Script to run build script on save

March 5, 2021

Today I decided I wanted a script to auto build the site on each save of this jigsaw blog. I was playing with the css yesterday and liked the simplicity of the npm watch command, but wanted something...

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Tailwind CSS

February 21, 2021

The original version of Tailwind CSS used jigsaw for the docs, the same project i use for this blog, which was lovely. However the latest version (2.0.3 at the time of writing) has migrated to...

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Ansible Ansible Ansible - Part 2

November 15, 2020

Ansible resources online, Ansible cheatsheets and Ansible Videos I really enjoyed.

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Ansible Ansible Ansible - Part 1

November 14, 2020

my first article in a series on Ansible, covering the Facts ansible can tell you about your machines and how I have been learning Ansible.

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Bash fwf ranger

November 8, 2020

I was recently looking for videos to help me improve my bash terminal skills and found this video by Marie-Helene Burle Fun tools to simplify your life in the command line The two tools i really...

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Offline Documentation on Debian

November 8, 2020

A lot of the time I work offline, learning, reading, watching and playing to learn more and more. One thing i really like to use is offline tools to help me access info offline. However I am looking...

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Bash Scripts for Laravel PHP Linux Devops

August 25, 2020

Having spent the summer learning more of the Devops toolkit, I often come back to bash shell scripts to achieve something. I wanted a little script to import the values of the .env file to use in...

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Moving into Devops

July 27, 2020

In my last contract role, I spent more time working with the Devops team than the frontend team. I really enjoyed it and now feel that this is a better path for me. I have been using the command line...

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General Thoughts about getting some work.

July 16, 2020

I have been trying to get some work, so I tried nextdoor.co.uk and upwork.com, here is how it went.

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Laravel starter projects

July 6, 2020

Looking at Laravel starter projects which offer more than a basic install including an admin system, login and more.

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