This week I have been trying to add icons to a Flutter app. As this is a part of the development lifecycle I do so infrequently I often forget how its done, leading to lots of internet searching and head scratching.

This week (and last) I have been playing with the new Gemini CLI coding assistant.

This week I learnt that using a ListView for data entry screens in Flutter is a bad idea.

I recently setup a Samba share on my Linux Mint system to allow file sharing with other devices on my network. This post outlines the steps I took to install and configure Samba, create a user and group, set up the share directory, and ensure everything is working correctly.

This week I spent some time working with Google Gemini for coding assistance, and I also set up a Samba file server on my Linux Mint machine. Here’s what I learnt:

This week I have been trying to convince myself I need to buy another mini PC.

This week I have been adding some self-hosted applications to my home server.

This week I’ve continued developing my Flutter app, with one big distraction.

After a few months (15 to be exact) of not posting I thought it was time to get back into the habit of writing. Rather than traditional blog posts I have decided to document what I have been working on from week to week.

Bin Reminder Application is a simple mobile application designed to remind the user when a bin is due for collection.

I have recently been learning Flutter. Here’s my thoughts so far.

By default SpringBoot REST APIs use JSON to send and receive data. But with a few small changes it is possible to use XML as well.

It is possible to deploy a React app to GitHub pages. In this post we will do this using the gh-pages npm package.

So here it is, my new website and blog. Hosted on GitHub Pages, written in markdown, generated by Jekyll.