Writing
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Migrating the Domestic Abuse Services Mapped database to PostgreSQL
31 Jan 2026Recently, I migrated the database for Domestic Abuse Services Mapped from Airtable to a PostgreSQL database hosted on Render.
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Attending the Local Government Homelessness/Rough Sleeping Hackathon in Birmingham
09 Dec 2025Last month I was fortunate to attend the Local Government Homelessness/Rough Sleeping Hackathon in Birmingham.
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Domestic abuse services mapped - recent updates
18 Oct 2025October is Domestic Violence Awareness month so it seems like a good time to revisit Domestic Abuse Services Mapped
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Building a public api for Domestic Abuse Services Mapped
23 Aug 2025I've been building a public API for Domestic Abuse Services Mapped...
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My thoughts on Angular vs React
29 Jun 2025Angular is a JavaScript based front end framework developed by Google for building dynamic single page web applications...
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Attending the SheCanCode hack day in partnership with Refuge
23 Apr 2025Last month I attended the International Women’s Day Power Hack run by SheCanCode. The theme of the day was improving women’s safety...
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Challenges I've faced while building Domestic Abuse Services Mapped
15 Feb 2025It’s been a hugely rewarding experience building Domestic Abuse Services Mapped. There have been challenges along the way however...
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2024 - year in review
29 Dec 2024As we come to the end of 2024 I'm looking back on my third year of working full time as a software developer
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Using LLMs as a tool when learning to code
18 Oct 2024I’ve been using ChatGPT for a year and I’ve found it’s accelerated my progress. These are my tips on how to get the best out of LLMs to help you learn to code.