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For the first time in nearly a decade, I updated my dotfiles blog post.

2 Apr 2024·3 min readmacOSCodeLife ‍

Discover how Azure Logic Apps save you money by automating tasks like stopping and starting VMs and App Gateways. Follow this step-by-step guide to deploy cost-saving automation efficiently.

1 Apr 2024·25 min readAzureCodeCloud

A step-by-step guide to installing Ollama on macOS and running large language models like llama2 and Mistral entirely offline. Learn how to interact with the models via chat, API, and even remotely using ngrok.

29 Mar 2024·17 min readAICodemacOS

Explore 2023's diverse music scene with 17 albums, from The Polyphonic Spree's 'Salvage Enterprise' to Peter Gabriel's 'I/O'.

23 Dec 2023·26 min readLife ‍Vinyl

I had some time so decided to have a play with a new tool called Aider Chat, which allows you to write and edit code with OpenAI’s GPT models.

15 Jul 2023·10 min readAICode

Delve into the exciting features and benefits of Podman, a powerful alternative to traditional container technologies.

14 Jun 2023·7 min readPodmanDockerContainers

My new book, Infrastructure as Code for Beginners, has been released and is available to buy now.

4 Jun 2023·2 min readBookAuthorLife ‍

Learn how to set up Ansible with Azure on a new Mac, addressing common issues with cryptography and module dependencies.

28 Dec 2021·3 min readmacOSAzureAnsible ‍

Learn how to run Bicep on an M1 Mac using VSCode, addressing the .Net 5.0 runtime issue with Rosetta 2 and Homebrew.

4 Dec 2021·4 min readmacOSDevOpsAzure

Just installed macOS Monterey and Python on my MacBook Pro! Easy peasy with pyenv. Check out my experience!

30 Oct 2021·3 min readmacOSPython