Mark Houghton

Mobile product engineer. Six years of native iOS across Infinity Works, Accenture and Pocketworks, now Flutter Developer & Product Owner. PhD in Computer Science, University of Leeds.

Personal Relationship Management, Not Personal CRM.

28 Dec 2025 2 min read Friendship

I’ve never been a big fan of acronyms. When used correctly, they can save repetition of long jargon in the context of those in know. More often than not though, acronyms are

Dogfooding as a Solo Developer: What It Misses

04 May 2025 1 min read Product

Dog Fooding is the idea of using your own product as a customer would. It's about pressure-testing the experience to uncover what works, what doesn't, and what truly

Testing Time-Dependent Dart Code With package:clock

01 Mar 2025 1 min read

If you've ever wondered how to test Dart methods with dates, there is a simple solution that the Dart team use.

Understanding closure syntax in Swift

15 Feb 2025 2 min read iOS

If you're just getting started with the Swift programming language, you may have read or heard the word closure getting thrown around a lot. If you've spent some time

Who is markrsh? And what is SoonCall?

01 Jan 2025 1 min read News

I'm Mark(rsh) and I'm a British expat who recently relocated to Trento, Italy. I'm an iOS and Flutter developer, and the founder of SoonCall. I'll be using this space to talk about tech, mobile development, and long distance friendship.