Cloud & Data Architect with over a decade of experience delivering enterprise cloud, data and AI solutions across banking, telecommunications, retail and digital businesses, mostly on Google Cloud. More recently focused on Generative AI and Agentic AI. Writing about technology, travel, and outdoor routes.
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Every change on my side projects now starts as a spec, not a prompt. How OpenSpec structures the work between me and an LLM: feature-sized changes, open questions I have to answer myself, and documentation that accumulates as a by-product of shipping.
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Manual Cloud Build deploys of this site took about six minutes. An LLM read the build log, I shipped a chain of small fixes, and typical runs are now around two.
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Thirty days of noisy request logs from an outside project, an LLM as analyst, and a small Cloudflare WAF — scanner garbage at the origin went from dozens a day to zero.
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A circular walk on the Bath Skyline route — about 8.8 km of meadows, woodland, and views over the city.
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A circular running loop around Sefton Park in south Liverpool — about 3.5 km of lakeside paths, open lawns, and the Palm House.
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A circular hike from Montserrat monastery to the top of Sant Jeroni — about 10 km and 810 m of climbing among strange rounded rock towers.
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A flat 9 km coastal run from Palma along the seafront — promenade, marina, and sunset beaches south of the city.
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A linear walk along the Wirral coast, from New Brighton at the mouth of the Mersey round to the marine lake at West Kirby — about 19 km, flat and facing the sea the whole way.
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A short running loop from Betws-y-Coed up to Llyn Elsi and back — about 6 km of forest track and reservoir views.
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A circular hike from Pen-y-Pass to the summit of Snowdon, up the Miners' Track and down the Pyg Track — about 12 km, climbing roughly 860 m.