Martin Hicks
@martinhicks.dev
Principal Consultant & Co-founder at Si Novi @sinovi.uk (https://sinovi.uk)
🔗 https://martinhicks.dev
👨🏻💻 https://github.com/hicksy
⚽️ U11s football coach
🔗 https://martinhicks.dev
👨🏻💻 https://github.com/hicksy
⚽️ U11s football coach
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Optimising Sales Operations with a secure bespoke web Application - sinovi.uk/our-work/med... - A case study of our recent work with Medem
Optimising Sales Operations with a secure bespoke web Application
Discover how we partnered with Medem to develop a secure, AWS-hosted sales management application. Learn how our bespoke solution streamlines quoting, customer management and reporting, backed by proa...
sinovi.uk
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Optimising Sales Operations with a secure bespoke web Application - sinovi.uk/our-work/med... - A case study of our recent work with Medem
We’ve refreshed our website! 🎉
It’s been great to work with @11ty.dev and WebC to create a clean, fast, and future-ready design.
Nice to have a site that better reflects us and provides a space to showcase our work.
Take a look: sinovi.uk – I’d love your feedback!
It’s been great to work with @11ty.dev and WebC to create a clean, fast, and future-ready design.
Nice to have a site that better reflects us and provides a space to showcase our work.
Take a look: sinovi.uk – I’d love your feedback!
🚀 We’ve refreshed our website to better tell the story of the work we do and the impact we create for our clients.
Take a look at the transformation in this video 👇 – we’d love to hear your thoughts!
sinovi.uk
#aws #newwebsite
Take a look at the transformation in this video 👇 – we’d love to hear your thoughts!
sinovi.uk
#aws #newwebsite
December 6, 2024 at 12:33 PM
We’re really excited about Aurora DSQL - feels like a massive win for Serverless.
Here, @jamesgalley.bsky.social runs through what we’ve learnt so far from today’s announcement.
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Here, @jamesgalley.bsky.social runs through what we’ve learnt so far from today’s announcement.
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Amazon Aurora DSQL: What might it mean for web applications? - sinovi.uk/articles/exp... - 4 minute read #AWS #awsreinvent
Amazon Aurora DSQL: What might it mean for web applications?
Amazon Aurora Distributed SQL (DSQL) debuts with active-active global availability, distributed scalability, and PostgreSQL compatibility - discover how this could be a game changer for web applicatio...
sinovi.uk
December 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM
We’re really excited about Aurora DSQL - feels like a massive win for Serverless.
Here, @jamesgalley.bsky.social runs through what we’ve learnt so far from today’s announcement.
🚀
Here, @jamesgalley.bsky.social runs through what we’ve learnt so far from today’s announcement.
🚀
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New blog post, with my personal take on our launch of Amazon Aurora DSQL: brooker.co.za/blog/2024/12...
DSQL Vignette: Aurora DSQL, and A Personal Story - Marc's Blog
brooker.co.za
December 3, 2024 at 5:44 PM
New blog post, with my personal take on our launch of Amazon Aurora DSQL: brooker.co.za/blog/2024/12...
Vampire Weekend last night. First time I’ve seen them - absolutely mega 10/10 🙌
December 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Vampire Weekend last night. First time I’ve seen them - absolutely mega 10/10 🙌
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🔴 Ex Fujitsu UK director Simon Blagden gave £500k+ plus to Tories. He was appointed chair of a public agency on £80k PA
Then he was handed a public contract without an open tender
"Deeply problematic" says @endcorruptionuk.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor...
Then he was handed a public contract without an open tender
"Deeply problematic" says @endcorruptionuk.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor...
Revealed: Major Tory donor was handed public contract before general election
The public has a right to know how taxpayer money is spent. So why won’t the Crown Estate answer our questions about £15,000 contract awarded to a leading Tory donor without open tender?
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 3, 2024 at 8:18 AM
🔴 Ex Fujitsu UK director Simon Blagden gave £500k+ plus to Tories. He was appointed chair of a public agency on £80k PA
Then he was handed a public contract without an open tender
"Deeply problematic" says @endcorruptionuk.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor...
Then he was handed a public contract without an open tender
"Deeply problematic" says @endcorruptionuk.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor...
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Some numbers from the past 96 hours compared to a 96 hour period a week ago:
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
September 3, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Some numbers from the past 96 hours compared to a 96 hour period a week ago:
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
Squeezed out the last drops of Summer with a beautiful long weekend of camping in Nfyn 🏴.
What’s not to love about a pub on the beach?
What’s not to love about a pub on the beach?
September 3, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Squeezed out the last drops of Summer with a beautiful long weekend of camping in Nfyn 🏴.
What’s not to love about a pub on the beach?
What’s not to love about a pub on the beach?
After a little while away from socials, it’s great to come back and see how much this place is absolutely thriving.
Several starter packs followed, profile updated. Let’s go again.
Several starter packs followed, profile updated. Let’s go again.
a man in a white shirt and tie is raising his arm in the air .
ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is raising his arm in the air .
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2024 at 5:37 PM
After a little while away from socials, it’s great to come back and see how much this place is absolutely thriving.
Several starter packs followed, profile updated. Let’s go again.
