Latest Updates

ClanJournal: on the roadmap

An interactive map of Scottish clan regions — click a clan territory to discover its history, septs, and affiliated charities, then donate directly. Domain modelling underway. Planned for development when capacity allows.

Jane Scott Stuart: development started

Work begins on the author site — book pages, managed blog, media archive, styled press cuttings, newsletter system, and contact form.

Quirky Coo Arts: in testing

E-commerce platform moves into testing — product catalogue, Stripe payments, order management, and admin dashboard all feature-complete.

Smaoin.co.uk: major overhaul

Services section restructured, HTMX navigation, CDN asset pipeline with cache-busting, strict CSP, Lighthouse-optimised Core Web Vitals, and Insights section added.

Scan Yer Van: core pipeline complete

DVLA validation, decal generation, QR redirect, and enriched scan analytics are all operational.

Morag: real-time recognition running

Face detection, gRPC streaming, and Home Assistant integration running on local hardware.

Scan Yer Van: development started

Work begins on the QR vehicle decal platform — DVLA integration, decal generation pipeline, and enriched scan analytics.

Quirky Coo Arts: development started

Work begins on the e-commerce platform — product catalogue, Stripe payments, order management, and admin dashboard.

Contract — Sunbelt Rentals Ltd

Senior Integration Software Developer engagement on a large-scale Salesforce migration — integrating Salesforce with existing business systems, building new integration layers with Azure Logic Apps, Function Apps, Data Factory, and APIM, while systematically decommissioning legacy platforms.

Scan Yer Van: patent submitted

Patent application submitted covering the QR vehicle decal system and enriched scan analytics methodology. Application not yet published.

DMcHardy Builders goes live

Brochure site with CMS, project gallery, and testimonials for a construction and resin driveway specialist in Moray.

Smaoin.co.uk goes live

Our own site — .NET 8, Razor Pages, Tailwind CSS, and Azure. Fast, secure, and accessible.

CryptoBot: shelved for now

Algorithmic crypto trading bot with custom technical indicators (ADX, EMA, MACD, Bollinger Bands, OBV), Bayesian optimisation using Gaussian Processes and Expected Improvement, adaptive lookback periods, and multiple loss functions (Huber, MAE, MAPE, RMSE). Built to explore the hard parts of quantitative systems and ML-driven hyperparameter tuning. Will return to it.