When I first started out on my budget home server journey back in 2016, the most logical choice was the Raspberry Pi 2 micro-computer. This has served me well, but my needs for a server have changed and the Pi just wasn’t keeping up. I want a quicker server but...

In 2016 I finished my Software Engineering degree at the University of Waikato with my fourth year honours project. The objective of my project was to create a system which would allow the owner of an off-grid house to monitor their energy system and access this information from anywhere. What...

Ten percent of my work time is dedicated to professional development through two ‘Hackdays’ a month. For my most recent Hackdays I wanted to combine old-school phone technology with ‘modern’ web technoligies. I came across a service called Plivo which lets you work with the phone network through a web...

About a year ago, I posted two articles about setting up my Raspberry Pi as a home server and how I setup remote access to it from anywhere in the world without using portforwarding. I’ve had a few people stumble across my post, asking questions and sharing details about their...

In November of last year I finished my Software Engineering degree and moved to Wellington to start work at Flux Federation. Flux builds software that runs energy companies like Powershop - an energy retailer in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. I work as part of the team that...

Last weekend I wanted to see the latest movie trailers. Of course, there are plenty of websites out there for this, however, none of them meet the excitement of watching movie trailers before a film at the cinemas. So thats what I set out to build. First, I needed to...