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The Road to FIRE - Building the ISA Bridge to 58 and Finding the Apex // 3145 words on 10 August 2026.
What is Sequencing Risk in Early Retirement - with Practical Examples // 1543 words on 9 August 2026.
Cash is risky, the stock market is volatile, and why that distinction matters in 2026 // 1507 words on 8 August 2026.
How I made £20 quickly and legally online in the UK and you could make 100s // 528 words on 5 August 2026.
Spontaneous Remission of ME/CFS in 2026 // 1038 words on 31 July 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-07-31 // 246 words on 31 July 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-07-25 // 359 words on 25 July 2026.
Coasting to FIRE in the UK // 1042 words on 23 July 2026.
Week Notes Origins // 447 words on 9 July 2026.
8 Track // 107 words on 6 July 2026.
Call it Fuckity Cockwomble // 422 words on 29 June 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-06-27 // 199 words on 27 June 2026.
The Privacy Observation Window // 1290 words on 26 June 2026.
Heat Wave and ME // 343 words on 24 June 2026.
Embracing the quartering of football // 311 words on 17 June 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-06-13 // 303 words on 13 June 2026.
Calling Chronic Illness Bloggers // 86 words on 11 June 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-06-05 // 138 words on 6 June 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-05-30 // 178 words on 30 May 2026.
The Modern Web in the AI Era in 2026 // 364 words on 22 May 2026.
WeakNotes 2026-05-22 // 428 words on 22 May 2026.
Plans for RSS with NetNewsWire // 199 words on 8 May 2026.
AI and Personal Software Adapters // 512 words on 18 April 2026.
Announcing Nuchronic.uk // 93 words on 16 April 2026.
A Review of ME specialist provision on the NHS // 1087 words on 28 March 2026.
My Disability // 72 words on 14 March 2026.
Is the US a Terrorist organisation // 409 words on 12 March 2026.
OSINT Tools // 147 words on 9 March 2026.
Making an RSS only feed with Jekyll // 193 words on 6 March 2026.
How do I support a team losing motivation due to AI vs dev work // 312 words on 2 March 2026.
How fast did ME develop for you? // 94 words on 24 February 2026.
Release Version 1.7 // 315 words on 21 February 2026.
Key Offers for October 2025 // 122 words on 24 October 2025.
What to Do Before You Die // 501 words on 21 October 2025.
Diagnosis // 66 words on 13 October 2025.
Free the web // 206 words on 9 October 2025.
Quoting Reddit user on giving up work // 208 words on 12 August 2025.
You Should Probably Leave Substack // 18 words on 3 August 2025.
Phone battery issues // 318 words on 29 July 2025.
Dia Browser Takes // 235 words on 29 July 2025.
Tomoz App Launched // 46 words on 27 July 2025.
Accessibility Development Digest // 100 words on 20 July 2025.
Ongoing Offers- June 2025 // 117 words on 19 June 2025.
Announcing Hiyd Extension // 75 words on 19 June 2025.
Hiyd Release version 1.1.0 // 37 words on 16 June 2025.
Announcing my first iOS app // 117 words on 11 June 2025.
5-Day Low Histamine Vegan Meal Plan // 381 words on 4 May 2025.
RSS Feed Generation // 222 words on 28 April 2025.
Lyrical juxtaposition // 77 words on 18 April 2025.
Time Management // 381 words on 5 April 2025.
50 ideas that changed my life - By David Perell // 2360 words on 5 April 2025.
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason // 850 words on 4 April 2025.
Start with Why by Simon Sinek // 955 words on 4 April 2025.
Plant the Seed - Growth and Investment Philosophy // 52 words on 4 April 2025.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius // 780 words on 4 April 2025.
Grit by Angela Duckworth // 779 words on 4 April 2025.
Using GitHub CoPilot // 218 words on 3 April 2025.
Missing Vowels - Football Player Name Game Archive // 125 words on 28 March 2025.
Zettelkasten - Personal Knowledge Management System // 174 words on 26 March 2025.
Trigger A Workflow Via An API Call // 199 words on 26 March 2025.
Check Your Public IP Address // 44 words on 26 March 2025.
Software Engineering Problems // 144 words on 24 March 2025.
Rule One - People First Culture and Radical Candor // 111 words on 23 March 2025.
Football Narratives // 629 words on 23 March 2025.
Daily RSS Feed - Jekyll Automation and Schedule Setup // 275 words on 15 March 2025.
Optimising for Teams // 156 words on 24 February 2025.
Optimising for Speed and Quality // 465 words on 24 February 2025.
