Matt Daines
Matt Daines
@mattdaines.me
Azure Consultant | Tech enthusiast | Gamer

Opinions are my own 😁

https://blog.mattdaines.me/
Worked on a Hugo shortcode tonight so now I have info, warning and danger "banners" published to the blog instead of blockquotes with questionable CSS.
March 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hmm, I keep getting signed out of my Blue sky app on mobile.
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's taken quite some time but I finally have a custom Hugo theme.

It's pretty basic and there's certainly things I'd like to add but you've got to start somewhere!
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If yesterday my goal was to sort my blog out today the goal is to actually republish it. The site is available internally on my network 🎉
March 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fixed my reverse proxy yesterday so now I have one less excuse to set my blog back up.

I have a shipping list of things I'd also like to do with tech today
- GitHub Actions for Kubectl
- Using Ansible to manage my K3S nodes
- An Azure project I've been working on...

But I think today is blog day.
March 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Been watching T90's #AoE2 videos on YouTube and the nostalgia is hitting. Think I might play a game or two
February 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Hmm.. I'm getting an error with #Azure #DeploymentStacks when deploying with -AsJob

Code=DeploymentStackInvalidDeploymentStackDefinition

The deployment stack must have either TemplateLink or Template property set.

I'm a little too tired to figure out if it's a me problem or an Azure problem...
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Matt Daines
To no one's surprise, UK newspapers are full of truly dreadful - and, at times, outright bizarre - "reporting" of the Climate Change Committee's new carbon-budget advice.

For a sane and nuanced summary – with lots of charts - here's our detailed coverage...

www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-reducing...
CCC: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 would help ‘cut household costs by £1,400’ - Carbon Brief
The UK should cut its emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040 under its...
www.carbonbrief.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The cost of my standard #Nandos order has now crossed a threshold I told myself I wouldn't pay for.

I guess I'm having something else for dinner.
February 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Got myself a treadmill for walking while working.

Enjoyed it so far! Even if my elevated desk is a motherboard box on top of an ironing board 😅

When I work from home I usually manage <1000 steps. How many steps will I manage to hit now that I can leisurely stroll while working? Lets find find out
February 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I wish there was an alternative to Android and iOS. It's sad how the smartphone market converged into a duopoly
December 29, 2024 at 10:07 AM