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  1. Fires and Data

    Client over the weekend needed to do their stock-take. I built the stock keeping system they use. It's an extension of the inventory system they are forced to use by the eCommerce platform they use. It allows them to run their business in the way they want to. The catch …

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  2. Roofing

    Did a bit of roofing. Not particularly good at it. Flipped the iron around like, 16 times before I think I put it in the optimal spot. We shall see.

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  3. Unfinished Code in Production and Asbestos

    Client wants to test my app updates in production against customers. It's not finished, but they need to test it before it's finished to make sure it's what the customers want.

    Going to have to run the docker containers locally and connect them to production through an SSH tunnel. Should …

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  4. Leaks

    Things are leaking.

    Today it decided to finally rain after being dry for quite a long time. And it really decided to rain. The caravan which we were actively renovating is quite wet inside.

    Average photo, but you can see it a bit shiny.

    Little girl has been sick, not …

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  5. Heat pumps, DayZ and tablets

    Got a new heat pump installed. Specifically got the WiFi model so I could integrate it with homeassistant. Came with a firmware update where the developers have completely reworked the API and broken the existing Daikin homeassistant integration. I didn't want to wait so blindly slapping together my own integration …

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  6. Darkness

    It's 2:31am and right now, I can't sleep.

    Running ten kilometers is not the kind of thing you should really just wake up and decide to do. An event such as this requires training and discipline; neither of which are qualities I possess in any remarkable way. Yet I …

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  7. I'm Back


    Image credit Hello friends. So it's been a while and I apologise. I haven't stopped though, I have just been busy getting things done. So what's been happening? That was more of a rhetorical question as you are reading and I have hopefully moved on since writing this. I've been …

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  8. Happy New Year


    Image credit - Adam Dachis Hey gang! It's been a while since I wrote on here and that has mainly been because I haven't really had anything to say. But I have thought of something I would like to say now, and I am going to take this opportunity to say …

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  9. Tis the season...

    Image credit - DoYouKubuntu Hey gang! Just checking in. So, 'tis the season to be jolly and what not so I am allowing myself to take some R&R. Ergo I have temporarily suspended work on the platform I was working on. I'm not going into business for myself to work …

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