Welcome to the obligatory first post. There always has to be one! I’m glad that you’ve stopped by. This is a fresh attempt at a public-facing blog for myself. I am a software developer who has w...

Ironically, for my history, the next event that I’m attending is the one that *forced *me to join LinkedIn. I’m not sure, yet, how I feel about that, but I do like the daily puzzles. But I already...

I just posted about seeking industry engagements. It’s beneficial for these to be in person and to break old habits. The excuse of working in a remote area doesn’t hold any more. I trawled Meetup....

This post contains personal opinions and is not a statement from my employer. Well it’s been quite a transition in the last few months. I’ve been largely too busy or too cautious to do any announc...

You weren’t waiting to hear it from me but the 2026 edition of DDD Perth is locked in. Your chance at early bird tickets has passed but selfishly I got one, but unselfishly because of the discount...

A tip because I was about to throw my Pixel 7 out the window… I’d had enough of “app quality” issues, that is, mainstream apps that I was downloading from Play Store listed as compatible** only to...

So I needed to get a new laptop for work. Unfortunately work for now is best with sigh Windows 11. So I might as well get a new laptop to dedicate to work purposes. My previous work gave me a lapt...

As many of you know and as is the implied theme of this blog, I’ve been going through a transition. Foor those of you wondering, though no comments yet… it’s going well. There remains, as I compl...

This is the project I’ve been working on over the last few days. The product My partner set me a challenge to protect our off-grid water tank contents. I figured I’d program a smart switch to pro...

OK so I did let this atrophy for a while. Life gets in the way, but there are things now that dictate doubling-down and making this my primary output. Welcome to everyone who wants to follow my jo...