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Open source of the month: peewee ORM - A small, expressive Python ORM.

Peewee is a lightweight and straightforward ORM that is both easy to learn and intuitive to use. It features a small set of expressive concepts, which simplifies the learning curve without sacrificing functionality.

Donation of the month: Espanso, A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander

Each month for the next 6(?) months I'll showcase and donate to a software project that I've found really useful. For June I've chosen Es

The Gambia

March 2023 — Fuji X-T30, Fujinon 35mm f1.4

The Gambia 1 min read →

WhatsApp as a note-taking app

For short form note taking, WhatsApp is actually the best option I've found. It's fast, secure, available on all my devices, synchronised, searchable and free.

How to host a highly scalable ghost publication for free

TL;DR: Spin up a local container running Ghost, crawl the frontend to generate a static site, and upload to a free static host. While there's qui

How to host a highly scalable ghost publication for free 5 min read →

Photos of North Korea

I spent some time in North Korea (DPRK), via a specialist travel agency. I didn't get as many good photos as I would have liked, but below are som

Photos of North Korea 3 min read →
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