Optimising for Openness and Transparency // 99 words on 24 February 2025.
Optimising for Learning // 110 words on 24 February 2025.
Optimising for Alignment // 87 words on 24 February 2025.
Objective Setting and Evidencing Guide // 236 words on 24 February 2025.
Dora Assessment Template // 306 words on 24 February 2025.
Resilient Management // 5908 words on 23 February 2025.
The Phoenix Project - DevOps Transformation Guide // 2818 words on 23 February 2025.
Personal Kanban - Mapping Work, Navigating Life // 3787 words on 23 February 2025.
Peopleware - Productive Projects and Teams // 9823 words on 23 February 2025.
The Manager's Path - A Guide for Tech Leader // 15363 words on 23 February 2025.
The Lean Startup // 4752 words on 23 February 2025.
Elegant Puzzle - Systems of Engineering Management // 12439 words on 23 February 2025.
Radical Focus - A Guide to Achieving Goals with OKRs // 2954 words on 22 February 2025.
Bond Shopping - MI6 Q's Lab Equipment Adventure // 232 words on 22 February 2025.
The Wheel of Life // 93 words on 18 February 2025.
The four rules of monkey management // 351 words on 18 February 2025.
The five-minute coach framework // 514 words on 18 February 2025.
Sprint Review Q and A // 467 words on 18 February 2025.
Six Conversations of a Brilliant Manager // 535 words on 18 February 2025.
Objective Setting and Evidencing Guide // 239 words on 18 February 2025.
MECE - Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive // 214 words on 18 February 2025.
The Johari Window // 273 words on 18 February 2025.
Four Stages of Competence // 226 words on 18 February 2025.
Four habits that derail listening // 291 words on 18 February 2025.
Four Fixations of a Brilliant Leader // 536 words on 18 February 2025.
Five step coaching habit // 153 words on 18 February 2025.
Dreyfus Model - Skill Acquisition and Learning Stages // 157 words on 18 February 2025.
Confidence and Competence // 120 words on 18 February 2025.
Logic Trees - Strategic Problem Decomposition Method // 585 words on 17 February 2025.
Monkey Management // 452 words on 17 February 2025.
The Discovery Questionnaire // 276 words on 17 February 2025.
PRACTICE coaching Model // 652 words on 16 February 2025.
The GROW Model - Goals, Realities, Options, and Will // 291 words on 16 February 2025.
Seven Coaching Questions // 110 words on 16 February 2025.
DORA Key Capabilities // 1372 words on 16 February 2025.
GOOD one-to-one template // 126 words on 16 February 2025.
First one-to-one // 134 words on 16 February 2025.
Energy Investment Model // 260 words on 16 February 2025.
Introducing slash green // 67 words on 10 February 2025.
Institutions will be institutions - boys will be boys // 73 words on 9 February 2025.
Raycast Adds Hyperkey // 80 words on 4 February 2025.
Public Statement // 37 words on 1 February 2025.
Stench of Musk - Commentary on Priorities and Politics // 63 words on 5 January 2025.
Olio - Community Food Sharing and Waste Reduction // 70 words on 5 January 2025.
Going Greener - Electric Vehicle and Solar Panel Setup // 93 words on 5 January 2025.
Budgetary ideas for 2025 // 80 words on 4 January 2025.
Picks of the year 2024 // 301 words on 1 January 2025.
Accessibility posts at Smashing Magazine // 27 words on 29 December 2024.
Finally - Unified Sports Streaming Service Dream // 128 words on 13 December 2024.
Bad Booking UX - Train Ticket Booking Frustrations // 209 words on 17 November 2024.
Microsoft Teams is getting threads and combined chats and channels // 42 words on 28 October 2024.
Owner of Wordpress counting lines of code - Oops // 51 words on 14 October 2024.
Women's super league broadcasting // 112 words on 29 September 2024.
WhatsApp channel launched // 10 words on 17 September 2024.
Team Spoons - Energy Management and Chronic Illness // 146 words on 15 September 2024.
Finding an ISBN in Drafts // 15 words on 7 May 2024.
Jokes about Job Searching // 172 words on 27 March 2024.
Azure Charts - Useful Deprecation Timeline Visualizations // 11 words on 12 March 2024.
Values - Core Principles That Guide My Career Journey // 76 words on 29 February 2024.
Candidate Interview questions // 82 words on 1 November 2023.
Search Engine Management and Reducing Digital Footprint // 280 words on 3 September 2023.
Recipe - Lentil Bolognese // 79 words on 3 September 2023.
Job titles by age // 35 words on 3 September 2023.
Donner Dinner Party Game // 28 words on 3 September 2023.
