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"Are you the one?" is free money
OK, so this is niche. One of my wife's guilty pleasures is reality TV, usually ones centred around dating - the more American, the better. By extension, I absorb some of this noise and I'm happy to admit I can sometimes get invested. At one point, she was (let's face it, we were) watching a show called "Are you the one?" on MTV. I'm going to show you how this game is pretty…
When vibe-coding went wrong
Recently, I've been coding more in my spare time. It's becoming dangerously close to what you might describe as a hobby, and is one of those things where the more stupid side-projects I pick up the more ideas for stupid side projects I have. Github copilot has been both a blessing and a curse for this; it's enabled me to mess around with things absent-mindedly, chucking things…
Micro-managing my time
I've been at my new place for 3 months or so now and I'd say I'm pretty settled in by now. Over the last few months I've prioritised building relationships with my new coworkers whilst being helpful where I can. Whilst feedback has been good, I've struggled to switch off at the end of the day. The amount of unknowns you have when starting somewhere new is difficult to…
I made my website show what I'm listening to on Spotify
I've recently found myself as a lead developer on a Next.js project. There's a .NET API that acts as the backend, which is much more within my comfort zone, but I'm definitely finding myself on the less-prepared side of things on the frontend. Server-side rendering has always been a bit mysterious to me: I struggle to properly grasp the benefit of something until I've got a…
I made an AI Sudoku Solver
Introduction # I regularly use Sudokus as a Hello World use case for what you can use Google OR Tools for. I decided to take it a few steps further to see if I could create an end-to-end solution for solving a Sudoku in the quickest way possible. I wanted to expand my OR Tools Sudoku solver into an AI pipeline, where the OR Tools implementation is one part of a string of events to solve a Sudoku…
Switching off my consultancy brain
Last week I did something scary. I left a job that I loved after 8 years for something different - a fresh challenge. From what I hear, it's pretty common for people to take some time off work between jobs by using up remaining annual leave or taking some time unpaid. I'm no exception here; I'm currently half-way through my self-proclaimed "micro-sabbatical" of 10 whole days, and…
I over-engineered my website's personalisation
Introduction # A recent milestone for me is finally putting together my personal website . Though I'm not expecting this website to be much more than a pointer to where else you might find me, I wanted it to show my personality and to give some examples of things I find inspiring. If you've checked out the website, you'll have noticed the floating icons distracting you from from the…
I let Google OR Tools pick my FPL team
First of all, I'm glad you're here. If we had a venn diagram of "software developers" and "people interested in FPL", it'd likely not be much more than us two. Rest assured, if you're only in the former camp I hope there will still be some things of interest. Also, disclaimer, I am by no means a FPL expert: I'm sitting rock bottom of my league with friends so think less…
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