/now

This page is inspired by Derek Sivers's post The /now page movement and the Now Movement. The purpose of this page is to share what I'm currently focussed on, and will be updated as things change.

This is both for longer-lived interests and shorter-lived "what I'm currently doing".

I've been in COVID-19/Coronavirus self-quarantine since 2020-03-12.

What are my interests?

  • Blogging
  • Decentralisation
  • GNU/Linux
  • Free Software Movement
  • Self-hosting services
  • Software Testing
  • Automation
  • Infrastructure-as-code
  • DevOps
  • Tech Meetups

What am I up to right now?

  • Living with my partner Anna Dodson and our beautiful terror of a cat Morph
  • I'm a Software Development Engineer at Capital One, working on Third Party API engineering
    • Currently fulfilling the PSD2 and Open Banking regulations
  • I'm actively blogging about technical and personal things
  • I'm stepping into the IndieWeb movement, one #IndieWeb post at a time
  • I'm organising Homebrew Website Club Nottingham
  • I'm co-organising PHPMiNDS
  • I'm looking to play more board games and socialise more

What are my Operating System preferences?

  • On Mobile, I'm an Android user
  • On Laptop/Desktop, I'm an Arch Linux user
  • On the server, I'm a Debian Linux user

My primary programming languages at this time are Java and Ruby.

My daily drivers for work and play are:

  • My phone is a Pixel 3A
  • My laptop is an XPS 13 9343 (Broadwell)
  • My desktop is a custom build with:
    • Intel i7-6900k
    • NVIDIA TITAN X

My current colourscheme is Gruvbox.