Fix volume control on Apple TV // 25 words on 14 July 2023.
10 Money Rules for Everyone // 527 words on 13 July 2023.
Deleted Reddit account // 30 words on 17 June 2023.
Curated interview process // 833 words on 23 May 2023.
12 QA Interview questions // 173 words on 14 April 2023.
One Thing Well - Curated Software and Tool Discovery // 27 words on 6 December 2022.
We need to talk // 354 words on 6 June 2022.
Imposter Syndrome is almost universal // 425 words on 6 June 2022.
Using a label to trigger automation with GitHub Actions // 342 words on 4 June 2022.
Handling Defects // 88 words on 27 May 2022.
Keeping a digital book library // 138 words on 23 May 2022.
Agile Team Tooling // 32 words on 13 May 2022.
Collection of Dan North Posts // 38 words on 3 May 2022.
Laws of the Game // 58 words on 2 May 2022.
Tips To Encourage Autonomy in Children // 102 words on 1 May 2022.
How to Handle Confidence and Competence // 114 words on 27 April 2022.
How to be financially stable in 14 steps // 358 words on 24 April 2022.
Highway Maintenance // 650 words on 17 March 2022.
New year, new career // 1305 words on 28 January 2022.
Vegan Cheesecake // 156 words on 3 January 2022.
Typescript For Pythonistas // 9 words on 20 December 2021.
The Bank Switch Dance // 544 words on 25 November 2021.
Onboarding expectations by CircleCI // 2 words on 7 May 2021.
Onboarding checklist by CircleCI // 2 words on 7 May 2021.
Runbooks and Playbooks // 126 words on 7 May 2021.
Tip of the Day - Development and Productivity Insights // 48 words on 30 April 2021.
YouTube video workflow // 73 words on 22 December 2020.
Everyday health rules // 63 words on 17 December 2020.
Stupid Taxes - Time and Status Drains on Life Goals // 127 words on 16 December 2020.
Uptime monitor and status page powered by GitHub Actions // 11 words on 25 November 2020.
Saving json file using GitHub actions and curl // 365 words on 12 November 2020.
List sorting tool // 12 words on 11 October 2020.
Regular expressions tool // 21 words on 11 October 2020.
Rolling average online generator tool // 6 words on 4 October 2020.
Reverse lines online tool // 5 words on 4 October 2020.
Line Graph Generator online tool // 4 words on 4 October 2020.
Learning Classes in Python // 653 words on 5 September 2020.
From PHP to Python and GitHub Actions // 671 words on 5 September 2020.
How to create a custom GitHub issues template // 241 words on 28 August 2020.
New Beginnings - Head of Software Development Journey // 108 words on 26 August 2020.
Week 43 - Recovery Runs and Stroud Half Marathon Signup // 248 words on 26 October 2019.
Week 42 - Recovery Run and Training Progress // 243 words on 20 October 2019.
Week 41 - Long Run Day and Club Training Combination // 239 words on 13 October 2019.
Week 40 - Injury Recovery and RICE Protocol Rest // 131 words on 6 October 2019.
Week 39 - Late Season Training and Race Preparation // 144 words on 29 September 2019.
Week 38 - Autumn Training Season and Performance // 191 words on 22 September 2019.
Week 37 - Easy Eight Mile Club Run and Warm-up // 211 words on 15 September 2019.
Week 36 - Advanced Training and Marathon Preparation // 304 words on 8 September 2019.
Week 35 - Recovery Week and Light Training Schedule // 64 words on 1 September 2019.
Week 34 - Peak Training and Endurance Optimization // 256 words on 25 August 2019.
Week 33 - Late Summer Training and Race Preparation // 181 words on 18 August 2019.
Week 32 - August Training and Performance Tracking // 184 words on 11 August 2019.
Week 31 - High Mileage Training and Endurance Focus // 183 words on 4 August 2019.
Week 30 - Mid-Season Peak Training and Development // 254 words on 28 July 2019.
Week 29 - Club Run and Cross Country Training // 128 words on 21 July 2019.
Week 28 - CLC Striders Speed Session and Training // 91 words on 14 July 2019.
Week 27 - Summer Training and Endurance Development // 251 words on 7 July 2019.
Week 26 - Consistent Training and Distance Building // 209 words on 30 June 2019.
Week 25 - Summer Training Peak and Endurance Focus // 179 words on 23 June 2019.
Week 24 - Summer Training Schedule and Progress // 112 words on 16 June 2019.
Week 23 - June Training and Early Summer Running // 80 words on 9 June 2019.
