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What I am currently focused on. Inspired by nownownow.com.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
Current Focus
- Shipping EF Core Bench Lab: practical EF Core query traces, execution plans, and performance investigations.
- Organising AI Hack Days in Sydney and Brisbane for developers who want practical, hands-on AI learning.
- Building useful .NET + AI experiments, especially local models and agent harnesses.
- Turning notes into sharper tutorials, talks, and demos.
💪 The Push-Up Challenge
challenge complete 🎉Doing the challenge for The Push for Better Foundation (mental health) — but with standing 8kg dumbbell curls (8.5kg/rep) instead of push-ups.
16 t lifted
16 t hoisted so far — about a double-decker bus 🚌
16 tonnes of iron, one rep at a time. Not bad for a push-up challenge. 💪
Mechanical lift work: 124 kJ, arm by arm, rep by rep, kJ by JK. 💪Estimated workout burn: 900 kJ (~215 kcal): 600 kJ lifting + 300 kJ controlled lowering.lift work could boil 1.5 mugs of tea; with controlled lowering, body burn is more like 10.7 mugs ☕
1,860
Total curls
8.5 kg each
50
Most in one go
425 kg
260
Biggest day
17 June · 2.21 t
Reps done1,860 / 1,654 (100%)
Funds raised$35 / $500 (7%)
Auto-updated 26 June
Numbers are real; jokes are AI-generated. No liability accepted for cringe, sudden bursts of laughter, involuntary eye-rolls, groans, or any inexplicable urge to go do a set of curls. Lift responsibly.
Upcoming Events
- AI Hack Day Sydney — July 11, 2026 at SSW Sydney (co-organiser).
- AI Hack Day Brisbane — August 1, 2026 at SSW Brisbane (co-organiser).
Recent
- Brisbane .NET User Group — EF Core Bench Lab — A Peek into the Black Box (June 4, 2026).
- Brisbane Build Club — Building Real AI Agents in Notion (May 18, 2026).
- AgentCamp 2026 Brisbane Edition — From Vibe-Coded to Prod-Ready — Testing Your .NET Agents with MAF + AgentEval (May 9, 2026).
Community
- City Lead for Build Club Brisbane — organizing workshops and talks on AI, MCP, and developer tooling.
- Running the Brisbane Full Stack User Group and speaking regularly at local meetups and conferences.
Work
Solution Architect at SSW Consulting in Brisbane, focused on .NET, EF Core, Azure, and AI-enabled developer tooling.