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The other weekend, I got second place 🥈 in my category at Helvellyn Sky Ultra – a fairly technical 60 km ultramarathon in the Lake District (see video) with around 4,000 m of elevation.

No electricity, internet, no card payments This week I’ve built a simple Android POS app for my wife’s Niece from Cuba.

I've spent the last thirteen years building data-driven products, and the last six in AI – when it was called ML, before it was cool.

A good prototype can illustrate product vision, prove technical feasibility, let you experience the journey, and evoke emotion through UI design and animation – all at once.

2025 was a proper roller coaster.

Speculation time!

Most engineers now use AI at work, half have incorporated it in applications The Software House have just published their State of Front-end 2024 survey.

Developer Experience and iteration speeds are being prioritised over cost efficiencies The Software House have just published their State of Front-end 2024 survey.

Front-end Frameworks and UI Libraries Have Commoditised UX & UI Design The Software House have just published their State of Front-end 2024 survey.

Libraries, Models, Algorithms and Tools Over the last 10 years, there has been a huge expansion of javascript AI/ML libraries that enable embedding AI into client-side bundles and serverless functions and cater for various use cases.

Where intuitive updates meet inspiring new themes I thoroughly enjoyed attending and watching some of the talks from the 2024 conference on my favourite web framework, Nuxt.

AI-Powered Holidays at the Koraca House This Christmas, I crafted a hybrid escape room experience for my parents, blending real-world challenges with a touch of AI magic.

Building prototypes and apps is fun.

An interaction designer's view on solving some of the basic charging challenges for EVs Our Kia Niro EV parked at the trailhead in the Mountains of Slovenia … after driving 2000 miles across Europe from London TLDR Although range has not caused me any real

An interaction designer's view on driving electric cars – the Fiat e500 and others over 6000 miles around UK Kentmere, Lake District TLDR Contrary to the many myths and presumptions about electric cars, my experience driving an EV has been relatively smoo…

Photo Petar Lupic Istria by UTMB, over 100 miles with 6500+ meters of elevation gain.

Context On February the 25th I attempted the South Wales Traverse as a long training run for the upcoming 100 miles of Istria race.

The weird race in the middle of Wales, where a little over thousand runners try to outrun a few over sixty horses, must be one of the most intense runs I’ve done.

This Easter I decided to go on a two day bikepacking trip from Slovenj Gradec to Idrija, via Ljubelj pass, Bled, Soriska planina and Most na Soci.

K24 – Koroski Hribovski Izziv – is the Slovenian equivalent of the famous 3 Peaks Challenge in UK.