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Posts about technology — the tools I use and where things seem to be heading.

Posts about security, safety and protecting your digital life.

Posts about WordPress, plugins and running sites on it.

Posts about Laravel and PHP — the packages, patterns and projects I've built with them.

General thoughts about science and the interesting world around us.

Thoughts on space, astronomy and the final frontier.

Tips, tricks and thoughts on Tailwind CSS.

Monthly reviews of the things I've been reading, watching, building and writing about.

Talks I've given, with slides and notes.

Posts about engineering management — the strategies, systems and habits that help you lead people well.

Posts about staying organized — the systems, habits and tools that keep things from slipping.

General life updates and the occasional detour.

Thoughts on health, managing stressful situations and looking after your mental health.

Posts on customer support — handling hard conversations and improving every customer interaction.

Posts about design, user experience, usability and accessibility.

Thoughts on privacy and technology — protecting your data and pushing for better defaults.

Thoughts on learning new things, teaching them to other people, and staying curious.

Giving and receiving feedback — how to keep it constructive, specific and genuinely useful.

Thoughts on mobile apps and the experiences we build for small screens.

Books I'm reading, reviewing or adding to the stack — with notes on what stuck.

Making software faster — measuring, profiling and fixing the parts that are slow.

Getting meaningful work done without adding more noise.

Setting goals, tracking them, and working out which ones are worth keeping.

How I use Notion to run my work as an engineering manager and my life outside of it, plus templates you can copy.

How software feels to use, and how to make it feel better.

Posts about artificial intelligence — using LLMs and AI tools in day-to-day engineering work, and where they actually help.