Areas

How the site is organised. Everything can sit in more than one area; each area page includes its sub-areas.

• Work 308

  Professional engineering — how software, search, data, and AI systems are built and run.

  • Software engineering 188

    Architecture, delivery, engineering practice, and the economics of building software.

  • Search and retrieval 19

    Enterprise search, information retrieval, ranking, and content platforms.

  • Applied AI 37

    AI-assisted development, agents, models, and the hardware underneath them.

  • Data and event platforms 56

    Pipelines, streaming, storage, and distributed systems.

  • Developer tools 90

    Tools, plugins, and utilities I have built for myself and others.

• Making 259

  Physical things — designed, built, broken, and rebuilt.

  • Woodworking 45

    Furniture, jigs, and shop projects in wood.

  • 3D printing 45

    Printed parts, prototypes, and lessons about printing.

  • CNC and machining 33

    Milling, routing, turning, and laser cutting.

  • Metalwork 21

    Welding, fabrication, and machining metal.

  • Electronics 143

    Circuits, microcontrollers, sensors, and embedded firmware.

  • Glass and textiles 6

    Glasswork, sewing, and soft goods.

• Retro computing 86

  Old machines, new tricks.

  • Amiga 34

    AmigaOS 3 and 4, emulation, drivers, and ports.

  • Atari 20

    Atari 2600, ST, and friends.

• Learning 125

  Subjects I am studying and the books and notes that came out of them.

  • Biology and medicine 32

    Human biology and medical technology for engineers.

  • Mathematics 58

    From arithmetic to the mathematics of computing.

  • Chemistry 10

    Chemistry for makers and engineers.

  • Physics 39

    Mechanics, electricity, waves, and the physics behind the builds.

• Life 79

  The personal side — family, places, and photographs.

  • Photography 19
  • Travel 4