Scott Mallinson

Software development engineer

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    Joined a taskforce at work to help with an in-house framework upgrade of more than 100 plugins and packages. Breaking changes affect only a few of the plugins, but due to the inter-dependencies between some of the plugins the changes/PRs are going to be many.

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    The Sony NW-ZX707 is a thing of beauty but at a reported $800+ I’d be more interested if it was a ‘dumb’ Walkman without Android and it’s built-in obselence.

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    House of the Dragon Ep 3: Second of His Name | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com from hbo.com1 hour 3 minutes Stream Season 1 Episode 3 of House of the Dragon online or on your device plus recaps, previews, and other clips. Late to the party but I started watching House of…

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    I’m curious. Has anyone managed to build a personal (music) recommendation engine? Something where you could plug-in your own trusted sources. The same music daily across each of the eight personal Spotify auto-generated playlists is tiring.

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    https://scottmallinson.com/blog/2023/01/06/894812/ by scottmallinson Implemented better caching on my website through Cloudflare Cache Rules. Let’s see what impact it has on loading times as well as on server load and bandwidth. This post serves several purposes: to test caching changes I’ve made on my website, #indieweb replies, and Micropublishing to Twitter.

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    Went to El Llobregat estuary and the Delta del Llobregat today. It was cold, windy, and at times, wet. Fun to see the planes taking off and landing so close though.

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    Starting off the New Year with a morning of self-care. Had a mani pedi courtesy of @tesshumphrys.

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    Implemented better caching on my website through Cloudflare Cache Rules. Let’s see what impact it has on loading times as well as on server load and bandwidth.

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    I had the dried bean in my piece of the Roscón de Reyes. That means I have to buy next year’s, right?

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    The neighbourhood’s Cabalgata de Reyes or Parade of Kings, celebrated on the Twelfth Night, was somewhat underwhelming considering the significance Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos) receives here in Spain.

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