Technology Stream Deck for Developers I've always been keen on creating shortcuts and macros for everything and this is how I'm using a Stream Deck XL to make things even easier.
Development Micro-service workflow This is a quick tounge-in-cheek look at life working with micro services.
Smart Home Installing a smart doorbell I've been researching smart doorbells for the last few weeks - here's what I came up with. Join me while I install the Netatmo Smart Video doorbell.
Little Moans Cancelling Virgin Media: A story of 6 calls and over 3 hours In Janaury 2021, Virgin wrote to all their customers to tell them they were increasing their prices by £3.50/month and, because of this, offering customers the opportunity to
Archives The aTech Media website over the years Over the years the aTech Media website went through a whole range of different designs. I've gathered a few of them together here. These are all things that I have
Trains Hey Siri, when's the next train? Earlier today I posted a tweet showing off a little shortcut I've made for Siri that can easily tell me when the next train departs a station. A few Twitterers
Little Moans Why magic login links are bad There's a new trend of online services doing away with passwords and simply requiring a user to click on a link sent to them in an e-mail to their registered
Oak Valley Building Oak Valley: Planning I was 5 or 6 when I first started playing with toy trains as a child. After a 26 year hiatus I've decided it's time to revisit the hobby and
Development Don't use config/credentials.yml.env Storing your production credentials in your repository is a bad idea. A very bad idea. Even if it's encrypted. Putting aside the obvious security issues with this, the scope for
Here we are again... Another day, another blog. I can't count the number of times I've started a new blog over the years and, therefore, I can't really promise anything about the content you'll
Design IconJar - I love icons again Over the last 15 years I have bought many thousands of icons through a number of channels - directly from the designer, backing projects on Kickstarter or using subscription services
Food Home-made crunchie ice cream With Christmas fast approaching and with indulgence and over-eating very much part of the holiday, I made one of my favourite desserts — Crunchie Ice Cream. This is a bit of
