Stuart Dobson

.NET/Azure Developer | Cloud Architecture and Devops | Technical leadership and best practices

About

Software Development

I started coding in high school when I made adventure games in QBasic. At home, in between bouts of Frontier Elite 2, I knocked up a version of Breakout in Blitz Basic on the Amiga. This lit my passion for software development. Since then I built websites in the 90s, Windows Apps in the 00s and web apps in the 2010s.

Now I specialise in Azure, architecture, and technical leadership. I'm passionate about building technology that makes a positive impact.

Writing

I like to write about technology's implications on society. Back in 2009 I speculated that one day the big tech companies would gather enough data to manipulate us politically, and one commenter remarked that I was giving social media too much credit.


Blogs

Technical Excellence

Leading teams to build innovative high quality software
Read my Dev Blog

Pragmatic Privacy

Rejecting surveillance and control by Big Tech and government - in a way that works for you

superconcepts

Exploring Our Technological Evolution

Philosophical articles about AI, science, Extra Terrestrials, Virtual Reality and other interesting science/technology


Speaking


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Fun

My 90s Website

This but with marquee

Hackerthon Generator

Find an idea for your next hackerthon

Noisy Hedgehog

Timeless satire

Gaming Pics

Fun with dinosaurs in space