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Instananeous Composition
At the end of a lesson, I was discussing with my tutor about where to best direct my Japanese learning efforts for the most gain right now. He suggested the “Instantaneous Composition Method” as the likely…
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Building a Local RAG App
I’m continuing to exercise Codex’s muscles to develop useful tools. Over the last few days I have been working on a local RAG implementation in Python. RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation, which is a slightly grand…
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Threecastles Castle. Near Blessington, Ireland
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Welcome to my new site
Hello and welcome to Fortune’s Farm. This is my new home for writing about the things I’m working on, experimenting with, and learning along the way. You’ll find posts here about software and hardware development, with…
AI / Homelab
NovvyAuth: Overview
Here’s a video of the current state of NovvyAuth, demonstrating all the features now supported. I also discuss (albeit briefly) my thoughts on the current state of Codex at the start of the video. This video…
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NovvyAuth: Per-App Access Control
I have now added per-app access control to the authentication system. Apps can be registered by super admins, with client IDs and client secrets generated that must be implemented in the individual apps. Super admins can…
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NovvyAuth: Multi site Google Authentication
My WebApps have come along to a useful state quite rapidly, so I wanted to deploy them to be accessible from the Internet and not just my local network. To do this I needed to secure…
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Updated Visuals and Improved Usability
I have continued to improve the UI for the little mini-suite of Japanese language learning web apps. There is now a more coherent and attractive (I hope!) visual style for them. You can now do quick-copies…
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Software development and hardware tinkering. Plenty of homelab content and development with various devices and gadgets.
44 posts View categoryGames
Games development content, including games I've released or development work including code snippets or techniques.
21 posts- Lost Wing New Ship
- Lost Wing Canyon Boss
- Lost Wing: Canyon Environment Progress
- How I Avoid Floating Point Precision Issues in Lost Wing
Motorcycling
Motorcycling trips and travel. Mostly photos of places I've visited, occasionally some motorcycling related tech.
13 posts- Threecastles Castle. Near Blessington, Ireland
- Tokyo Mobility Show 2025
- Tochigi, Japan on a Ducati Multistrada
- Chiba, Japan on a Yamaha R7 in Evangelion livery.
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Content from my professional career. Including news items related to the products I've worked on.
4 posts- Lufthansa Group launches the Airbus A320 Virtual Procedure Trainer for their pilot training programmes
- Japan Airlines goes live with A350 Virtual Procedure Trainer
- Wizzair launches training with the A320 Virtual Procedure Trainer
- VR Simulation for TfL
Aviation
Aviation related posts, from my own work in aviation to my private pilot training.
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I build things that solve problems, explore new ideas and learn by doing.
From coding and automation, hardware hacks and homelab tinkering, biking through Ireland and Japan, this is where I document the journey.
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