Paul Gallagher

Final wrap on the Brütsch Mopetta 1956. Forgot to add the "reversing handle"! modelart.tardate.com/projects/ger... #scalemodel #histscalemodels

My Brütsch Mopetta on the open road! A little fun for this weekend's local 48hr group build. Why most would not give it a roadowrthy cert, or indeed why it now sells at auction for €70k+ is a bit beyond me! #scalemodel #histscalemodels

And now for something completely different: the Brütsch Mopetta! Going to have fun with this for our local 48 hr group build over the weekend #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Finally finished the #icm Spitfire Mk.IX😁 Made a good start during last month's 48hr gb, since then I've been puttering around with some figures and base. modelart.tardate.com/projects/spi... #histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale

github.comArtCraftOpen Source Tools and Models for Creatives. ArtCraft has 41 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

ArtCraft having their mic-drop moment with open-source clean-room reimplementations of all your fave software in #rust github.com/storytold

Amazing start to a long weekend of musical events! #lovebites

so ofc the concert in Singapore was an awesome affair where they just blew the stacks off the Esplanade Annex. So glad they returned, hopefully the first of many times!

yagni.fmYAGNIYou Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"

What would you say...you do here, hmmm? One of my favourite niche podcasts has spluttered back to life with a new season that painfully probes the question of where our profession/livelihood/job(!) is going in the age of the "(AI) Software Factory". yagni.fm

Great, sometimes awkward, conversations..highly recommended. Especially for anyone who has been writing software for more than a few years.

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#490 minutesUntilApocalypseUsing rust to survive the zombie apocalypse aka Cassidoo's Game of Death! Interview question of the week (2026-10-04).

Using #rust to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: survive the zombie apocalypse aka Cassidoo’s Game of Death! codingkata.tardate.com/rust/minutes...

I was allegedly building this #icm Spitfire IX for last weekend's #scalemodel 48hr gb, but there was too much on to distract incl Kits for Kids at ITE charity event. Only made it to invasion stripes during the gb, now taking my time to finish. Next: based! #histscalemodels #scalemodels

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#489 firstFrostUsing python to find the first frost: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-09-28).

Using #python to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: forecast the frost codingkata.tardate.com/python/first...

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#482 getSundaysUsing rust to find all the Sundays in a given month; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-09-21)

22 Sept

Using #rust to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: find all the Sundays in a month codingkata.tardate.com/rust/get-sun...

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#481 longestSortedUsing ruby to find the longest word whose letters appear in alphabetical order; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-09-14).

17 Sept

Using #ruby to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: the longest sorted word codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/longest...

14 Sept

So the vendor profusely apologised that my Flyhawk PE order may be delayed a week... Luckily the Venn diagram of "people with patience" and "people who put odious amounts of PE on ships" is I guess about as good a match as you'll ever get! #scalemodel

spectrum.ieee.orgAI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of ExpertsLessons from aviation and nuclear power show how to preserve human skills

12 Sept

Some exceptional models, fascinating presentations, and good friends at SAFRA Military Hobby Fest this weekend

Model trains!

"AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts". True, but I fear GFC, housing crisis etc has taught us that stockmaxxing will always trump good judgement under current (western) political/economic culture spectrum.ieee.org/ai-engineer-...

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#480 minMovesUsing python to unlock a backpack: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-09-06).

10 Sept

Using #python to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: unlock a backpack codingkata.tardate.com/python/min-m...

10 Sept

HMS Fearless from #Airfix. Last time I built this I was probably around 8 and it got the stringy glue/no paint treatment! modelart.tardate.com/projects/roy... #histscalemodels #scalemodel

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#478 GoodGiftsUsing Copilot CLI to build a simple app to find gift suggestions based on my 5-star reviews and their Goodreads wishlist.

4 Sept

I did it again: gifted a book that someone already had😠 So I made a little app to fix that! Was a good exercise of the new copilot cli... or claude-lite as I think I'll call it now! codingkata.tardate.com/web/goodgifts/

3 Sept

Just some fun with the #airfix 1:76 Bofors and figures. Any similarity to a comic from your youth is totally coincidental! modelart.tardate.com/projects/bri... #histscalemodels #scalemodel #72scale

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#477 climbStairsUsing pascal to climb stairs; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-08-31).

2 Sept

Using #pascal to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: climb stairs by 1s and 2s. Honouring an Italian mathematician with a French one😁 codingkata.tardate.com/pascal/climb...

