My personal blog about all things tech and startups (with occasional diversions I find fun!)https://spikepuppet.io/en-ushttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/creating-snake-charmer/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/creating-snake-charmer/A fun little site which makes the Python documentation look a lot betterSun, 22 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/using-jujutsu-in-anger/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/using-jujutsu-in-anger/Sometimes you need to use tools in anger. And sometimes, that's going to be a new version control systemSun, 09 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/programming-languages-still-matter/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/programming-languages-still-matter/Even in our new LLM world, tools matter - one could say now more than everSat, 25 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/on-writing/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/on-writing/Why I write the way I do, and what it's forThu, 09 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/a-rubber-duck-on-acid-wont-take-jobs/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/a-rubber-duck-on-acid-wont-take-jobs/AI, in the current form we use it, is amazing - but I wouldn't worry about it taking your jobMon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/greetings-from-the-bay/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/greetings-from-the-bay/Guess whos back?!Wed, 07 May 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/write-the-stupid-code/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/write-the-stupid-code/Why you should go ahead and write that code, even if the engineer in you says it's "stupid"Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/aws-summit-recap/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/aws-summit-recap/A recap of AWS Summit Sydney, and all the Generative AI info it had to offerWed, 10 Apr 2024 14:00:00 GMThttps://spikepuppet.io/posts/we-are-online/https://spikepuppet.io/posts/we-are-online/Welcome to the launch of my new blog!Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:00:00 GMT