to know about me: I’m a tech agnostic developer, with about 15 years commercially. Although British, I’m awful at English! (poor grammar get out of free card) I love food and caffeine. I talk a...

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Ever since I began SoSa back in 2014, I wanted to find a way to make it open source! Lack of time, resources and a bunch of clone sites popping up meant I didn’t ever get around to making the source code available on Github. Well, that’s about to change! With the relaunch of SoSa...

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