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10 September 2026 · devops

Local Ollama as a cheap co-pilot for Grok Bot

I pointed a tiny local model at repetitive classify/draft work so cloud credits stay for judgment. 0.5b fails simple labels; 1.5b is usable. Harness next.
8 September 2026 · devops

Grok Bot on Arch: little people on both machines

Local Linux admin, job apps, screenshots, hand-over, always-on agents, and a laptop + VM screen you can actually watch.
1 September 2026 · devops

Installing Omarchy (and switching to Grok Bot)

DHH’s Arch-like distro made the install easy, packaged Grok Bot, and gave me a clean reason to leave Claude Cowork.
23 May 2026 · devops

Last day at TelstraSuper

7.5 years, Aware Super merger, Melb→Sydney, first child — and a LinkedIn note on closing the door.
30 April 2026 · devops

Merger day: TelstraSuper finishes trading

Successor fund transfer to Aware Super, and redundancies rolling as the operating model closes.
31 July 2025 · devops

TelstraSuper and Aware Super: the announcement

MoU day — uncertain for everyone, after years of Azure platforms, DR, and hands-on DevOps.
22 June 2025 · devops

Subscribed to Claude

Excellent for job applications and building this site — weaker for local computer-use, and the chat / cowork / code split felt fragmented.
18 March 2025 · devops

OpenClaw: got it going, then it kept breaking

Promising at first. Then stuck states, breakage, and local models that never quite installed or ran reliably.