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Signed up for another challenge in 2026
I have a solid new challenge on my horizon, The Wilderness Development Peak District Challenge. My first 50k and first...
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Yorkshire Three Peaks in 2026 - Completed in 11h
Returning to the Yorkshire Three Peaks after 2 years for a very different experiance, facing wind and rain on the...
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The Wolds 20 Challenge 2026 - Completed in 7h 42min
Last year the Wolds 20 was a challenge to see what I was capable of, having tailed off my training...
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The Wolds 20 Challenge 2025 - Completed in 7h 54min
Completed The Wolds 20 Challenge in 7 hours and 54 minutes, a challenging 20-mile walk through the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds...
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Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Completed in Under 12 Hours with Modo25
Completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in under 12 hours with colleagues from Modo25, climbing Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough in...
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Completing My BSc in Computing and IT, 6 Years with the Open University
Results day is the 30th of November 2021 and with a bit of luck I might get a graduation ceremony...
- How Lo-Fi Music Helps Me Focus and Stay Productive
Development
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Google I/O 2026: The Dawn of the Agentic Era
Google I/O 2026 marked a pivotal shift in the AI developer landscape. With Gemini 3.5, Gemini Omni, and Antigravity 2.0,...
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Developers Up North Hull Social - April
Conversations in the online space are very much about AI and it was interesting to see that continue offline.
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Antigravity is Getting Me Down
I am huge fan of Google and the Google stack, but even though I get on well with Gemini, they...
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The Myth of AI Gatekeeping
The criticism of restricted frontier model access misses the point. When a tool reaches state-actor capability, controlled scaling isn't gatekeeping,...
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Getting to grips with Claude Code
A few weeks into using Claude Code as part of our development workflow — what works, what doesn't, and how...
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Setting Up WSL2 and Docker for Development
To date I have largely been using containers from Windows, can I work with WSL?
- Learning Python: My Journey into Data Engineering
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Rebuilding My Personal Site with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
I wanted to create a new site, I used Jekyll
Data strategy
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Why bringing an AI "Revolution" to the Judiciary is a Data Architecture Challenge
Revisiting Hannah Fry’s 'Hello World' to explore why 'black box' AI systems in legal and medical sectors are a data...
Events
- Google I/O 2023: AI, PaLM2, and the Future of Search
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Hands-On with AI Hackathon - Learning Azure Data Science in Leeds
The event was a great opportunity to learn about the applications of AI technologies in different fields, and to get...
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PyCon UK 2022 - Three Days of Python Learning and Community
I had underestimated was the sheer amount of enthusiasm I would come back with. Spending time with many different people...
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My Experience at MarTechFest 2021: Returning to In-Person Events
Attending an in person Marketing Event at the tail end of a pandemic was a change of pace and required...
Book review
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Book Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
Cal Newport challenges the 'follow your passion' advice and argues that building rare and valuable skills is the real path...
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Book Review: How to Be a Productivity Ninja - A Critical Look
Productivity Ninja is a series of actions and processes to help you improve your productivity. It's not fantastic going when...
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Book Review: Atomic Habits - Building Better Daily Routines with James Clear
Doing a little, every day, leads to progressive change. It doesn't sound like a new idea, but it is a...
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Book Review: 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin E. Kruse
A disappointing productivity book that's mostly filler, with two-thirds of the content being emails from people who seem to have...
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Book Review: Eat That Frog! - Some Productivity Strategies That Work
As part of my drive to be more efficient I have been working through several books on getting things done,...
Career
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Starting My Data Engineering Role at Modo25
Tomorrow, for the first time in a long time, I am going to be the new guy...
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- Slightly behind on my painting
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- Tidy up
- Astartes Ultra
- Yorkshire Open Doubles 2012
- Starting somewhere in the middle
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Warhammer (13 posts)
- All the parts
- 8th Edition Warhammer 40,000
- 8th Edition Warhammer 40,000
- Guilliman Returns!
- Why I didn't go to Warhammer fest
- Hulls Angels Wargaming Club
- Slightly behind on my painting
- Tech Support
- Tidy up
- Astartes Ultra
- Yorkshire Open Doubles 2012
- Starting somewhere in the middle
- Warhammer world started it all
Ultramarines (12 posts)
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- Signed up for another challenge in 2026
- Yorkshire Three Peaks in 2026 - Completed in 11h
- The Wolds 20 Challenge 2026 - Completed in 7h 42min
- The Wolds 20 Challenge 2025 - Completed in 7h 54min
- Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Completed in Under 12 Hours with Modo25
- Chalklands Way Walk Cancelled
- Skidby to Eppleworth
- The kit list for the Chalklands Way PLOD
- Skidby and Risby
- Hull to North Ferriby and back - 16 Miles
- Millington Woods to Huggate
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Development (8 posts)
- Google I/O 2026: The Dawn of the Agentic Era
- Developers Up North Hull Social - April
- Antigravity is Getting Me Down
- Google I/O 2023: AI, PaLM2, and the Future of Search
- PyCon UK 2022 - Three Days of Python Learning and Community
- Setting Up WSL2 and Docker for Development
- Learning Python: My Journey into Data Engineering
- Rebuilding My Personal Site with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
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Book-review (5 posts)
- Book Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Book Review: How to Be a Productivity Ninja - A Critical Look
- Book Review: Atomic Habits - Building Better Daily Routines with James Clear
- Book Review: 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin E. Kruse
- Book Review: Eat That Frog! - Some Productivity Strategies That Work
Self-improvement (5 posts)
- Book Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Book Review: How to Be a Productivity Ninja - A Critical Look
- Book Review: Atomic Habits - Building Better Daily Routines with James Clear
- Book Review: 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin E. Kruse
- Book Review: Eat That Frog! - Some Productivity Strategies That Work
Productivity (6 posts)
- Book Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Book Review: How to Be a Productivity Ninja - A Critical Look
- Book Review: Atomic Habits - Building Better Daily Routines with James Clear
- Book Review: 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin E. Kruse
- How Lo-Fi Music Helps Me Focus and Stay Productive
- Book Review: Eat That Frog! - Some Productivity Strategies That Work