Author: David Peach

this is me

Its 2am here and my tax code changed half an hour ago.

I shit you not.

So until April 2026 ill be about £200 worse off

There are much bigger things going on in the world than Dave’s tax code.

But i felt i needed to write at least something to mark the occasion.

Plus I do need to write more.

Im gonna watch some “Marion and Jeff” to try and keep my spirits up.

Night all.

My website (this website) does not track you in any way.

I have even disabled access logging in my server config.

A screenshot of the uBlock Origin tab that shows the sources of resources on my website - davidpeach.me. Only same-domain sources are connected.
A screenshot of uBlock Origin section that reads "Blocked on the page 0%, Domains connected 1 out of 1"

Until today I did use Matomo, which was self-hosted. But then I came to the conclusion that I just don’t need it.

At the same time I both care about the people who visit my website — unless you are a fascist — and don’t care who visits my site.

What follows is a comment I wrote on Link-Din to a future software developer looking for advice:

Have fun first.

Don’t choose some technology because people / job specs tell you that you should use it.

Explore different languages. Build little projects in those different languages.

Build your own personal website and blog about your learning.

If you go into development using react because that what people / bootcamps told you, then you will be a react developer for a while.

Im not saying thats a bad thing, but if you dont like what you’re using and only use it because you were told you should, you will soon be in the position of hating a job that you need to pay the bills.

Oh and dont listen to people who tell you that you MUST use “ai” in order to be a professional.

Learn for yourself and chart your progress. Just try and be a little better at the job than you were yesterday.

Best of luck in your journey.

Could “Stereotomy” by “The Alan Parsons Project” be one of the greatest albums ever recorded?

I think so.

The title track alone is incredible. And the closing refrain of the album being a condensed version of the same song – bringing the album back full circle is just top tier.

Front cover of the Alan Parsons Project album "Stereotomy".

The one thing keeping me from migrating from WordPress to ClassicPress is the excellent ActivityPub plugin.

Its great, but i wish i had the time to port all the broken parts to the ClassicPress way of doing things i.e. the WP things that have changed since 4.9

Why the heck do I still go on Link-Din?

I think im literally only there incase i need any connections for work in the future.

And now ive found myself replying to the abundance of AI bullshit on there.

Who am I even trying to convince.