I'm Alec, an Australian/British developer advocate, who's been in IT a long time
- 😄 Pronouns: He/Him/Grumpy
- ⌨️ Preferred Progamming Language: Go and Python, but I use several others
- 🔭 I like presenting tutorials, for example a talk about using Git from PowerShell
- 🌏 Located in Melbourne Australia
- 💻 First Computer Program written on ICL 2904 mainframe in 1978 using MAXIMOP BASIC. No "Hello World" for me, it printed the multiplication tabels from 2 to 12, but I only knew about IF and GOTO flow control statements.
My last five blog posts
| Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction Spectral and API linting | Use Spectral to lint your Open API Specification Documents | 09 Jun 2024 |
| Automate Git With Lefthook | Git Hooks are cool, but hard to use consistantly – do it better with LeftHook | 01 Jun 2024 |
| Spell Check with Vale | Implement better spellchecking with Vale custom spelling rules | 27 May 2024 |
| Add Vale to Your Project | Use Vale text linting to improve your technical writing and automate your style guide | 09 May 2024 |
| Use GitHub Actions to update your profile page | Update your GitHub profile README with content from an RSS feed the hard way | 07 Oct 2023 |