Several starter packs followed, profile updated. Let’s go again.
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May 15, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Published an update to my little Enhance CSRF plugin - https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hicksy/enhance-csrf - v0.9.0 now supports multipart/formdata requests, along with passing through optional attrs to the generated HTML form tag.
https://martinhicks.dev/articles/enhance-csrf-package-update
https://martinhicks.dev/articles/enhance-csrf-package-update
Enhance CSRF package - now supports multipart form data
An update to my small CSRF middleware for Enhance projects - v0.9.0 introduces support for multipart formdata.
martinhicks.dev
May 15, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Published an update to my little Enhance CSRF plugin - https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hicksy/enhance-csrf - v0.9.0 now supports multipart/formdata requests, along with passing through optional attrs to the generated HTML form tag.
https://martinhicks.dev/articles/enhance-csrf-package-update
https://martinhicks.dev/articles/enhance-csrf-package-update
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It's all about dangerous stunts and password-free living in this week's GarethandBillCast as Gareth and I talk about why you'd crash a plane for clicks, and whether passkeys are the future (short answer: probably). All over at https://garethandbillcast.com/
The Gareth and BillCast
An irregular tech podcast from Bill Thompson and Gareth Mitchell. You may know us from such shows as...
(This feed also includes archive podcasts from the Cambridge Film Festival from 2006 onwards to preserve old links)
garethandbillcast.com
May 15, 2023 at 7:40 AM
It's all about dangerous stunts and password-free living in this week's GarethandBillCast as Gareth and I talk about why you'd crash a plane for clicks, and whether passkeys are the future (short answer: probably). All over at https://garethandbillcast.com/
Some slight pre-surgery* nerves have played havoc with my sleep patterns this week.
On the plus side I’ve got to witness 🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦 late night bluesky… it’s wild, but I’m here for it.
* totally minor, being silly really
On the plus side I’ve got to witness 🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦 late night bluesky… it’s wild, but I’m here for it.
* totally minor, being silly really
May 11, 2023 at 5:12 AM
Some slight pre-surgery* nerves have played havoc with my sleep patterns this week.
On the plus side I’ve got to witness 🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦 late night bluesky… it’s wild, but I’m here for it.
* totally minor, being silly really
On the plus side I’ve got to witness 🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦 late night bluesky… it’s wild, but I’m here for it.
* totally minor, being silly really
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Tucker got fired by the Roys and now is kissing Lukas Matsson's ass.
He is the Cousin Greg of real life.
He is the Cousin Greg of real life.
May 9, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Tucker got fired by the Roys and now is kissing Lukas Matsson's ass.
He is the Cousin Greg of real life.
He is the Cousin Greg of real life.
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I feel like we don't talk enough about the fact that there was a solid 9 months of people selling web links to shit monkey drawing for millions of dollars while telling everyone it's only the beginning
May 10, 2023 at 1:54 AM
I feel like we don't talk enough about the fact that there was a solid 9 months of people selling web links to shit monkey drawing for millions of dollars while telling everyone it's only the beginning
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Just my advice, but I think we should lean in SO HARD on being “that weird lefty platform that cyber bullies Nazis”
May 9, 2023 at 11:11 PM
Just my advice, but I think we should lean in SO HARD on being “that weird lefty platform that cyber bullies Nazis”
@chrisbivins.bsky.social great to catch some of your @skyspaces.bsky.social live space earlier. Would’ve said hi to the room, but didn’t want to wake my wife 🤐. Next time!
May 10, 2023 at 1:20 AM
@chrisbivins.bsky.social great to catch some of your @skyspaces.bsky.social live space earlier. Would’ve said hi to the room, but didn’t want to wake my wife 🤐. Next time!
Enjoyed dipping in to a couple of spaces earlier. Good chats, cool people - definitely be keeping an eye on this, great project 👍
Congrats to the fam at @skyspaces.bsky.social for making the news! 💙🤍☁️
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23717476/live-audio-is-getting-another-go-on-bluesky
Way to go @geeken.tv @deavial.com
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23717476/live-audio-is-getting-another-go-on-bluesky
Way to go @geeken.tv @deavial.com
May 9, 2023 at 11:17 PM
Enjoyed dipping in to a couple of spaces earlier. Good chats, cool people - definitely be keeping an eye on this, great project 👍
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I'm actually looking for a trust & safety engineering job
May 4, 2023 at 10:08 PM
I'm actually looking for a trust & safety engineering job
May 4, 2023 at 8:46 PM
This is great from @johnspurlock.com - a real time, filterable view of the Bluesky firehose. Slightly addictive watch 😵💫https://firesky.tv/
Firesky
Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose
firesky.tv
May 4, 2023 at 7:36 PM
This is great from @johnspurlock.com - a real time, filterable view of the Bluesky firehose. Slightly addictive watch 😵💫https://firesky.tv/
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I think ostracizing fascists is good, actually. They used to wear hoods for a reason
April 29, 2023 at 3:25 PM
I think ostracizing fascists is good, actually. They used to wear hoods for a reason
@ianm.bsky.social great to find you on here
April 29, 2023 at 7:36 AM
@ianm.bsky.social great to find you on here