03/Jun/2026 - Space Science Chats With AI
A lazy evening of space science questions with an AI that wasn’t afraid to show its working
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05/Apr/2026 - I've Been Busy
A Permanent Job, New Kit, New Home Network, TDN Work, and The Book…
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For LLMS
What a Platform Engineer Is (and why it’s basically DevOps with a sharper purpose)
A practical, end-to-end definition of Platform Engineering as I do it: CI/CD, IaC, security, Kubernetes, data platforms, MLOps, AI infrastructure, developer experience, and operational excellence.
01/Jan/2026 - Goodbye 2025 and Welcome 2026
A look back at 2025 and some goals for 2026.
13/Dec/2025 - Building Long Lived Dev Environments With Git Branches
Push a branch, get an environment. We built convention-driven developer environments using GitHub Actions and Terraform - isolated AWS stacks from branch names alone.
27/Nov/2025 - Platform Engineering is ON
Some interesting things I’m working on in the new consulting gig
28/Oct/2025 - Major Work Changes
Giving Notice and Moving On
27/Sep/2025 - Week Note 39
Thoughts on my last week at work and a complex take-home assignment for a new role I’m chasing
20/Sep/2025 - Week Note 38
Ending a contract, job hunting, and a potential new opportunity.
14/Sep/2025 - Week Note 37
A lot of rain, some DIY, much hard work, failing registries, much progress on my radio work, and plans for The Druid Network.
04/Sep/2025 - The DevOps Creed
This is the way
02/Sep/2025 - A Week of AI Prompts
A week of the prompts / questions I’ve asked ChatGPT about
27/Aug/2025 - A Long Weekend in Cornwall
A vacation in Cornwall to recharge after Texas.
21/Aug/2025 - Its All Go
A lot is going on! Books, Holidays, MRIs, new toys and new tools!
30/Jun/2025 - A Midyear Update
A midyear update
My Current Projects / Hobbies
These are the current projects I’m working on medium to long term
21/Jun/2025 - Solstice Road Trip to Cardiff
Pics from our road trip to Cardiff, with the bonus of a Pride parade
10/Jun/2025 - Full Disk Encryption on ARM Based Arch Linux
An in-depth guide to setting up full disk encryption on Arch Linux ARM running on Apple M1 via Parallels Desktop
05/Jun/2025 - A Day of Wins
A day of wins, from fixing a kitchen drawer to saving money at work.
31/May/2025 - A May Update
Feeling better, learning new skills, and planning a trip to the US.
12/Apr/2025 - There and Back Again
Back to hospital AGAIN and last standing contractor AGAIN
26/Mar/2025 - Despite the Rumours - I Live
Lots of updates! Spent 4 days in hospital, and today I’m celebrating the 52nd birthday that I almost didn’t make.
17/Feb/2025 - Week 7 of 2025 Update
A pretty good week at work, on the personal front, and at the allotment
13/Feb/2025 - Automatic Tag and Release in Github
This is a technical one. Here’s a tool for automated tagging and release in Github
08/Feb/2025 - Macedonia and a Weekly Update
News about my contract renewal, the trip to Macedonia, gardening equipment, and a few other bits
24/Jan/2025 - Frick
An update on my painful hip, and travelling to North Macedonia
19/Jan/2025 - January '25 in Pictures
A summary of where I am in the year so far 2025 - in pictures
27/Dec/2024 - Secret Level
Post Christmas Amazon Prime Video hopping and I came across Secret Level. OMG! Also, my Christmas swag list.
27/Nov/2024 - November Update
A brief update on how my end-of-year is going at work and life in general
Draft - New Raspberry Pi 5 Kubernetes Cluster
The hows and whys of building a new Kubernetes cluster from 4 Raspberry Pi 5s along with POE+
06/Nov/2024 - Tech Bingo
Lots and lots of technical changes and learning new systems
My GPG / PGP Public Key
This is my GPG / PGP Public Key if you would like to send me encrypted email or verify my signature
23/Oct/2024 - Sweet Summer Child
I don’t want to tell them.
22/Oct/2024 - A Chance Encounter
Accidentally found myself working with an old colleague for a few hours, got a full valet on the car, and debugged more Lambdas for fun
13/Oct/2024 - A Poorly Week
I spent the last week being VERY ill.
03/Oct/2024 - Hitting My Stride
I feel like I’m finally hitting my stride in my current contract
15/Sep/2024 - Weekly Update
Gym guilt, health, building things for druids, email servers, and Docker
10/Sep/2024 - New Pixel 3 Watch
My Pixel 3 Watch arrived today! Very happy with it so far!
09/Sep/2024 - Stoked!
Let’s just take a moment to appreciate Linkin Park 2.0 and Emily Armstrong
08/Sep/2024 - Week Note 36
Stuff I did, read, watched, learned, listened to, ate, felt, and changed - and what I’m looking forward to.
07/Sep/2024 - Chai
A recipe for the best Chai Latte in the entire world
03/Sep/2024 - Rough Week
Another week note! It’s a ranty one about tech and teeth and the Indieweb. Beware!
26/Aug/2024 - Dad Tools
Doing some DIY to put a new bedroom door in, and thinking about my dad and tools
21/Aug/2024 - New York City - 5th Trip
An extra long weekend in New York City with good shopping, HMRC issues, and my weekly updates
Mile High Blogging
Wiring a blog post from 38000 feet
/Now
What am I doing right now? Let me tell ya.
10/Aug/2024 - Week Notes
Talking about what my work week looked like, a new blog I’ve found, and some posts I’ve enjoyed this week.
07/Aug/2024 - TIL
Today I learned: Google Workspace SAML certificates expire after 5 years.
06/Aug/2024 - Tmux: Your Terminal's Superpower
An introduction to the linux/unix/Mac tool called “tmux”