December 2023 — on why your home router deserves the same attention as everything else in your stack
Most home routers are appliances. You plug them in, log into a web UI once to set a password, and forget they exist until they stop working.
October 2023 — on why your heating system’s sensor is probably wrong, and what to do about it
The floor heating in my house had a problem I couldn’t immediately identify.
April 2023 — on making the network visible, organised, and not an embarrassment
Every home network starts the same way: a router from the ISP, a switch from a supermarket, a tangle of cables behind the television.
December 2022 — on the difference between saying you can do something and having the git history to prove it
The first question any serious technical employer asks is: “Can I see something you’ve built?
December 2022 — because PKI shouldn’t require a JIRA ticket and three approvals
There’s a version of certificate management that lives in large enterprises. You file a request.
February 2022 — on not accepting that “luxury sedan” and “ski trip” are mutually exclusive
The Audi A8 is not obviously a ski car. No roof rack options, no factory ski bag slot, seats that cost enough to make you nervous about wet gear.
