What I'm Doing Now

Last updated: 01/10/2026

Updated monthly. This is what I’m focused on in October 2026.

Day Job

The graph database and app builder work landed for the quarterly plan, and now I’m in the middle of a bug-athon. I still get my dopamine fix from fixing bugs, and I’ve arranged a few hackathon quiet days to keep it interesting, which is showing results. The focus now is supporting our internal clients in building apps on the graph.

Thrawn is still being measured, but it’s proving to be a moot point. Claude’s parent company is making inroads into doing exactly what I built it for, which I’ve written about in The Platform Ate My Roadmap.

The FOMO from being housebound did go, though the office can’t really support that many of the company right now, so we’re experiencing teething problems, to put it bluntly.

After Hours

The stairs finally went in at the start of the month. There’s one more carpet to be laid and then that should be it. The new curtains were measured a while back and should be getting in soon. Honestly, I’m just sick of all this. I can’t wait for the big items to be done, I’m sick and tired of strangers being in the house and I just want to enjoy it for a while. The car is doing good though.

The garden is now wound down for the winter. On Saturday I’m doing one big last clean up, power washing the surfaces and putting the place to bed for the year.

All the talks I put in for were accepted, more on that next month. I’m practising them now so I’m well prepped.