David Dickinson

Exploration

The Parking Space Problem

a digital post-it note that probably didn't need to exist, but here we are

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Building an Oracle WebCenter 14c Lab From Scratch

understanding the full stack

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Oracle WebCenter — The OVA File

a prebuilt collaborative working environment

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Building a Timesheet System with PHP

I spent a couple of years trying to pivot into a developer role...

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When the side job isn't a side job

I spent a couple of years trying to pivot into a developer role...

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ThatNewJob.com

This one started as a solution to a problem I didn't actually have.

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Web3, hoping for more

building a pomodoro app with Flutter

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WhatTheFlash.com

WhatTheFlash.com was never really the point. It existed because, for the first time, I was trying to do a YouTube thing with intent.

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Pomodoro Timer

building a pomodoro app with Flutter

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F1-GOAT.com

The F1-GOAT project was developed to engage Formula 1 enthusiasts by allowing them to vote for their favourite and least favourite drivers of all time.

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Learning Python by Wandering

Python has been one of those tools I keep coming back to.

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Building for the Sake of It

Some things I build because I need them. Some things I build because I’m trying to understand something.

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ChineseHotpot.co.uk

Is it a blog, an online shop, a curated list of products, or a blog (again).

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Trying to Explain Networking

It was probably the most structured explanation of networking I’d ever written.

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Learning to Harden Linux

The way we used to do things...

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Early Dev Work

I've been building things for as long as I can remember. It started with an Amstrad CPC and a manual that walked you through drawing geometric shapes in BASIC — which I followed dutifully, because apparently that's the kind of child I was.

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