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AI Assisted Development: You’re Not Behind, But It’s Time to Start

AI is becoming part of the modern developer workflow, but it is not replacing developers. This post explores how I’m using AI to reduce friction, generate tests, sanity check ideas, speed up repetitive tasks, and learn...

Posted: 01 May 2026
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Embracing Docker: A Journey from Hesitation to Actually Using It

I avoided Docker for years, unsure how it would improve my .NET Framework workflow. After struggling to replicate production issues locally, and some investigation; it became clear how valuable consistent environments...

Posted: 17 Apr 2026
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10 days of 5k for cancer research 2026

10 days of 5k for cancer research 2026 I completed 50k in 12 days, pushing my body to the limit, whilst recovering from injury, over pronation and gait issues.

Posted: 01 Apr 2026
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19 Years Later: The Undocumented Optimizely Category Inheritance That Caught Me Out

While working on an Optimizely CMS 12 project, I encountered an unexpected issue where categories assigned to a parent page were automatically inherited by newly created child pages. After ruling out custom code and...

Posted: 20 Mar 2026
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Introduction

Tech Lead and Senior .NET Developer with a long standing passion for building software. This blog documents lessons learned, technical discoveries, and recurring problems encountered while working across the .NET...

Posted: 07 Mar 2026
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Introduction

Tech Lead and Senior .NET Developer with a long standing passion for building software. This blog documents lessons learned, technical discoveries, and recurring problems encountered while working across the .NET...

Posted: 07 Mar 2026
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19 Years Later: The Undocumented Optimizely Category Inheritance That Caught Me Out

While working on an Optimizely CMS 12 project, I encountered an unexpected issue where categories assigned to a parent page were automatically inherited by newly created child pages. After ruling out custom code and...

Posted: 20 Mar 2026
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Embracing Docker: A Journey from Hesitation to Actually Using It

I avoided Docker for years, unsure how it would improve my .NET Framework workflow. After struggling to replicate production issues locally, and some investigation; it became clear how valuable consistent environments...

Posted: 17 Apr 2026
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Senior Software Developer and Tech Lead working with .NET and Blazor. Sharing real-world problems, tech, and lessons learned - not always just development. Views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer.