Dean's Legal Fee Calculator v1.00 - Project Overview
Why Did I Create Dean’s Legal Fee Calculator? While studying law at university in my first year, I found my interest and desire to learn software development reignited once and...
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Building Dean's Libaas: A Shopify Dev Store for Islamic Clothing
Off the back of starting the e-commerce admin role at an Islamic clothing retailer, I’ve been building my own Shopify development store to practice on, away from a live store wi...
Turning My Early 2014 MacBook Pro Into a Linux Machine in 2026 Using the Latest Linux Mint
My early 2014 MacBook Pro has been sitting around doing very little for a while now. macOS support for it stopped years ago, and it was starting to feel more like a paperweight ...
Shopify, E-Commerce & More
Following on from choosing the e-commerce role over the traditional college route, this post is a first look at what that’s actually meant day to day - starting with Shopify and...
From Frustration to Freedom: How I Built a Private AI Workstation on My Old MacBook
We’ve all been taught that to do anything useful with artificial intelligence, you need a serious tech setup, an expensive monthly subscription, or a brand-new computer. For a l...
Building My Personal Portfolio with Jekyll
This post is a summary of my personal portfolio project journey. From initial conception through design iterations to the current state, I document the decisions made, technolog...
FocusTask Project - Personal Project Overview
What Is FocusTask? FocusTask, while just a name for my first coding project, is a simple to-do list app that has expanded into a minimal but efficient to-do list, tracking user...
Cybersecurity
Completing My NCFE Course
Twelve weeks ago I started my NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Cyber Security Practice, and this post is a reflection on finishing it - what the course actually covered, what stuck w...
Starting a Short Course in Cyber Security
Why Cybersecurity? After officially dropping out of university, I decided to use this time productively to learn the fundamental skills I need to update my CV in 2026. My goal ...
Tech Projects
Turning My Early 2014 MacBook Pro Into a Linux Machine in 2026 Using the Latest Linux Mint
My early 2014 MacBook Pro has been sitting around doing very little for a while now. macOS support for it stopped years ago, and it was starting to feel more like a paperweight ...
Portfolio Posts
Building Dean's Libaas: A Shopify Dev Store for Islamic Clothing
Off the back of starting the e-commerce admin role at an Islamic clothing retailer, I’ve been building my own Shopify development store to practice on, away from a live store wi...
Shopify, E-Commerce & More
Following on from choosing the e-commerce role over the traditional college route, this post is a first look at what that’s actually meant day to day - starting with Shopify and...
Option A? Option B? - Starting a New Role Over the Traditional Route
Option A or Option B? With my Computing (HNC) course due to start in September, I found myself facing a genuine fork in the road: continue down the traditional route into furth...
Completing My NCFE Course
Twelve weeks ago I started my NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Cyber Security Practice, and this post is a reflection on finishing it - what the course actually covered, what stuck w...
Building My Personal Portfolio with Jekyll
This post is a summary of my personal portfolio project journey. From initial conception through design iterations to the current state, I document the decisions made, technolog...
FocusTask Project - Personal Project Overview
What Is FocusTask? FocusTask, while just a name for my first coding project, is a simple to-do list app that has expanded into a minimal but efficient to-do list, tracking user...
Dean's Legal Fee Calculator v1.00 - Project Overview
Why Did I Create Dean’s Legal Fee Calculator? While studying law at university in my first year, I found my interest and desire to learn software development reignited once and...
Starting a Computing Career as a Mature Student
Transitioning from Law to Computing As a mature student at 25, I made the initial change from law to computing after a careers meeting and some personal realisations. On reflec...
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Building Dean's Libaas: A Shopify Dev Store for Islamic Clothing
Off the back of starting the e-commerce admin role at an Islamic clothing retailer, I’ve been building my own Shopify development store to practice on, away from a live store wi...
Turning My Early 2014 MacBook Pro Into a Linux Machine in 2026 Using the Latest Linux Mint
My early 2014 MacBook Pro has been sitting around doing very little for a while now. macOS support for it stopped years ago, and it was starting to feel more like a paperweight ...
Shopify, E-Commerce & More
Following on from choosing the e-commerce role over the traditional college route, this post is a first look at what that’s actually meant day to day - starting with Shopify and...
Option A? Option B? - Starting a New Role Over the Traditional Route
Option A or Option B? With my Computing (HNC) course due to start in September, I found myself facing a genuine fork in the road: continue down the traditional route into furth...
Completing My NCFE Course
Twelve weeks ago I started my NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Cyber Security Practice, and this post is a reflection on finishing it - what the course actually covered, what stuck w...
From Frustration to Freedom: How I Built a Private AI Workstation on My Old MacBook
We’ve all been taught that to do anything useful with artificial intelligence, you need a serious tech setup, an expensive monthly subscription, or a brand-new computer. For a l...
Building My Personal Portfolio with Jekyll
This post is a summary of my personal portfolio project journey. From initial conception through design iterations to the current state, I document the decisions made, technolog...
Starting a Short Course in Cyber Security
Why Cybersecurity? After officially dropping out of university, I decided to use this time productively to learn the fundamental skills I need to update my CV in 2026. My goal ...
FocusTask Project - Personal Project Overview
What Is FocusTask? FocusTask, while just a name for my first coding project, is a simple to-do list app that has expanded into a minimal but efficient to-do list, tracking user...
Dean's Legal Fee Calculator v1.00 - Project Overview
Why Did I Create Dean’s Legal Fee Calculator? While studying law at university in my first year, I found my interest and desire to learn software development reignited once and...
Starting a Computing Career as a Mature Student
Transitioning from Law to Computing As a mature student at 25, I made the initial change from law to computing after a careers meeting and some personal realisations. On reflec...