I’m a developer with a passion for cloud platforms, web development and automation!
I use this blog to write about my interests. They’re usually tech-related, but there’s also the odd music and gaming piece too.
Now that it's working, make it work fast!
2020-09-05 // 23 min read // #python #rust
Previously, I wrote about a solver I’d built for the puzzle game Golf Peaks. In closing, I had a few ideas on how it could be sped up and improved. Over the last few days, I’ve been trying some of these ideas out, and measuring the results!
A retrospective on a recent weekend project
2020-08-28 // 14 min read // #applescript #python #rust
Recently I played Golf Peaks, a golf-based puzzler from Afterburn Games. I really enjoyed completing all of its levels, so last week I decided to try my hand at building a solver for it.
Investigations into solutions and workarounds I've seen in the wild
2020-07-27 // 9 min read // #css #react #webdev
A while back, I wrote about the inner workings of a neat CSS trick I spotted in use on a website. The world of software development is rife with these kinds of tricks, so why not look at more of them in another blog post?
I’ve gathered a few interesting fixes here to problems I’ve either encountered myself in web development, or seen others grapple with. So without further ado, let’s jump into it!
Appreciating albums in the age of the playlist
2020-07-04 // 6 min read // #music
There’s a lot of ways to listen to music in this day and age. You might see it live, streamed over the internet or played from a vinyl record. Today though, I want to advocate for a particular approach to listening to recordings.
Take an album and let it run from its first track until conclusion. Don’t put it on shuffle. Don’t only play the most popular tracks. Listen to everything the album has to offer, in the order in the order that it’s listed.
Decay might be inescapable, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy the present
2020-06-21 // 3 min read
The web. The internet. Call it what you want, it’s a funny thing. A feat of engineering that’s managed to create and connect the modern world as we know it.
It’s funny to think though about its fragility as well. Even in just loading this page, there’s so much that could go wrong. It’s almost certain that something will eventually break, and there won’t be someone around to make the necessary fix.
