Delicious Reverie is the personal home of Benjamin Read on the web.

I'm a Senior and sometimes Lead JavaScript Software Engineer with experience of FinTech and Property Tech markets. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family. I'm a partial to poetry and book collecting.

Most Recent articles:

• Lessons from refactoring a large dashboard application

  Over the past few months I've been refactoring a large application. I learned a few things from doing it, and thought they might help someone else.

  Published on Monday 1 December 2025

  This article is about: javascript

  How We're using JavaScript with Drupal

  For the past 3 years I've been working at a company that is heavily invested in Drupal as a platform. We've gone through a massive iteration with JavaScript and believe we've arrived at a solution that might help other teams.

  Published on Thursday 21 August 2025

  This article is about: javascript

Latest articles about Leadership:

• Dreamers, Builders and Cultivators

  In a well established team, personality traits often come into play. Here we group three main types that, when recognised and supported, can help the business and the technology team to thrive.

  Published on Friday 9 May 2025

  Start and end with the people

  Professional software development at an enterprise scale is inherently, and at every level, social. How does comprehension of this fact help teams to perform better?

  Published on Saturday 19 October 2024

So far, 158 total articles published.

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