Blogs Posts by Nick McHardy

Welcome to my blog, where I cover tech, games and whatever else that’s interesting in the universe like vinyl, fusion jazz and side projects.

This website is inspired by the web of the late 90s - no, not just the style of the site - but also harking back to a time when people would set up websites (probably on Geocities or similar) and write about anything that interested them. Most of the websites looked terrible (my first few sites were no exception) but it was so liberating having your own site. So here’s my modern-day version of that late 90s vibe.

Not sure where to start? Here are some blogs to get you started:

Learning About Leadership Episode 1 (May ‘20)
The Humble Minidisc (Aug ‘18)
Why the Sega Dreamcast is the Best Console of All Time (Aug ‘18)
Common Website Vulnerability Scans Found in Logs (Apr ‘18)
On Being an Engineering Manager (Feb ‘19)

There’s also a 🍊 Garden Diary to check out. It’s sometimes updated as the seasons change.

Latest Posts

The Shawshank Redemption - Movie Review

📅 Posted 2019-07-28 (4 minute read)

To continue my series of film-reviews-whilst-on-a-plane, here’s the latest installment. You can catch the first at Extreme Job - A Movie Review. The Shawshank Redemption United States (1994) 9.3 on IMDB Ah, the Shawshank Redemption. Despite being such an old movie, I have never watched it until now. I had always wanted to, but never had the time. I guess I was fascinated with the stupidly high IMDB score of 9.

Extreme Job - A Movie Review

📅 Posted 2019-07-21 (3 minute read)

Recently I got back from my first trip to Europe, which turned out to be everything I thought it would be. But actually: Today’s post isn’t really about Europe at all. The thing about Europe is it’s so damn far away from Australia, so I actually watched a fair amount of movies on the plane this time, which was a first for me. I put this down to the 22.5 hours spent flying combined with the movie selection onboard the flights being surprisingly decent.

My Favourite Project

📅 Posted 2019-04-16 (5 minute read)

You know what, blogs like this one got me thinking. Some people work on a lot of projects over their lifetime, but what makes a project really stand out as a great experience? If you haven’t read Ben’s article, I suggest you do because it starts to discuss ways in which projects can become unexpectantly enjoyable. Like a lot of people in IT (or technology or digital or whatever it’s called these days), I’ve had my fair share of great projects and down-right average ones.

Them Dial-up Days

📅 Posted 2019-04-04 (13 minute read)

Times were easier back then. You know, that familiar sound of the modem happily dialing and churping away as it negotiated the best speed your phone line can support. Today’s post is a bit of a retrospective about the days gone by: Them Dial-up Days. One apology ahead of time: most of this predates when I had a digital camera (and why would I take a photo of a dial-up modem anyway?

Architecture update for Serverless CMS with AWS and Hugo

📅 Posted 2019-03-30 (6 minute read)

It’s been a year since I initially wrote about Building a serverless CMS using AWS and Hugo and I figured it was probably a good time to provide an update on the architecture for Koi CMS, a serverless CMS. It’s progressed quite a bit over the past twelve months. Kicking things off with a meaty diagram (click to zoom): Uh yeah, it sure has grown over time. Still manageable, but certainly not as simple as it once was!

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