1 Sept

Love this 1966 BEA livery😍 This is the Trident 1C from X-Scale of #Ukraine that I built for our 48hr gb over the weekend. modelart.tardate.com/projects/uk/... #histscalemodels #144scale

29 Aug

This weekend's 48hr group build: Trident 1C, lovely little kit by X-Scale of #ukraine #144scale

28 Aug

Bofors 40mm & Morris CS8 deployed with the British 8th Army in North Africa 1942. This is the old #Airfix 1:76 kit and figures. modelart.tardate.com/projects/bri... #histscalemodels #scalemodel #72scale

24 Aug

Testing an interesting "upside down" 555 config as published in #elektor leap.tardate.com/electronics1... #electronics

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#475 packRectanglesUsing rust to pack boxes; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-08-16).

22 Aug

Using #rust to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: pack boxes. Don't try to overthink this one! codingkata.tardate.com/rust/pack-re...

21 Aug

Taking a quick look at viewer3d (based on three) for rendering glTF/GLB models on a web page. codingkata.tardate.com/javascript/v...

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#473 ReorderUsing ruby to reorder string arrays and compare algorithms: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-08-03).

3 Aug

Using #ruby to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: reorder string arrays and compare algorithms. codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/reorder/

2 Aug

Round 2 on the IJN Gunboat 橋立 Hashidate: made a laser cut display case with lighting and optional/replaceable background. Hopefully no more dusting my ship rigging😂 modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn... #histscalemodels #ijn

31 July

Chengdu J-7EB as flown by the PLAAF Ba Yi Aerobatic Team in the late 90s. Nice little 1:144 kit from Trumpeter; can't go wrong for a fiver! modelart.tardate.com/projects/pla... #histscalemodels #144scale

31 July

The TJ-56-719 is a pretty neat kit for CW/Morse code decoding and code practice. I also translated the manual into something understandable🤔 leap.tardate.com/radio/morsec... #electronics

Post-AI Rule #1: It's not what you KNOW, it's what you KNOW you should NOT DO! Please, don't give AI all your login creds😩

I am particularly tickled by the fact that every AI ad is selling me the ability to do all those things that the security ads have been telling me NOT to do for the past couple of decades

I pity the folks who have no deep software or security experience. How on earth are they going to survive this brave new world? It's now what you know, it's what you know you should not do.

NanoLev: minimalist acoustic levitation. Just enough to work;-) leap.tardate.com/kinetics/lev... #electronics

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#472 fulfilledOrdersBeforeFailureUsing python to run an ice cream stand: cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-07-27).

Using #python to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: run an ice cream stand. codingkata.tardate.com/python/fulfi...

13 July

Checking out quite a neat 433MHz remote control unit (2202J). Can see myself using this for some no-code automation. leap.tardate.com/radio/lpd433... #electronics

10 July

Very happy how this display/storage case for the IJN Oil Supply Ship Hayasui 速吸 turned out. Made using the Library's xTool S1 laser cutter. Yes, I love my library! Now just want to go make cases for all my ships😂 modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn... #histscalemodels #ijn #700scale

leap.tardate.comLEAP#854 SPST Momentary Push-buttons with LEDTesting some push-button switches with built-in LEDs. I've used a CD4069 inverter-based latching circuit to demonstrate toggling the LED on and off.

9 July

New bling for my builds: push-buttons with LEDs. leap.tardate.com/electronics1... #electronics

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#471 getImpactedCoordinatesUsing ruby to calculate the blast radius of some fireworks; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-07-06).

8 July

Using #ruby to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: fireworks damage assessment. codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/get-imp...

8 July

Animating a 3x3x3 LED cube with a 555 timer and CD4020 leap.tardate.com/electronics1... #electronics

3 July

Release the bots! Interesting to poke around with commit-history.com and note the characteristic graph for the onset of agentic coding

1 July

concept #wip IJN Hayasui display & storage case

1 July

..making a display case with the xTool S1 laser cutters at the library and discovered the old xTool Creative Space has been updated with the new xTool Studio software. leap.tardate.com/equipment/nl... #ILoveMyLibrary #NLB

leap.tardate.comLEAP#850 CD4024 CounterIntroducing the CD4024 7-stage binary counter with a basic demonstration circuit.

1 July

Just a little demo of the CD4024 leap.tardate.com/electronics1... #electronics

codingkata.tardate.comLCK#465 meanBitsUsing Perl to calculate mean bits; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2026-06-29)

30 June

Using #perl to tackle this week's @cassidoo.co challenge: mean bits. codingkata.tardate.com/perl/mean-bi...