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Bluesky DDOS Attacks

I was attempting to check my feed the other morning, only to be met with a rather stubborn "Rate Limit Exceeded" error. As it turns out, Bluesky was weathering a highly sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack that overwhelmed its API servers. Naturally, the main application went dark. But

The Mechanics of Algorithmic Exhaustion

I’ve spent the better part of the last few months deeply embedded with various generative AI coding assistants, primarily to see if the promised era of frictionless productivity actually maps to reality. It is, predictably, a bit of a mixed bag. The speed is certainly there—I can go

The Mechanics of Grid Stability and Tesla's UK Expansion

I’ve been watching the rather noisy fallout from Ofgem’s recent decision to grant Tesla an electricity supply licence in the UK. People are, predictably, furious. The regulator received over 18,000 formal objections, largely because Elon Musk has become a somewhat "polarising" figure. But to understand

Claude Rules & Skills

Mechanics of CLAUDE.md and Agent Skills I have spent rather a lot of time recently formalising the boundaries of my local development environment. The corporate narrative surrounding AI coding assistants tends to frame them as tireless junior developers. The reality, as is often the case, is somewhat more complicated.

Solar Dividends And Gas Prices

I hold positions in several solar power generation companies and funds in the UK. How do they make money? Clearly they sell electricity! But it turns out it’s more complicated than that. There isn’t a simple flat rate per kWh (even though that’s what I get for

Walks In Crete

A couple of weeks ago we headed off to Makrigialos on the south eastern coast of Crete. This is an excellent, relatively undeveloped resort, with plenty of amenities. I won’t go into detail except to mention the superb Splash Bar! Here however I want to mentions some walks we

AWS Operations AI Investigations

Recently AWS made a new feature available in Cloudwatch: AI Operations. What does it do? In it's own words: Amazon Q Developer now includes a new generative-AI investigations experience that helps you troubleshoot operational issues by automating information gathering, analyzing observability data, and providing tailored recommendations. With this

Creating An EPUB Book From Markdown

A quick and dirty guide to making an EPUB book from a set of Markdown files using pandoc. In this example I have strarted a book with chapters and a cover image. Prequisites * some markdown files * pandoc Markdown File Structure I have given the chapters numbered prefixes and added a

ChatGPT COVID-19 Guardrails

I recently came across a link discussing the submission of SARS-CoV-2 sequences to Genbank on December 28, 2019. You can read it all here. In the “background” section a brief description of the sequence of events in the early days is given. After wading through this on my phone screen