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A collection of thoughts on software development, web technologies, design, gaming, and the things that catch my attention along the way. I’ll use it to explore ideas, explain what I’m learning, and share the tools and trends that keep me inspired.

December 25th 2025

The never-ending story of the game backlog

Merry Christmas! If you’ve woken up this morning and realised your game backlog has suddenly grown by a few more titles, you’re not alone. In this post, I’m talking about game backlogs and why I keep finding myself returning to older games instead of jumping into the latest releases.

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December 7th 2025

It's about time you showed up, Fox

It's been a while, but I finally have my personal website up and running. I first built the site with Astro JS, but I eventually chose to switch to React and the Next JS framework. In this blog post, I will discuss the challenges I encountered with Astro and explain why I moved back to React. I will also share what’s next for me and the frameworks and technologies I plan to explore.

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