Funky Si's Blog

This post is about the signaldiff CLI: how to install it, run a local sitemap crawl, and hand that to Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code so the agent can spot SEO and crawl issues without opening a dashboard.

I already knew how to put things on a Kubernetes cluster.

On a lot of days my pair programmer is not a person.

For years, API designers have had an awkward choice when a search got too complex for a URL.

Every November, .NET Conf brings a new major release of .NET.

Featured Projects Three live Azure workloads I own end-to-end — CI/CD static delivery, AI-backed search on real content, and full-stack Blazor with actual users. 🔧 Episode Atlas Track TV progress at scale with per-user state and cloud-backed data.

Sadly earlier this year I was made redundant from my Software Developer job.

If you have ever tried to rewatch Star Trek properly—not just dip into a favourite episode, but work through hundreds of instalments across multiple series—you will know the feeling.

There is no shortage of AI tools aimed at developers right now: chat assistants, IDE completions, agents that promise to run your tests, and new products every month with overlapping features.

Introduction – The Shift We are Living Through As I write this, I have just been made redundant.

As someone who works with both Azure and AWS regularly, I’ve had hands-on experience with both Azure Container Registry (ACR) and AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR).

For the second year running, I had the privilege of volunteering at NDC London – one of Europe’s premier software development conferences.

Parkrun Parkrun is a free, weekly, community event offering 5km timed runs and walks in parks and open spaces around the world.

2025 in Review What a year 2025 has been!

2026 Event/Talk Date Location SteelCon 11 July 2026 Sheffield dotNet York - EF Core Architecture, Document Databases, and MongoDB 2 July 2026 York Developers Up North 18 June 2026 Hull Leeds Sharp - AI Observability as the Engine of Production-Ready AI 21…

Introduction I’m excited to be taking part in this year’s Festive Tech Calendar , a community-driven advent calendar showcasing amazing technical content throughout December.

What’s New in .NET 10?

DevOps has transformed the way teams build, deploy, and manage software.

The Mandelbrot Set: Beauty, Chaos, and Mathematical Art The Mandelbrot set is one of the most iconic images in mathematics—a mesmerizing swirl of fractal patterns, infinite complexity, and unexpected beauty.

The Hacker Ethic: Principles That Shaped the Digital Age When most people hear the word “hacker,” they imagine shadowy figures breaking into computer systems.

I have blogged before about how cool Let’s Encrypt is for getting your web things running under https.

Stepping outside my comfort zone doesn’t come naturally to me.

Helm allows you to package your Kubernetes resources, manage configuration, and deploy updates with a single command.

I know nothing (or very little) about Kubernetes.

What is OpenTelemetry?

.NET Aspire 9.2 is here, bringing exciting new features to simplify infrastructure visualization.

Logs are a critical part of monitoring and debugging modern applications.

Fun with AI AI tools like ChatGPT are evolving rapidly, and their creative capabilities are nothing short of amazing.

Automating repetitive tasks is one of the best ways to save time and focus on what matters most.

I needed to merge two separate projects into one repository while keeping the full commit history from both sides.

I have been reading The Pragmatic Programmer and I have to say it is a fantastic book.

While at NDC London I heard a great talk by Matt Burke about exceptions.

I was lucky enough to hear Mads Torgersen (The Lead Designer of the C# language) speak at NDC London about some of the plans the team has for the next version of C#.

I have just come home from volunteering at NDC London.

Grafana is an open-source analytics and monitoring platform that lets you query, visualise, and alert on metrics.

A few weeks ago I talked about .Net Aspire , well lets take a look at how we can use it with Elasticsearch.

Managing dependencies in .NET projects can become complex, especially when dealing with multiple projects that share common packages.

A long time ago in my SysAdmin days, I was a big fan of Nagios .

2025 Event/Talk Date Location DDD North 22 February 2025 Hull NDC London 29-31 January 2025 London For my parkrun results see parkrun

It is that time of year again, time to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward to the year ahead.

Creating pull requests is part of day-to-day Git work: you propose changes, review them, and merge.

AI is everywhere at the moment, from chatbots to code completion tools like GitHub Copilot.

I have been wondering what devices in my house use the most electricity.

What is .Net Aspire?

Every November it is like Christmas for .NET developers, as Microsoft releases the next version of .NET.

Understanding the Strategy Design Pattern.

Code Clubs are free, welcoming spaces designed to introduce young people to the exciting world of programming and digital skills.

Scottish Summit 2024 took place in Aberdeen on October 18th and 19th at the P&J Live Arena, and I was fortunate enough to attend.

On June 8th I will walk 13 miles near Bakewell in the Peak District to raise £250 (or more) for Cancer Research.

Trek Ranks #174: Top 5 Ensemble Episodes I was recently invited onto the TrekRanks podcast.