Le Tour Up North: Day 3 When I was planning this adventure I was worried about the first two days, packing in some big miles to give myself breathing room later in the week. I wasn’
Le Tour Up North: Day 2 Waking on day two, the first thing I noticed was the chill in the air. At just over 1000 feet above sea level, it wasn’t the highest point of
Le Tour Up North: Day 1 Day one of an adventure from Manchester to Glasgow, taking in some of the most amazing scenery and punishing conditions the North of England and the Scottish Borders have to offer, all whilst raising money for Children in Need.
engineering Reflecting on Close Calls I'd imagine most people reading this are aware of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) meetings. Maybe you know them better as Postmortems. If you've not attended one or heard of the
reportage Chasing Long Shadows Having not ridden with Colin since this years edition of the Five Ferries (Le Cinque Bateaux in 2020 for sponsorship reasons), it was a welcome WhatsApp notification when he asked
personal Golf Sticks & Push Bikes: 2020 Season Plans For me 2019 started off as a year without any particular plan. I was playing golf regulary, not cycling much and I definitely wasn't going to the gym. Fast forward
engineering Leveraging Sidekiq for Higher Throughput When your app starts to deal with more traffic, it can be useful to look for hot paths in your code to optimise. A great way for some quick wins
devops Running Ghost on CoreOS with Docker I’ve been wanting get my personal site back up, as well as write more for a wee while now, and finally got round to taking the plunge after seeing
devops Managing Infrastructure on Digital Ocean with Terraform As a general fan of the approach “automate all the things” I decided it was time to do a little more work on this blog. I wanted to be able
