Blog

Ideas, experiments, observations.

  • Farewell

    · personal · career · hippo

    After years at Hippo, from a company of about 60 to somewhere around 900, I’m saying thank you to the people, the projects, and one hell of a ride.

  • Learning with koans

    · learning · software engineering · programming

    What programming koans are, where they came from, why I love them as a way to learn, and a few of my favourites across Ruby, Python, F#, and PowerShell.

  • My top 5s

    · personal · about me · interests

    Five top fives: places to eat, theatre shows, watches, LEGO builds, and sports teams. A less awkward (and more fun) way of saying a bit about who I am outside of work.

  • A book about tennis that is not really about tennis

    · personal development · impostor syndrome · books

    What The Inner Game of Tennis taught me about Self 1, Self 2, and the judgement that fuels impostor feelings at work.

  • AI as an accessibility tool for dyslexic engineers

    · ai · accessibility · dyslexia

    How I use AI to proofread and structure my writing as a dyslexic engineer without losing my voice, and why it matters in a world of constant written communication.

  • Getting started

    · software engineering · consulting · dyslexia

    My first blog post as a dyslexic software engineer and consultant. Thinking out loud, sharing patterns, and exploring what it means to put ideas into words.