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

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.

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.

I came across this tweet and had to try it.

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.

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.

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.

It is an interesting experience to find the work your dad did being exhibited in a museum.