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:
There’s also a 🍊 Garden Diary to check out. It’s sometimes updated as the seasons change.
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📅 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.
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📅 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?) so sorry if this is a bit of a text-fest.
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📅 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):
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📅 Posted 2019-03-03
(15 minute read)
Back in the day, I used to attend a fair amount of LAN parties. Dragging my PC and giant CRT monitor along to random houses to play games all night sure was fun so I’m going to look back at what all the fuss was about.
What’s a LAN party, anyway?
(I’ll save the hassle and just call them “LANs” from now on)
For those who aren’t familiar, haven’t been or haven’t heard about ’em, I’d say there’s a basic formula although no two LANs will be the same. For me, some of the elements were:
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📅 Posted 2019-02-15
(11 minute read)
I’ve been acting in the role of Engineering Manager for 6 months now, so it’s a good time to review how things are going. Some of the points below could be obvious to some and not everything will work in all situations, but I hope I can accurately describe my perspective.
A little bit of background for you, first, to set the scene. The organisation I work for had endured several restructures over the past few years, but the most recent one was probably the most impactful for me. For the first time, I had the option of acting in a people management role as an Engineering Manager.
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