Alex Hyett

Hi, I'm Alex!

I am a software developer based in the UK. I love technology, programming, self-hosting and gaming. I enjoy writing about all of these things, as well as making short videos on programming on my YouTube channel.

Active Projects

These are all the projects I am actively working. You can also check out my Now page.

Recently Finished Projects

Latest Writings

  1. The Privacy Rabbit Hole
  2. Interesting finds from this week #5
  3. Self-Hosting My Website Services
  4. My Love-Hate Relationship with Tailwind
  5. What's Hot this Week in Tech
  6. The Future of Computer Interfaces
  7. Switching to Zed for coding
  8. Tips when generative coding
  9. Security Basics in the Age of AI-Assisted Coding
  10. How will AI affect the software industry?

218 more posts can be found in the archive.

Book Notes

I am trying to get better at writing notes for the non-fiction books I read. These are these latest ones I have written:

39 more book notes can be found in my book notes.

Notes

I have decided to share my notes publically on my website. Not everything is worthy of a blog post or video but it could still be useful for someone so it goes here.

  1. Hiding user list on Ubuntu
  2. Using C# with Zed
  3. Freeing up space on Ubuntu Server
  4. Local AI Tools
  5. Access Ollama over the network
  6. Beszel Setup
  7. DNS Service Not Running
  8. Download photos from iCloud
  9. Docker scripts for nested folders
  10. Sorting photos into folders

128 more notes can be found under my notes tag or check out the main page.