Week 22 - Cross Training and Birmingham 10K Recovery // 199 words on 2 June 2019.
Week 21 - Reduced Mileage for Birmingham 10K Prep // 114 words on 26 May 2019.
Week 20 - Reduced Mileage Before Charity Run Event // 170 words on 19 May 2019.
Week 19 - Mid-Season Training and Progress Review // 101 words on 12 May 2019.
Week 18 - Spring Training and Mileage Progression // 160 words on 5 May 2019.
Week 17 - Spring Training and Performance Improvement // 147 words on 28 April 2019.
Week 16 - Time Management and Evening Running Sessions // 159 words on 21 April 2019.
Week 15 - Mid-Season Training and Distance Progress // 180 words on 14 April 2019.
Week 14 - Solid Start and 10K Race Plan Beginning // 138 words on 7 April 2019.
Week 13 - Return to Monday Running Schedule and Pace // 90 words on 1 April 2019.
Week 12 - March Training Build and Spring Progress // 133 words on 24 March 2019.
Week 11 - Tempo Efforts and Honeybourne Line Route // 197 words on 17 March 2019.
Week Ten - Training Progress and Endurance Building // 160 words on 10 March 2019.
Week Nine - Easy Afternoon Runs and Training Updates // 209 words on 3 March 2019.
Week Eight - Training Consistency and Mile Building // 301 words on 24 February 2019.
Week Seven - Work Life Balance and 25.4 Mile Week // 148 words on 18 February 2019.
Week Six - Running Development and Fitness Building // 140 words on 10 February 2019.
Week Five - Running Consistency and Training Progress // 225 words on 3 February 2019.
Week Four - January Training Build and Foundation // 234 words on 27 January 2019.
Week Three - Strong Start with Easy Runs and Commutes // 191 words on 20 January 2019.
Week Two - Early Training Foundation and Building // 104 words on 13 January 2019.
Stuff I Own - Minimalist Idealist Material Inventory // 111 words on 8 January 2019.
Week One - New Year Double Parkrun and 30.3 Mile Week // 103 words on 7 January 2019.
Creamy Vegan Potato Leek Soup // 324 words on 12 December 2018.
Michy hits double figures // 28 words on 28 January 2018.
Alonso contributes to 10th goal this season // 43 words on 28 January 2018.
Youth players feature // 33 words on 28 January 2018.
Willian makes 50 // 23 words on 24 January 2018.
Chelsea take early control // 38 words on 24 January 2018.
Hazard nets 100 and 101 // 20 words on 24 January 2018.
Chelsea beat newly promoted Brighton // 23 words on 24 January 2018.
Chelsea remain unbeaten in 13 at the bridge // 19 words on 15 January 2018.
Chelsea draw 3 straight // 25 words on 15 January 2018.
Alvaro big chances // 28 words on 4 January 2018.
Eden reached 100 goal contributions // 27 words on 4 January 2018.
Pedro from range // 18 words on 1 January 2018.
Spanish scorers continue // 35 words on 1 January 2018.
Opponent Shots - Chelsea Football Statistics Analysis // 25 words on 1 January 2018.
Willian versus Stoke // 23 words on 1 January 2018.
Chelsea out shoot Stoke // 15 words on 1 January 2018.
Books read in 2017 // 129 words on 1 January 2018.
Morata scored his 10th goal for Chelsea // 20 words on 21 December 2017.
75 Seconds - Chelsea vs Bournemouth League Cup Drama // 32 words on 21 December 2017.
Cycle time - a metric for scrum // 113 words on 21 December 2017.
Types of DevOps metrics // 90 words on 21 December 2017.
Top Apps for 2017 // 114 words on 21 December 2017.
Slow down in scrum // 125 words on 21 December 2017.
JavaScript cheatsheets // 8 words on 21 December 2017.
Cesar passing numbers // 33 words on 15 December 2017.
Chelsea only side to deny Barcelona in last 7 years // 26 words on 11 December 2017.
Chelsea face Barcelona again // 25 words on 11 December 2017.
Messi against Chelsea // 21 words on 11 December 2017.
Morata heads above // 31 words on 3 December 2017.
Azpilicueta passing stats // 24 words on 3 December 2017.
Chelsea out shoot Swansea // 22 words on 30 November 2017.
Rudiger scores first Premier League goal // 14 words on 30 November 2017.
Cesar Azpilicueta consistency // 19 words on 25 November 2017.
Willian super sub // 26 words on 25 November 2017.
Liverpool denies Conte // 21 words on 25 November 2017.
Hazard dribbles against Liverpool // 19 words on 25 November 2017.
