Software Engineer by trade, Scottish Isle by name
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WordPress to Ghost to WordPress
This post has been a long time coming! Around 10 years ago, my blog at arran.it was using WordPress. At this time I decided to move it onto the Ghost blogging platform as a test to myself. It was a test because it involved handling most of the infrastructure setup myself, and at the time…
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Full Circle
It’s almost been a year since I moved back to the UK from a few years living abroad in the UAE (Dubai to be exact). It feels like I’ve just gone “Full Circle”, as I’ve moved back near friends and family upon my return. It’s an odd feeling, but it now feels like I’ve never…
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Applying for a Tech job in 2021
At the start of 2021, I decided to look for the next challenge in my career. I learnt a lot last decade; however, 70% of that time was spent exclusively at one company. It’s time to move on and learn some new skills. The aim of this post is to outline my experience applying for…
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Kicks/Creps/Trainers/Sneakers
So, for the past 5 years I’ve gotten into kicks HEAVY (kicks is going to be my word of choice throughout the rest of this post, but basically I’m talking about them things you wear on your feet that aren’t dress shoes, boots or flip flops). Growing up I was always into kicks and I…
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The Rona & WFH
Strange times we’re living in right now, huh? I think everyone can agree, can’t they? As most of us around the world get used to the whole “WFH” vibe, I’ve been sat back watching everyone come to terms with their new working experience. For the last 2 years I’ve been working remotely full-time and I…
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The Whips of Doom
At the ripe age of 29, I came to be in the possession of a car I’d lusted over for a good 7-8 years. I never thought owning one would be a possibility, but it was. This post outlines the cars that came before it and the ones I hope to come after it. My…
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Upgrading to Ruby 2.6.3 and Rails 6.0.0rc1
Recently I was tasked with upgrading a project from Rails 5.2.1 to 6.0.0rc1 and Ruby 2.5.3 to 2.6.3. In past encounters of upgrading Rails apps I’ve always run into issues upgrading gems or resolving version conflicts but this time things ran (pretty) smoothly. First, I had to install Ruby 2.6.3. Easy, right? It should be,…
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A year of Remote Working
It’s been about a year since I delved into the world of full-time remote working and it’s been a good ass year too. There have been a number of challenges to overcome and a few differences to my day-to-day working life, but I think it’s made me more productive. The advantages are no interruptions, no…
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Torquative begins
So, for the last year or so I’ve been working on a Car Forum using the forum software Discourse (seriously go check it out, it’s an awesome product). Torquative came from a marriage of the words torque (power of a vehicle) and talkative. I’m a real car nut, so combining two of my interests seemed…
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Sdf Generator
First post of 2016, keeping it short and sweet. Recently I published my first side project, Sdf Generator. It came to life after I was thinking how when most people seem to button bash their keyboard (for whatever reason) the letters ‘sdf’ seem to appear almost all the time. I also find Lorem Ipsum a…