Content With Tag “Side Projects”

Listing 35 pieces of content with the “Side Projects” Tag.

  1. Week 170: Choux

    Me in a large deep ball pool with only my head visible

    A week of phone calls, many family visits, a leaking light fitting, incredible choux buns, leaving drinks, pretend Guinness, 36th birthdays, and website admin. Read Week 170: Choux.

  2. Week 165: Jesus is Watching

    A full-wall mural of a crucified Jesus in a crown of thorns, looking down on a double bed

    A week of festive spreadsheets, work ideas, Christmas songs, old colleagues, long drives, German markets, chocolate rating, Jesus murals, and Whisky Macs. Read Week 165: Jesus is Watching.

  3. Week 164: Die Hard

    A week of Christmas parties, festive films, lots of board games, Spanish food, wine, wings, and custom tooling. Read Week 164: Die Hard.

  4. Week 144: Adult Collectors Only

    A week of accidental deletions, fun work hackathons, scanning for vulnerabilities, robot rewards, dinner and drinks, delicious food, and new shelves. Read Week 144: Adult Collectors Only.

  5. Week 143: Terraforming

    A whiteboard covered in post-it notes, each showing a different way to visualise data

    A week of broken feed readers, strategic quacks, drawing on post-it notes, learning Terraform, automating my GitHub, and some chilled cocktails. Read Week 143: Terraforming.

  6. Week 137: Slabbering Baby

    A photo of an information board in the woods, the board shows a group of children crouched by a wall, the caption reads 'Group drinking water by the Slabbering Baby'

    A week of milestones, niche memes, not enjoying blood tests, poo scraping, debugging Minecraft servers, the coming software apocalypse, and a sunny trip to Leeds. Read Week 137: Slabbering Baby.

  7. Week 136: This Land

    A pyramid in Minecraft with a cyan fountain of particles at the top. There's a Verified True Fact badge on the side.

    A week of smashing it at work, smashing it at board games, smashing it at server admin, and trying to get a handle on my health. Read Week 136: This Land.

  8. Week 123: Myrtle

    A brightly lit stage with teal numbers displayed in a grid across several huge screens and Pendulum playing

    A week of fatigue, meetings, birthday tasting menus, parsing feeds, comforting end-to-end tests, still not painting the office, and a fun gig. Read Week 123: Myrtle.

  9. Week 122: Goblincore

    My full range of knitwear neatly folded and organised into cubby holes in a navy blue wardrobe

    A week of interesting playlists, neatly folded jumpers, carpenters, a refreshingly tidy house, evenings coding, reading technical specs, and delicious kimchi. Read Week 122: Goblincore.

  10. Year 2: Demotion

    A full year of weeknotes represented as a grid of thumbnails

    A year of rethinking work, writing ridiculous amounts, starting to read again, re-introducing travel, heaps of weddings, and being a much happier person. Read Year 2: Demotion.

  11. Week 102: Roundhouse

    Me wearing a yellow coat with a green jumper next to Charlotte wearing a green coat and a yellow jumper

    A week of incidents, nice pairing sessions, Eurovision planning, 60th birthday parties, ladders, matching outfits, and shiny new dotfiles. Read Week 102: Roundhouse.

  12. Week 100: Skyblock

    A week of great films, sweet books, birthday drinks, lots of Minecraft, thousands of pull requests, messing up but enjoying it, and a smart meter installation. Read Week 100: Skyblock.

  13. Week 96: Seven Deaths

    A week of many plans, excellent books, a wedding, refactoring, late calls, immersive experiences, fun new board games, and too much drinking. Read Week 96: Seven Deaths.

  14. Week 95: JPD & David

    A cute dog with his head on my knee

    A week of fun weddings, betting on horses, dogs who like me now, finished painting, a new blog post, and playing with OpenTelemetry. Read Week 95: JPD & David.

  15. Halving my GitHub Pages Build Time

    An explanation of how I halved my website's build/deploy process using a mix of actions optimisations and the new GitHub Pages Custom Actions beta. Read about the optimisations.

  16. Week 79: 2000s Bangers

    A tart cooling on top of the cooker

    A week of board game triumph, automated releases, demoting myself, excellent colleagues, extremely fun club nights, rhubarb being in season, and some family visits. Read Week 79: 2000s Bangers.

  17. Week 76: Cantina Carnitas

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    A week of being by myself, side projects, test coverage, a funeral, driving around Beds/Herts, eating the best burrito, listening to Progressive House, and hungover re-runs. Read Week 76: Cantina Carnitas.

  18. Week 74: Ottoman

    A week of negative tests, storage for towels, art deco vibes, Express error handling, open windows, and some more playing with AWS. Read Week 74: Ottoman.

  19. Week 71: Butt Text

    Aquarius Mercury 464 asks: 'how do i make this sadness go away'

    A week of office bribery, AI-based horoscopes, lots of good TV, late night karaoke, a visit to grandma, and a strong earworm. Read Week 71: Butt Text.

  20. Week 70: 🇺🇦

    A week of doom-scrolling, office conversations, friends moving away, raw throats, naked mouths, open-source software, and a new mattress. Read Week 70: 🇺🇦.