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2020

If you are mechanical keyboard user and have been on my /uses page you may have noticed I use Keychron K2 keyboard as my daily driver. The K2 is a feature packed entry level mechanical keyboard that I personally rate very highly. The K2 have done a lot right, especially with theā€¦

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I joined Twitter back in August 2007. At the time I was 18, in my final year of high school. I literally used twitter as an outlet to vent all of my feelings, happy or sad. I dropped a few f bombs here and there. I complained about various things like telcos, sydney trains andā€¦

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Iā€™ve been looking for the perfect commenting solution for my blog in the last few weeks. After trialing various solutions to no avail, I stumbled into the world of IndieWeb and in particular Webmention. This is a two part series, in the first I will go in to some details on whatā€¦

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Where do I even begin? 2020 is turning out to be one of the strangest I have ever experienced. Iā€™m sure Iā€™m not alone in thinking this as we all have been affected in one way or another by COVID-19. The invisible virus wreaked havoc throughout the world, many people have lostā€¦

2018

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I did a complete rewrite of my personal website in the last week. I abandoned CMSs all together and ventured down using a static site generator. Motivation In the very beginning, I had just a simple static HTML page with a little CSS. Then I started writing my own PHP to bring upā€¦

2016

New tools, frameworks and libraries pop up all the time (especially true in javascript), so how do you assess whether they are the right fit for your project or organisation? To assist with the task of assessing, I ask myself the following questions (replace [x] with the toolā€¦

2013

Whilst on training abroad last month, I had the opportunity of building an automated rates trading system in Java from scratch to compete with systems built by the other teams. Surprisingly, this opportunity has turned out to be a great learning experience for me building a highā€¦

As developers, I think the biggest mistake we make is to jump straight into coding. I have just finished a 5-week long graduate training course in London. Of which, 2 of these weeks was dedicated specifically to a group project to design and implement a simple automated tradingā€¦

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Checking in for first half of 2013. I started at my new job Starting at a new job has also being something daunting for me especially when I have worked in a completely different environment for the past 3 years. Readjusting has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, some days Iā€¦

Decisions :: Jun 12
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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So youā€™d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise youā€™ll never understand what itā€™s saying. Sarah Dessen, Just Listen The quote above from Sarah Dessenā€™s Just Listen has resonated with me everā€¦