My Posts

Uncovering the Benefits of AI Search Engine Perplexity.ai

I have tried to avoid writing about AI as everyone seems to be doing it however I have found one site that is pretty usable and actually seems to work quite well.


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Don't steal the towels

I recently stayed at a hotel and a small sticker in the bathroom caught my attention.


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Load balancing algorithms

Sometimes you come across a post that is so brilliantly put together you have to share it - and I am not talking about any of my posts.


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A local version of AWS

One of the things that has deterred me from doing much personally in the cloud has been the potential cost.


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Music to focus

When I am working I like to have music in the background to help me focus. I find, like a lot of people, that it needs to be music without lyrics most of the time.


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Hyper-V on Windows 11 Home

I am dabbling with .NET Maui and developing an application for Android. Tied to that I have just changed laptop. On my previous laptop I had Windows 11 Pro but the new one has Windows 11 Home.


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VS Code for any Github repository

I came across this tweet and had to try it.


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My Free Blog Setup

I thought it was worth documenting my current setup for this blog. Most of it is automated and it costs me nothing to host it.


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Homemade do not disturb light

My current role means I work full time from home - which is great. The commute is easier, the food is better and having flexibility is great.


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The origins of Space Invaders

When I was at school they had a building which was mainly for the use of those doing their O Levels (the old name for what is now GCSE examinations). There were only two reasons I would get to go to the building: one was for music lessons as for some reason the music department was located there. The second was to attend the weekly youth night they held for each year group.


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