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  • PHP Stream Writer to S3 with Tagging

    Calendar Nov 13, 2024 |  Stopwatch  2 minute read

    PHP Stream Wrapper with options when writing to S3

  • Installing AWS SAM with pip on Ubuntu

    Calendar Oct 4, 2020 |  Stopwatch  1 minute read

    I just found out the recommended way to install AWS SAM on Linux is to use Homebrew!?! Homebrew is a fantastic package manager for Mac. This blog explains how to install sam with pip.

  • New Job Alert

    Calendar Apr 6, 2020 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    With a heavy heart, I'm sad to say I'm leaving Imosphere but I'm very excited to be joining the DVSA

  • Building Inclusive Workplaces - part two

    Calendar Mar 2, 2020 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    I'm celebrating International Women's Day by talking about women's issues that aren't just women's issues. Enjoy!

  • Noobs on Ubs - Ubuntu for Beginners

    Calendar Jan 12, 2020 |  Stopwatch  15 minute read

    I presented a talk at Ogg Camp 2019 aimed at beginners of Linux and Ubuntu. I shared my journey - the good the bad and the ugly and what I've found along the way. This is a write up of that talk

  • Ubuntu - Create a new Partition and Mount it on Start up

    Calendar Sep 8, 2019 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    Making a new device a partition and mounting it on start up

  • Custom 404 page in Hugo on Netlify

    Calendar Sep 7, 2019 |  Stopwatch  1 minute read

    Create a custom 404 page for your Hugo static site on Netlify

  • Encrypted Partitions in Ubuntu

    Calendar Aug 18, 2019 |  Stopwatch  10 minute read

    I recently upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 19 with an encrypted disk and separate home partition

  • Becoming an Organiser of Women in Tech Notts

    Calendar Jul 8, 2019 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    For the last few years, the Nottingham Tech community has been a big part of my life and this year I became an organiser for Women in Tech

  • Building Inclusive Workplaces

    Calendar Mar 8, 2019 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    I'm celebrating International Women's Day by talking about womens issues that aren't just womens issues. Enjoy!

  • Buying a practical and stylish backpack was a lot harder than I thought it would be

    Calendar Feb 10, 2019 |  Stopwatch  4 minute read

    This is my new lifestyle post! I had a couple of conferences and events in January lined up where I'd be carrying my laptop and other stuff so I needed a backpack to meet all my needs. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be

  • FOSDEM 2019

    Calendar Feb 4, 2019 |  Stopwatch  13 minute read

    I attended my first FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Developers Europe Meetup) this year, the event is huge with a massive range of talks running throughout the two days. Here's my account of the weekend.

  • Git Reference Guide - Part Two

    Calendar Feb 1, 2019 |  Stopwatch  9 minute read

    How to get gitting: getting set up with SSH keys, starting a new repo and a basic workflow to add, commit and push changes.

  • Git Reference Guide - Part One

    Calendar Jan 21, 2019 |  Stopwatch  7 minute read

    I :heart: git and use it every(ish) day. In this first part of a three part series, I'm covering what git is, why you should care and the basics of how it works.

  • Hacktoberfest Community Website

    Calendar Oct 31, 2018 |  Stopwatch  1 minute read

    This year I had a go at being a maintainer for Hacktoberfest by creating a website for anyone in the Tech Nottingham community to contribute too and especially looking to help first timers contribute to open source

  • Remote Desktop to Windows from Ubuntu

    Calendar Oct 21, 2018 |  Stopwatch  2 minute read

    Remote Desktop from Ubuntu Using Remmina I use Windows at work and Ubuntu at home. To work from home I remote desktop onto my work machine using the work VPN. Here are the steps I took to get it set up and working. You’ll need your work VPN address and work machine IP and credentials. I’m running the following versions: Ubuntu 17.10 Windows 10 Remmina 1.1.2 To set up the VPN.

  • Quick Getting Started MongoDB Commands

    Calendar Oct 6, 2018 |  Stopwatch  1 minute read

    New to MongoDB I recently needed to interact with a Mongo Database for the first time and I found myself trying to remember these shell commands quite often so I’ve documented them here for future reference. Getting started with the shell. To connect a terminal to the currently running mongo db: $ mongo --port <port-number> In my case, that was 3001. If you don’t know what the port number is, you can run this command on a system terminal:

  • School STEM Careers Talk

    Calendar Mar 5, 2018 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    I spoke at Notts Girls High School about working as a software engineer

  • Tech Nottingham Student Event

    Calendar Nov 30, 2017 |  Stopwatch  4 minute read

    I did a talk for the Tech Nottingham students about my career journey so far

  • Hackference 2017

    Calendar Oct 26, 2017 |  Stopwatch  6 minute read

    I Went to Hackference Conference and Hackathon in Birmingham

  • Django Girls

    Calendar Sep 24, 2017 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    Learning Django in Manchester with Django Girls

  • Networking for Muggles

    Calendar Sep 18, 2017 |  Stopwatch  2 minute read

    Talk at Linney about the web and networking

  • A Talk on Ransomware for Linney Labs

    Calendar Jul 23, 2017 |  Stopwatch  2 minute read

    I spoke at Linney on Ransomware and especially WannaCry

  • Browser Security

    Calendar May 4, 2017 |  Stopwatch  2 minute read

    Browser Security Talk at Women in Tech

  • Hacktoberfest

    Calendar Nov 1, 2016 |  Stopwatch  4 minute read

    2016 Hacktoberfest

  • Spirit of the Hack

    Calendar Oct 29, 2016 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    Hackference Hackathon Last weekend I was at Hackference! A weekend hack in Birmingham for students and non students sponsored by Algolia, Microsoft, Pusher, Pebble and loads more. I was in a team with Jamie Tanna and we hacked on CalGolia, a calendar application to find a date you and your friends are free. Inspiration: I’m one of 7 bridesmaids and trying to find a date when we’re all free is ridiculous.

  • TIL - Today I Learned

    Calendar Oct 6, 2016 |  Stopwatch  3 minute read

    I've been doing a lot of driving recently so I've taken the opportunity to listen to some of my favourite tech and programming podcasts.

  • Hello World

    Calendar Sep 20, 2016 |  Stopwatch  1 minute read

    Welcome to my new website! Find out what I've been up to. Spoilers, I'm now looking for work.