Morata sets Chelsea record // 30 words on 24 November 2017.
Conte took charge of his 50th Chelsea game // 26 words on 19 November 2017.
Eden Hazard moves to fourth top scorer in Premier League // 24 words on 19 November 2017.
Chelsea Ladies reach last eight // 28 words on 15 November 2017.
Ramona Bachmann scores on 50th appearance // 20 words on 9 November 2017.
Chelsea record wins over Utd // 20 words on 5 November 2017.
Chelsea dominate United // 22 words on 5 November 2017.
Morata heads winner // 27 words on 5 November 2017.
Fool proof dairy free yorkshire pudding // 72 words on 1 November 2017.
Secret Hitler - president picks investigator // 80 words on 1 November 2017.
Cesc the centurion // 19 words on 31 October 2017.
Chelsea lose in Europe // 22 words on 31 October 2017.
Morata most involved // 21 words on 30 October 2017.
Eden has 5 in 5 against Cherries // 26 words on 28 October 2017.
Hazard 3 goals in 3 // 23 words on 28 October 2017.
Rüdiger nets first goal for club // 36 words on 26 October 2017.
Chelsea have scored six headed goals from just seven headers on target // 18 words on 23 October 2017.
Setting up an online account // 179 words on 23 October 2017.
Azpilicueta has scored or assisted 5 // 27 words on 21 October 2017.
Chelsea defenders have scored more Premier League goals // 32 words on 21 October 2017.
Michy Batshuayi - Six Goals in Nine Premier League Apps // 21 words on 21 October 2017.
Pedro involved in 20 goals in 2017 // 26 words on 21 October 2017.
High intensity interval training sets // 61 words on 18 October 2017.
Clothes - Minimalist Wardrobe and Clothing Philosophy // 175 words on 18 October 2017.
Web Apps - Essential Websites and Digital Tools List // 25 words on 18 October 2017.
Bread and Butter Pudding // 252 words on 17 October 2017.
Apple Crumble - Classic Recipe and Cooking Guide // 211 words on 17 October 2017.
No-Bake Cake - Simple Recipe for Kids and Adults // 184 words on 17 October 2017.
Easy Homemade Pizza Base Recipe with 00 Flour // 288 words on 17 October 2017.
Secret Hitler - Top-decking before the reshuffle. // 275 words on 16 October 2017.
Secret Hitler - Power Play on 4 liberal vs 2 fascist board // 162 words on 16 October 2017.
Mute filters for Tweetbot // 509 words on 16 October 2017.
Drafts App web capture // 55 words on 16 October 2017.
Consecutive Premier League losses for Conte again // 22 words on 16 October 2017.
iOS Apps for Productivity // 10 words on 16 October 2017.
News consumption and read later. // 165 words on 15 October 2017.
Gadgets - Essential Tech Tools and Device Collection // 17 words on 15 October 2017.
Value over urgency // 54 words on 13 October 2017.
Podcasts - Personal Listening List and Recommendations // 55 words on 13 October 2017.
Setting up a new scrum team // 65 words on 1 August 2017.
FourFourTwo - Cult Heroes - Gianfranco Zola // 186 words on 1 March 2016.
Eaglesbeak - The Chelsea View 2016 // 964 words on 1 January 2016.
Vital Walsall - Chelsea - A Fans View // 789 words on 15 September 2015.
The Sweet Setup // 885 words on 7 September 2015.
Eaglesbeak - The Chelsea View 2015 // 1291 words on 27 August 2015.
Man City Programme 2015 // 16 words on 16 August 2015.
FourFourTwo - Chelsea vs Swansea - ask the experts // 740 words on 7 August 2015.
Stamford Shed - interview // 1337 words on 22 July 2015.
Squawka - Premier League Predictions // 674 words on 21 February 2014.
Chelsea Ladies - Ward moves on // 893 words on 11 November 2013.
Juan Mata's Magical Performances vs Reliable Stats // 570 words on 17 October 2013.
Chelsea Ladies - Season draws to a close for Chelsea Ladies // 397 words on 25 September 2013.
Roambi - Keep Your Team’s Stats Close and Their Opponent's Even Closer // 470 words on 22 August 2013.
Chelsea Ladies - A year with Emma Hayes // 399 words on 20 August 2013.
Chelsea Ladies - Doncaster // 895 words on 6 August 2013.
Chelsea Ladies - Transfer Roundup // 317 words on 26 July 2013.
Chelsea Ladies - Mid-season break // 514 words on 18 June 2013.
EPL Index - The Rise and Rise of Salomon Kalou – Opta Analysis // 457 words on 26 March 2012.