Hi, I’m Jacob.

I’m a software-engineer in the north of England, with a habit of breaking warranties.

You can find write ups of my fumblings amazing successes below. Alternatively check out my work on GitHub.

Want to hire me? Get in touch.

• Homelab Pain - From Artisinal to Automated

  published

  Jun 24, 2025

  description

  My current homelab is a mess. I need to get it under control.

  tags

  • homelab
  • infrastructure
  • declarative
  • gitops
  • nixos
  • kubernetes

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• Installing Istio With a Helmfile

  published

  Feb 27, 2023

  description

  A guide to installing Istio on Kubernetes using Helmfile

  tags

  • infrastructure
  • istio
  • helmfile
  • declarative

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• Bare-bones boilerplate for React and webpack projects

  published

  Jul 19, 2016

  description

  A simple boilerplate for React and webpack projects

  tags

  • frontend

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• ColdFlame - A C# Game Engine

  published

  Sep 21, 2015

  description

  A simple game engine written in C#

  tags

  • gamedev

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• Arch Linux derivatives

  published

  Jun 5, 2015

  description

  A look at Manjaro and Antergos

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