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...

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...

This week I’ve been settling into my Google Pixel 7 and replacing some of the functions I Was used to from iPhone and in many cases going beyond. On iPhone I was somewhat spoiled by Shortcuts - th...

Here’s a quick Android Tip: if you are using GBoard as your keyboard, explore the “four square” options button. Especially useful for code editing is the “Text editing” option that you can promote ...

This new blog workflow is brought to you by JekyllEx and as a result, it has to be the App of the Day. Find it here . JekyllEx is an editor and previewer for GitHub Pages-style blogs or sites like...

This week I made a switch. After finally breaking down and admitting that my iPhone 13 mini deserved to be repaired due to only being able to charge it wirelessly, and then being quoted $500 to fix...

So upon the stern direction of Canva and the presentation at DDD Perth 2025 which strongly asserted that legacy developers like me need to get over themselves (or their current employers) and embra...

Part two of the Big Day was that it was Software Freedom Day and the Perth Linux Users Group had a meetup in the evening. I couldn’t in good conscience miss that opportunity given the shared herita...

No I don’t have a stutter, yesterday I went to DDD Perth 2025 as promised. It was bigger and grander than I’d anticipated taking over a third of the stadium (up to 1300 attendees) making me want to...