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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
// 123 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
// 631 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
// 4751 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
// 454 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
// 237 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
// 357 words on 5 September 2020.
From PHP to Python and GitHub Actions
// 208 words on 5 September 2020.
How to create a custom GitHub issues template
// 186 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
// 384 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.
Pizza base recipe
// 203 words on 17 October 2017.
No-Bake Cake - Simple Recipe for Kids and Adults
// 185 words on 17 October 2017.
Bread and Butter Pudding
// 251 words on 17 October 2017.
Apple Crumble - Classic Recipe and Cooking Guide
// 182 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
// 894 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.