Market getting better, SFTP and a new app – notes from 8th July 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 8th July, twelve freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton to talk all things freelancing and tech. Another heatwave had kicked in, but things weren’t as bad as a couple of weeks ago.
- Is the market picking up?
- Losing a large client
- Working in heatwave v3
- When clients lose clients
- SFTPing files vs tech from this century
- Jumping through hoops for Apple – getting your app in the app stores
- App live demo
- Balancing work and mental health
- The excitement of a product launch
- E-moped life
- “One’s for thirst, one’s for leisure”
- Discovering you have gaps in your hearing
- The World Cup
- Limiting your child’s gaming time