Writing
Blog.
Form Habits, Not Goals
A personal story about recovering from an injury, resetting an over-ambitious running goal, and stumbling into a sustainable exercise habit instead. Not a theory piece, just what actually worked and why habits stuck where goals didn't.
Superhero Themed Retrospective
A four-part retrospective where team members identify their own superhero strength, then recognise a strength in a teammate, before pulling it together into a shared picture of the team's collective strengths and gaps. Includes timing and prompt questions for each stage.
Award Ceremony Themed Retrospective
A team-building retrospective format where each person invents and presents an award for a teammate, based on what they value or admire most about them. Covers timing, prompts for coming up with awards, and how to run the presentation and reflection stages.
Sean Connery Themed Retro
A start/stop/keep/change retrospective format built entirely around Sean Connery's Bond one-liners, written in memory of his passing. A quick, playful template you can run with your own team.
Optimizing Databases
A practical walkthrough of database query optimisation: how to spot which queries need fixing, use EXPLAIN and handler statistics to diagnose them, and choose the right fix — indexes, caching, or restructuring the query itself.