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The Basics

  • I currently live in Leicester, UK
  • I have a black cat called Lara (as in Croft)
  • I work as a Full Stack Developer & DevOps at CWA
  • I'm getting more involved in the IndieWeb movement and slowly making this site fully IndieWebified
  • I'm currently working on a couple of open-source projects, mainly focused on IndiePass
  • I'm also attempting to be more active and healthier

What are my Interests?

  • Web development and design
  • Building cross-platform apps with Flutter
  • The IndieWeb
  • Slowly getting back into being more fit and active.
  • Trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle

What do I Use?

Devices

  • My main phone is an iPhone 13
  • I also have a Nokia 5.1 for testing purposes
  • 6th gen iPad Mini which I use as a general media consumption device including reading and streaming services.
  • My main computer is a 2020 Macbook Air (M1 CPU, 8GB RAM, 250GB Storage).
  • I also have an AMD Ryzen based mini server running Proxmox VE that I run a mix of VMs on, along with a couple of development boxes.
  • Gaming-wise, I have an XBOX Series X, but will occasionally game via cloud streaming
  • I have an Apple TV 4K for cycling on Zwift

Software

  • For web development, my editor of choice is JetBrains PhpStorm
  • For android & flutter development, I use JetBrains IntelliJ Community Edition
  • Music wise I'm an avid user of Spotify and have been for over a decade now.
  • Hosting-wise, I use Fasthosts for servers (usually Ubuntu-based), and NameCheap for domains.