Jamie Hurst

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Principal Engineer of Developer Experience specialising in AWS, K8s, Java, JS, Go, Python and others. Fond of awful music and daft old cars
LocationGateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
Websitehttps://jamiehurst.co.uk
GitHubhttps://github.com/jamiefdhurst
Stuck in a meeting room all day, but at least I have a nice view
This will never not be funny!
Week off means garage tidying. I'm considering a box of matches and some accelerant at this point...

I've got some time off work for a week or so, and I'm trying to decide which side project to pick up.

One option is to continue playing around with PHP and Linux like it's 2005, and see if I can get this up and running on my new Mac, and perhaps even deployed: https://jamiehurst.co.uk/2025-05-11_nostalgia-on-retro-programming #php #retro

Jamie Hurst's Blog - Nostalgia on Retro Programming

Jamie Hurst - Software and System Engineer, Enthusiast of Terrible Cars

I'm starting to actively move things out of the US - some of these will be easier (such as DigitalOcean to OVHCloud) and some will be harder (such as moving away from Google).

One I'm struggling with is a domain provider - is there a good UK or EU-based provider here for my collection that I can transfer over?

#boycottusa #domain #hosting

POLL - UK folks under 65 with any kind of pension:

How much will you + your employer + the government have contributed to your pension between April 2024 and April 2025?

Nothing
15.4%
£1 - £5,000
15.4%
£5,001 - £20,000
38.5%
Over £20,000
30.8%
Poll ended at .
I seem to be staying in the hotel this evening right next to Laracon EU... Anyone I know about in Amsterdam this evening?

Back at work for almost 4 weeks now, I decided to try and summarise how life has changed for me over the past few months (thanks to fatherhood). Some things are very different, some not so much, surprisingly! https://jamiehurst.co.uk/2025-01-28_returning-to-work

This is all part of trying to post something once a month - maybe I left it too late this time and need to produce something with more substance for February.

Jamie Hurst's Blog - Returning to Work

Jamie Hurst - Software and System Engineer, Enthusiast of Terrible Cars

I received a car insurance renewal invitation this morning for the car that was stolen last year... The car they paid out on. And they're going to renew and take the payment automatically. Are car insurance companies still really this bad?