December 2025
Week ending 7th December 2025
I’ve taken a hiatus, mainly because I’ve been occupied by personal matters. My wife’s visa renewal is one thing that’s taken my time, money and a part of my sanity 😭 There is a lot that needs to be said about the user experience presented by UK Visa’s and Immigration.
Aside from that I’ve been:
- Thinking about my personal brand. Who I am, what I do and how best to present myself, wrote an article about what a Design Tinkerer is
- Continuing to educate myself on React and Next.js
- Completing phase 3 of Satoshi Power
- Trying out different AI language models and tools. Dropping Codex (ChatGPT) in favour of Grok code. Mainly due to money reasons (lack of) preferring the latter model where you pay per token, rather than monthly subscription
- Keeping up to date with Bitcoin Core vs Knots, consuming podcasts and articles.
- Refurbishing my old 2013 macbook pro (new battery and trackpad) and installing Ubuntu on it. (as it can’t run any MacOS’s that are still maintained)
Week ending 12th December 2025
- Project showcase on Satoshi Power
- Creating a new svg mobile and web browser frame to showcase screenshots of my work
- Catching up with a friend who I'm working on a project, which I'll keep under wraps for now.
Week ending 28th December 2025
Friend and family focus through the christmas period. Reflecting on 2025. Trying to plan the new year and outline my goals. I plan for the new year to be more productive than 2025 has been. The year things really change for me. Really try to put into place the practice of Kaizen —small incremental improvements that will compound to bring meaningful positive impacts on my life. Be less bothered about things I cannot control, have the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. (think I read that on someone's wall)
No specific things I can say I've done outside of a busy period in my day job and family chaos.