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A better `<InputNumber />` for Blazor

Posted on April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 by wally

I’ve recently been trying C# Blazor for web application development, and found the <InputNumber /> experience to be a little unintuitive from a user-experience perspective. The following component – which I’m calling InputParsable – when rendered via InteractiveServer will attempt to parse the value and “correct” user input in near real-time. You can see a […]

A commentary on the Epistles of John

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by wally

Available now on Kindle (digital) and via Amazon (paperback), a short and non-technical commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John. The book is based upon a sermon series preached at https://plfc.org.uk and seeks to approach the biblical text from a reformed perspective – and exegetically faithful in its handling. View the commentary now on Amazon […]

Fixing `vagrant ssh` on Windows 10 and above

Posted on August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 by wally

There is a known problem with the interaction of Vagrant and recent versions of Windows where the system (Windows) OpenSSH client is installed (for example: https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/issues/13027 ). Most advice suggests telling Vagrant to use it’s own internally shipped SSH client, but I’ve found that to be buggy (particularly its handling of Ctrl+C). Windows’ own SSH […]

What are you expecting? (Speculatory musings on Heaven.)

Posted on August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 by wally

As a reformed evangelical Christian, I look forward with great anticipation at my life yet to come. Not the 50 or perhaps even 60 years left in this lifetime. But the next lifetime, the one which starts the day I die or Christ returns to take me home. Over the years, it has been my […]

Can AI write a sermon?

Posted on June 10, 2023June 12, 2023 by wally

We are now living in an age and society where we may legitimately need to ask the question: “Did that man just preach a sermon written by ChatGPT?” I know this to be the case because – out of sheer curiosity – I myself asked ChatGPT to write me a sermon on a passage of […]

Trying the Ubiquiti airMAX LiteBeam M5

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by wally

I’ve recently had justification to try out a pair of Ubiquiti airMAX LiteBeam M5s. The problem statement was a straightforward one: extend a LAN across the street to a second building. The distance is about 20 metres, almost certainly close enough that a pair of UniFi Meshes could handle it – but one of those […]

Unable to import an AD/Windows CA certificate into AWS’ ACM … fixed

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by wally

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably spent the last day of your life despairing as me and my colleague have during the last 24 hours. The problem definition is a seemingly simple one: we have some resource on AWS (in our case, an ALB) to which we want to apply an SSL/TLS certificate. Rather than […]

Dipping my feet into home security

Posted on July 25, 2020 by wally

Sadly it seems every day (most certainly correlated to the COVID-19 pandemic) there are more reports of crime in the villages surrounding where I live. Of particular concern for me, dog thefts. A few years ago I was surprised by Mrs H’s interest when I floated the idea of a Ring Doorbell. (I will be […]

How do we start with DevOps?

Posted on July 2, 2020 by wally

Is your team or company trying to get started with DevOps, but stuck feeling overwhelmed? I’ve gathered some of my hints and advice for you and your team to get started on the DevOps journey over on LinkedIn.

Is it time for “Choose Your Own Device” (CYOD)?

Posted on June 20, 2020 by wally

I’ve posted over on LinkedIn an article asking the question: “Is it time for Choose Your Own Device?”. Spoiler-alert! I really think it is. Let me know what you think!