I Built a Chrome Extension for Generating SARS Test Data
If you’ve ever tested software that deals with South African tax data, you know the pain. You need a valid-looking ID number. Or a PAYE reference. Or an inco...
Blog
Well here are some of those thoughts and ideas I was telling you about. Oh, and a drawing or two.
How I'm Actually Using Claude in My Daily Workflow
We did a quick knowledge-sharing session at work recently where I showed the team how I’ve been using Claude Code. I thought it would be worth capturing some...
Sometimes You're Building People, and the Product is Just the By-Product
I used to be the guy who would roll his eyes at anyone suggesting office work had benefits. Remote work was the answer. The only answer. If it wasn’t working...
A Second Look at Dia: Pleasantly Surprised
Not too long ago I wrote about why I couldn’t move from Arc to Dia. I was pretty harsh on Dia, and honestly, I thought that was going to be the end of my rel...
Building an Omarchy-Inspired Setup on macOS
When I first discovered Omarchy, I loved how clean and out or the way it felt. I loved it’s keyboard-driven approach to desktop computing. The tiling window ...
My Dotfiles Setup with GNU Stow
My Dotfiles Setup with GNU StowI’ve been maintaining my dotfiles for a while now, and I’ve finally settled on a setup that works really well across both my m...
Speeding up our .NET builds
We’ve all been there; waiting for builds that seem to take forever, especially when you’re working on applications that mix .NET backend code and javascript/...
How I built this blog
There are quite a few static site generators that can be used to build a quick little blog and thought I’d share just how I built this little space on the in...
Why I can't use Dia over Arc
UPDATE: I more recently wrote about how my opinion on Dia has changed. See my updated thought here.It’s wild to me that The Browser Company took a browser ...
AI in Software Development
AI has been transforming software development in profound and practical ways. During a recent 30-minute talk at Digital Solution Foundry, I shared an overvie...