In praise of Advent Of Code
Advent of Code is a great way to brush up/crosstrain your coding skills
Gareth Klose
writes about technology, television and travelling
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“What will the performance be like?”
Despite the documentation, blog posts and experiences, you're just going to have to test it...
Systems are designed in a context
I ve been following a bit of Internet Of Things drama because a company Cease Desisted a developer who was polling their API for an unofficial Home Assistant Integration. Thankfully, it looks like the company is now engaging with the Developer and The Home Assistant team, so maybe it can be resolved. But one of Continue reading "Systems are designed in a context"
Complete means complete…
Quick rant here, but I m in the process of leaving a service that requires some careful presentation of the data/documents for regulatory type purposes. Fine, I think, they tell me to head to the download page, and download my data. Use this to get a complete export of all your XXXX data or restrict by date. The export Continue reading "Complete means complete "
State-Issued Identifiers aren’t generally good passwords
Just because a number is long, doesn't mean that it's secure...
Save Money, deploy IPv6 in your VPC
Getting past uncertainty or unwillingness to use IPv6 is actively costing you money.
About “That” Prime Engineering article
Everyone who has worked with managed cloud services has experienced the moment when it made sense to move away from managed services. Turns out, so does Prime Video.
Can I port my number out of Skype UK?
Here's the one wild secret they don't want you to know.
2023 Comms Resolutions
What things can you do in 2023 to make you communications more efficient and considerate in the world.
Smartspeaker listening is massively up, but sure, delaying podcasts will help drive adoption
The BBC really need to add more Siri intents to Sounds to enable smart speaker listening.