LLM based AI is fundamentally misaligned with the goals we need to strive for when building more secure code. Here’s why.
Category: Technology
The Machine Readable CV
In applying for a job, I’ve come to realise something is missing in online job applications. A machine readable CV format.
Master vs Main – Building Better Branches
Master vs Main, is the way some companies have tried to change the default git branch name suitable? And is there a better choice?
Lots of Data isn’t always Useful
My phone’s battery optimisation algorithms show how sometimes data isn’t always useful and reliable as part of decision making.
CSS for web visitor-owner presentation cooperation
The media query prefers-reduced-motion implies the existence of prefers-increased-motion. What other rules and queries in CSS are missing, and how could web developers use them?
Emoji: A Big 🤬ing Mistake?
I go on a rant making the case that emoji are a mistake and we would be better off leaving them out of Unicode.
Virgin Media are still Masters of the Eldritch
A brief summary of my journey in getting a new phone plan and sim card from Virgin mobile
Libraries Should be a Home for the Cloud
Throughout history the library has been a place for the masses to get free access to information and to help grow their abilities, their culture, their knowledge. I think they would be a perfect home for the cloud – offering greater trust, opportunity for education, and communal attitudes to technology.
Getting Data out of Deezer
I wanted to export my data from deezer, as is my right. The experience was lengthy and unsatisfying.
Computer Misuse Act Response
A copy of my response to the UK governments call for information on the computer misuse act.
Digitising Videos from an Old Camcorder
My family recently found an old “digital” camcorder, and we wanted to get the old videos (as far back as 2001!) off, to be able to view them from phones […]
