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I’ve been writing my blog since 2012, which is now over 300 posts and 300,000 words. If you’re new to the site, this page has some of my favourite posts from the archive – or if you’re looking for something specific, you can see a list of everything I’ve posted.

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Creating a “simple” three-up image layout in CSS

A step-by-step breakdown of how I made a one-left, two-right layout for my images.

23 April 2022
Getting a monthly cloud costs report in Slack

Sending the AWS bill to Slack, so everyone can be more informed and intentional about spending.

25 September 2021
How KempisBot works

How I reincarnated a fifteenth-century monk and taught him to use Twitter.

31 January 2021
How I scan and organise my paperwork

My procedure for scanning paper, and organising the scanned PDFs with keyword tagging.

27 November 2019
Adventures in Python with concurrent.futures

Some examples of how I’ve been using concurrent.futures to speed up my batch scripting in Python.

16 October 2019
Working with really large objects in S3

Code for processing large objects in S3 without downloading the whole thing first, using file-like objects in Python.

9 February 2019
Assume worst intent (designing against the abusive ex)

How do we design services and platforms to reduce the risk of harassment and abuse from other users?

24 September 2018
Four ways to underline text in LaTeK

I’m very picky about the way underlines look, and have spent a lot of time trying to get the perfect underline in LaTeK.

11 October 2017
A visit to the Crossness pumping station

Pictures from my recent visit to Crossness, a Victorian pumping station for London’s sewers.

7 June 2017

Want even more? Here’s a list of everything I’ve ever posted.