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Hoping to (fairly) regularly take a look at some of the comic books I ve read. The below comics were all available to UK readers on 1st July 2026. X-Men Outback Issue 1 Marvel Comics. I missed this last week but picked it up this week. It s 80 s X-Men, just after Fall of the Mutants with [ ]
Humans in space, policing, conspiracies and horror. This sci-fi thriller has it all. Living On The Brink Set in a 21st century that has seen humanity evacuate to the stars after the Earth has become a wasteland ( due to environmental catastrophes and industrial damage), Brink sees the human race living on artificial habitats in [ ]
Bored of the usual GitHub profile page? Want to share more than a few lines of text. Did you known you can alter it with a unique readme file that then allows you to use the markdown language to show text, links, emojis, and pictures on your GitHub profile. Creating Your GitHub ReadMe Profile
During my teens and early adulthood I spent a lot of time reading and enjoying comic books. Here in the UK that meant older Marvel and DC Comics (80 s / early 90 s) from a local market stall, and Panini UK reprints of Marvel titles such as X-Men (Essential X-Men) and Spider-Man (Astonishing Spider-Man). Later on [ ]
The end of May heat wave gives clear indication that summer time 2026 is about to hit the UK, and this summer marks nearly 7 years since a new Star Wars movie was on the big screen and I enjoy Star Wars in the full cinema experience. I ve been a Star Wars fan since seeing [ ]
I ve been using Git for some time now, both locally on my devices and with remote repositories such as GitHub. My blog posts have detailed some of my Git knowledge, and I thought I had quite good Git abilities, so what commands were missing from my skillset? Note: I still find Git a funny name, [ ]
As the new year (2026) began I got an exciting new career opportunity, but it also meant I had a choice to make around my academic learning (Masters). Some Background I ve discussed in my last personal update how the move to a new job role with new work skills (and learning) alongside the learning (and [ ]
In my last blog post I deployed an Argo CD app via command line using a YAML file, but what happens when deleting the Argo CD via command line (CLI)? Kubectl Deletion I deployed the Argo CD app via a YAML file and kubectl command: And a kubectl can remove the Argo CD app: The [ ]
Argo CD has options to deploy apps via a web GUI in a click ops fashion, but the same can be achieved using some YAML. Argo CD Application YAML The Argo CD application can be defined and applied via a YAML file, allowing for the configuration of apps to be saved in version control. Saving [ ]
Creating your own Helm charts can mean facing potential errors, thankfully Helm has tools to help. Linting Most of us (including myself) have made an error when writing YAML. It can be an inadvertent space, or a character in the wrong place. A linter helps check that YAML file is written in the correct format [ ]