South Africa's local government elections are on 4 November, and they decide more about daily life than the national vote.
10 posts · latest 18 September 2026
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- Vote on 4 November
- The Coldest Summer We Have Left
A very strong El Niño is forecast for this summer, and I can't stop doing the maths on what that means for every one after it.
- Cabo Verde, 0-0
A debut World Cup side held Spain, and it stayed with me longer than the scoreline should have.
- Depth Beats Width
AI orchestration tools like BMAD are impressive, and I still think specialising matters more.
- Hopping on a Call
Against meeting culture, and why GitLab and the Linux kernel both run on the written word.
- To the Moon
Artemis II has me excited about space again.
- Age of Empires II
Why Age of Empires II Definitive Edition is the perfect RTS, and my favourite game of all time.
- Turning 28
10 years since matric. It truly feels like a lifetime ago.
- Sweat the Small Stuff: remark-smartypants
How a tiny remark plugin turns dumb punctuation into proper typography, and why it matters.
- Hello, World
An introduction: who I am, what I do, and what this blog will be.