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<div style="max-width: 590px;">Dearest LRUG,</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">I’m Ali and I run a small globally distributed web development consultancy called <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/BracGdopcvsSq542o?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Happy Bear Software</a>. You pay us money and we full-stack program Ruby on Rails web applications for you. We can also help you with requirements gathering, support/maintenance, and <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/Rqf3zpRXBwVQ6vF5J?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">security-focused training + code audits</a>. We have a bit of availability opening up soon and so it would be great to hear about potential new projects to work on.</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">Clients we’ve worked with over the past year in various capacities that are apparently satisfied with our work include <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/lmVnoZ13JmP0HfpaY?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Charlie</a>, <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/25e35Tr7vn20Rqoyq?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Cutover</a>, <a href="https://links1.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/P0hp6j1qI2M662Y52?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">VYPR</a>, <a href="https://links3.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/KpAe1eQj2qycMQiZL?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Calltracks</a>, <a href="https://links4.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/66aUEZf93jYQY3rDo?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Survival International</a>, <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/3gV5EcGvnXAW1hVkH?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">JRPass</a>, and the <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/N3YfrLwkMfRaDHxZq?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Money Advice Service</a>. We’re happy to provide references on request.</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">If you’ve got a project or set of features planned out but don’t have a large enough team to work on it internally then we can probably help. We also have experience with refactoring, adding tests to existing codebases, and upgrading Rails 2 => 3. Our aim in all projects is to make the codebases we work on iteratively less bonkers over time[†].</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">If it sounds like you might be able to put us to good use then please get in touch to discuss further at this address. I am also likely to be grumbling to myself about something or other at the bar after the next LRUG on December 12th, so can also catch up with you there <img class="emoji" src="https://dv4jgpe7xb4ws.cloudfront.net/v1/unicode/1f603.png" height="16" width="16" style="vertical-align: text-top; max-height: 1.1em; height: 1.1em; min-height: 1.1em; width: 1.1em;"></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">All the best,</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;">P.S. Separate to new work, I’m always happy to meet people and talk. I especially like talking about business strategy, web application security, developer careers, and surviving the coming apocalypse. If you would like to talk with me (or have me talk to your team) about any of those things then please get in touch and we’ll put something in the calendar.</div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><i>[†]: In the context of the scope, schedule, and budget constraints we’re presented with of course.</i></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><br></div><div class="mixmax_signature" style="max-width: 590px;"><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Najaf Ali - Founder at <a href="https://links3.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/uvdqxuV2ZdjW7XXi0?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Happy Bear Software</a></font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666">Phone: 07590 073 977</font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666">Skype: alinajaf85</font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666">Timezone: <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/xEh09egqlqL8FdLX2?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">London, UTC + 1</a></font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666"><a href="https://links1.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/nmp6bb5LtPVSh3nGk?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://links4.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/qEjr5LEClCCfYYrAp?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://links8.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/HRJ3i68XSCDMgqePh?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">Medium</a> | <a href="https://links7.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/QHpiqP0Yfnv2QqNu2?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">GitHub</a><br></font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div style="max-width: 590px;"><font color="#666666">I run a technical consultancy specialising in Ruby on Rails. Have a look at <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/npTXDvTlP006IC8DD?messageId=2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI">this one-page info sheet</a> for a summary of the services we provide. We're always happy to meet people building software, so if you think of anyone appropriate for us we would appreciate being put in touch :-)</font></div></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0; width:0px; height:0px;" src="https://track.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/2avF4xxd57GOAaZsk/i02bj5SZyF2d0Z2bzJXYlJWewBXYoBUasFmI/icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI/gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI?sc=false" alt="">
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