About

This is my About page.

I’m a Technical Lead with a passion for technology. In my career I specialise in Cloud Native systems and help enable teams to solve difficult challenges. In my personal life I have a great interest in the craft of building software.

This website serves as my personal corner on the internet, allowing me to freely express my knowledge, opinions, and thoughts. My aim is to cultivate a digital garden that encompasses my diverse interests in technology.

What is a digital garden?

A digital garden is a concept that combines elements of a blog, wiki, and personal knowledge base. It is a digital space where individuals can cultivate their thoughts, ideas, and learning experiences in a more casual and creative way. Digital gardens are often described as a cross between a blog and a personal wiki, where users can share their thoughts, ideas, and learning experiences in a more relaxed and organic manner.
A garden is something inbetween a personal blog and a wiki. It's a collection of evolving notes, essays, and ideas that aren't strictly organised by their publication date. They're inherently exploratory – posts are linked through contextual associations. They aren't refined or complete - posts can be published as half-finished thoughts that will grow and evolve over time. They're less rigid, less performative, and less perfect than the personal "blogs" we're used to encountering on the web.

Content Versioning

When curating a digital garden content will have different levels of refinement or completeness. Some gardeners like to create their own systems to inform the reader or themselves how complete a piece of content is.

For me the content on this website is best versioned via Semantic Versioning as this is akin to versioning software and conforms with the way I think about the things I create.

Version Badge Refinement or Completeness level
pre-release 0.y.z
In progress fleeting thought or draft to be refined and revisited at a later date. Higher minor and patch versions indicate more refinement and higher fidelity. This can be considered as work in progress and will be incomplete.
version 1.y.z
First major release. Refined to the more traditional standards undergoing a round of editorial review. Increments in patch versions indicate grammar or structural updates. Increments in minor versions indicate updates of opinion or new findings. This can be considered as complete.
pre-release 2.y.z-alpha
Pre-release to second major release. Indicates that the original content has been superceded by new opinions or findings. This can be considered as work in progress and will be incomplete.
version 2.y.z
Second major release. Indicates that the original content has been superceded by new opinions or findings. This can be considered as complete.

Getting in touch

If you need to contact me please send me an email to tom@tomthu.co.uk.

For work enquiries please contact me via LinkedIn.

Generally I’m not on social media.

I should only be active on the following platforms:

Platform Profile Link
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomchinery/
GitHub https://github.com/tomchinery
Gitlab https://gitlab.com/tom.chinery
Meetup Invite Only
Discord Invite Only

Future plan is to have a key oxide profile which uses cryptograhy to verify my online identity on these platforms.