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  "description": "An occasional round up all the posts and weeknotes and things I've been up to that some of you said you might like!\n\nA bumper couple of months - TechFreedom went live, a residential happened, The Pastry Index ™ , several new tools, a viral piece on grantmaking infrastructure and what actually counts as a \"skill\". Here's the lot, newest first.\n\n\nMain posts\n\nThere be goblins — 16 May 2026 A commodore 64 reference and \"you can't run accountable public services on immutable systems\" quote in one pie",
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    "TechFreedom",
    "There be goblins",
    "The Constant Gardeners",
    "My Stack — going local",
    "Is This Just a Skill?",
    "The Grant Application Is Dead. What Comes Next?",
    "The Case for Loose Ends",
    "What has the IMD ever done for us?",
    "Weeknote 51",
    "Weeknote 50",
    "Weeknote 49",
    "Weeknote 48",
    "Weeknote 47",
    "Le weeknote 46",
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    "Weeknote 44",
    "Weeknote 43",
    "Stackmap",
    "Flowlance",
    "Drift Forms",
    "workflows"
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  "textContent": "An occasional round up all the posts and weeknotes and things I've been up to that some of you said you might like!\n\nA bumper couple of months - TechFreedom went live, a residential happened, The Pastry Index _™_ , several new tools, a viral piece on grantmaking infrastructure and what actually counts as a \"skill\". Here's the lot, newest first.\n\n### Main posts\n\nThere be goblins — 16 May 2026 A commodore 64 reference and \"you can't run accountable public services on immutable systems\" quote in one piece? Hell yeah. A riff on OpenAI's habit of reaching for goblins, gremlins and trolls in its metaphors that leads into a broader discussion of the ability to forget in LLMs and how this might impact our approach in public and social sectors.\n\nThe Constant Gardeners — 9 May 2026 The flashy new initiatives feel nice, but it's the quiet work that really matters. My musing on the constant gardeners in work and in life, as I ponder my tree peony.\n\nMy Stack — going local — 8 May 2026 The yearly tour of the tools I actually use day-to-day, with this year's theme a deliberate shift towards local-first. Resetting habits, progress not perfection.\n\nIs This Just a Skill? — 27 Mar 2026 At one point everything was an app, or at least someone said it should be an app. Now I wonder, is everything a SKILL? And what's the difference between a skill and an actual product. I consider this with something I built and then decided...I think this is a skill.\n\nThe Grant Application Is Dead. What Comes Next? — 25 Mar 2026 **The viral piece.** How federated protocols, local agents, and organisational self-sovereignty could replace the broken funding model. Come down the rabbit hole with me...\n\nThe Case for Loose Ends — 18 Mar 2026 A push back against the urge to tie workshops and projects up with a neat bow. Are we diminishing long-term impact by over-finishing things in the room?\n\nWhat has the IMD ever done for us? — 11 Mar 2026 This one caused some discussion, which was the whole point. No-one is arguing that the Index of Multiple Deprivation is bad, but does it actually make a difference? A genuine question that's been bugging me for a while, and so, with a bit of apprehension, I wrote about why.\n\n### Weeknotes\n\nWeeknote 51 — 16 May 2026 — A good week of conversations and ideas, plus some decent food.\n\nWeeknote 50 — 8 May 2026 — The fiftieth. Collective resilience, time in Norwich, the second TechFreedom session, vibes as infrastructure, venues as participants, and Strava kicking me while I was down.\n\nWeeknote 49 — 3 May 2026 — Short one. Illness.\n\nWeeknote 48 — 26 Apr 2026 — Trail running into the start of the week, the first TechFreedom session delivered, a new client meeting, tools shared.\n\nWeeknote 47 — 19 Apr 2026 — Northern Ireland trip, a workshop on question-based approaches to data, TechFreedom cohort prep, and the build of Bearing a tool for choosing AI models.\n\nLe weeknote 46 — 12 Apr 2026 — A week off in Fontainebleau. Mostly bouldering and the Pastry Index _™_ data visualisation which is off the charts. Yes I went 3d on pastries\n\nWeeknote 45 — 2 Apr 2026 — Reflection, the launch of Stackmap, more TechFreedom progress, an oh-shit moment or two, and the case for testing.\n\nWeeknote 44 — 28 Mar 2026 — TechFreedom, \"20% beefs\", the grant application is dead, is everything a skill, knockbacks, and some actual paid work.\n\nWeeknote 43 — 22 Mar 2026 — Just enough structure. Saying no to neat little bows. Residential week, letting go of ideas, and a run.\n\n### New tools launched\n\nStackmap - a tool for umm mapping you stack. You can map the tech stack you use, what functions the tools support, data flows, risks. You get a few simple outputs (JSON, mermaid diagram, CSV) - all free and in browser\n\nFlowlance - onboarded some new users. A tool for managing your freelance business - cashflow, invoicing, expenses, proposals, contracts and amendments.\n\nDrift Forms - a new forms platform. I know I know, who needs another? Well this one is hopefully a little different, build around making forms both fully featured (all form field types as standard), AI first, and really built around workflows",
  "title": "Round up - March to May",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-17T09:28:48.466Z"
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