<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Jon Abbott&apos;s Blog</title><description>A personal blog covering ideas, experiments, and everyday observations.</description><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>Farewell</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/farewell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/farewell/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning with koans</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/learning-with-koans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/learning-with-koans/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My top 5s</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/my-top-5s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/my-top-5s/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A book about tennis that is not really about tennis</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/a-book-about-tennis-that-is-not-really-about-tennis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/a-book-about-tennis-that-is-not-really-about-tennis/</guid><description>What The Inner Game of Tennis taught me about Self 1, Self 2, and the judgement that fuels impostor feelings at work.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI as an accessibility tool for dyslexic engineers</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/ai-accessibility-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/ai-accessibility-tool/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting started</title><link>https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/getting-started/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jrabbott.github.io/blog/posts/getting-started/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:01:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>