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Python work and app stores, notes from 23rd September 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 23rd September, nine freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk almost everything except freelancing, but it did occasionally come up. This is some of what we blathered about: Looking for Python work Getting apps into both app stores Working in China American populist […]
Rolling out updates, blocking bot traffic and more – notes from 16th September 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 16th September, ten freelancers got together in the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things self employment, tech, and singers who have got themselves in a bit of bother. This is some of what we covered: Rolling out an update to a big, complex site Why are auth libraries not better? Software to […]
Reverse Centaurs, Duo, finding work and more – notes from 9th September 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 9th September, 15 freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things tech and self employment. This is some of what we talked about: Good and bad uses of AI in the workplace AI affecting motivation Cory Doctorow talk on Reverse Centaurs iPhone Duo Canonicalisation using AI […]
Learning Swift, using local LLM models and more notes from 2nd September 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 2nd September, twelve freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk freelancing, tech and a bunch of random stuff. Thanks very much to Haze for taking notes and making sure things went swimmingly while I was at home with a stinking cold. Here’s some of what was […]
Tetris in VR, Storybook in Drupal and more meeting notes from 26th August 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 26th August, a bunch of freelancers met in the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk self employment and tech, but not the one writing this post. Thanks to Andy for taking notes while I was too sick to attend. Making a VR Tetris clone Storybook in Drupal Shall we get ChatGPT to generate […]