Ian Wootten 🛸
@ianwootten.co.uk
I write code and make videos about Python and web dev.
youtube.com/IanWootten
ianwootten.co.uk
youtube.com/IanWootten
ianwootten.co.uk
School just emailed to say they're no longer going to use X 👍
Now only communicating via facebook, instagram or the pdf's they attach to emails 🤦♂️
Now only communicating via facebook, instagram or the pdf's they attach to emails 🤦♂️
January 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
School just emailed to say they're no longer going to use X 👍
Now only communicating via facebook, instagram or the pdf's they attach to emails 🤦♂️
Now only communicating via facebook, instagram or the pdf's they attach to emails 🤦♂️
"We take a look at your company and think about a number that you are probably willing to pay" - @steipete.me succinctly sums up why enterprise prices often don't appear on vendor websites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lF7...
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"We take a look at your company and think about a number that you are probably willing to pay" - @steipete.me succinctly sums up why enterprise prices often don't appear on vendor websites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lF7...
Discovered that a whole bunch of business books by the likes of Morgan Housel, James Clear et al are being ripped off on AliExpress and dropshipped to uk via ebay. Looks like they're all badly printed on wafer thin paper. Sellers with like 100k items sell one of these and then a load of random tat.
January 30, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Discovered that a whole bunch of business books by the likes of Morgan Housel, James Clear et al are being ripped off on AliExpress and dropshipped to uk via ebay. Looks like they're all badly printed on wafer thin paper. Sellers with like 100k items sell one of these and then a load of random tat.
Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now. He used Google Antigravity for part of a recent "AudioNoise" guitar pedal project for a Python sample visualiser. github.com/torvalds/Aud...
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now. He used Google Antigravity for part of a recent "AudioNoise" guitar pedal project for a Python sample visualiser. github.com/torvalds/Aud...
Another day, another bot. How do people deal with this? I'm self hosting at the moment.
I swear I'm getting spam signups to my ghost newsletter even with double opt-in enabled. To the point of more than actual users. Has anyone dealt with this before?
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Another day, another bot. How do people deal with this? I'm self hosting at the moment.
Just encountered what I think is the worst educational blog post. It went something like this: "In order to fix it I had to change this one setting and it solved everything."
And that's it, end of post - minus any useful information. I mean it was on medium, so figures.
And that's it, end of post - minus any useful information. I mean it was on medium, so figures.
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Just encountered what I think is the worst educational blog post. It went something like this: "In order to fix it I had to change this one setting and it solved everything."
And that's it, end of post - minus any useful information. I mean it was on medium, so figures.
And that's it, end of post - minus any useful information. I mean it was on medium, so figures.
May have to make me one of these. The first Nintendo DS flashcart powered by an RPi Pico: github.com/LNH-team/dsp...
GitHub - LNH-team/dspico-hardware: DSpico Hardware (PCB, shell, sticker, boxart)
DSpico Hardware (PCB, shell, sticker, boxart). Contribute to LNH-team/dspico-hardware development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 AM
May have to make me one of these. The first Nintendo DS flashcart powered by an RPi Pico: github.com/LNH-team/dsp...
Loved listening to this interview with Fatboy Slim where he really digs into how he made all his music on an Atari ST. So cool that his latest track "Satisfaction Skank" was done the same way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-UO...
Was beaming throughout as I basically lived big beat in my teens. 😀
Was beaming throughout as I basically lived big beat in my teens. 😀
Fatboy Slim Is Still Using an Atari ST in 2026 (And It’s in the Charts)
YouTube video by The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
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January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Loved listening to this interview with Fatboy Slim where he really digs into how he made all his music on an Atari ST. So cool that his latest track "Satisfaction Skank" was done the same way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-UO...
Was beaming throughout as I basically lived big beat in my teens. 😀
Was beaming throughout as I basically lived big beat in my teens. 😀
Amazon missed a trick in that He-Man trailer by not putting Battlecat in the MGM logo.
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Amazon missed a trick in that He-Man trailer by not putting Battlecat in the MGM logo.
Paddle payments via Paypal stopped working on a site I migrated to Django. Wrote some words on fixing it if you're facing the same.
www.ianwootten.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
www.ianwootten.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
Fixing Payment Popups with Cross Origin Opener Policy in Django
A site I'm working on which uses Paddle/Paypal stopped working when I migrated it to Django. Here's how I resolved it.
www.ianwootten.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Paddle payments via Paypal stopped working on a site I migrated to Django. Wrote some words on fixing it if you're facing the same.
www.ianwootten.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
www.ianwootten.co.uk/2026/01/22/f...
I swear I'm getting spam signups to my ghost newsletter even with double opt-in enabled. To the point of more than actual users. Has anyone dealt with this before?
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 AM
I swear I'm getting spam signups to my ghost newsletter even with double opt-in enabled. To the point of more than actual users. Has anyone dealt with this before?
Can't believe its taken til 21st for me to update my footers to "2026". Getting slack in my old age.
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Can't believe its taken til 21st for me to update my footers to "2026". Getting slack in my old age.
Are spam bots clever enough to get round double-opt in these days? Seeing suspicious (to me) activity on my newsletter sign ups.
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Are spam bots clever enough to get round double-opt in these days? Seeing suspicious (to me) activity on my newsletter sign ups.
C'mon cloudflare you're better than this.
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM
C'mon cloudflare you're better than this.
Just devoured solobuilding.com. Inspirational bootstrapper backstory by Mohd Danish
Solo Building - A Book by Mohd Danish
From $0 to $800k revenue in 8 years as a solo founder. The wins, the failures, and everything in between.
solobuilding.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Just devoured solobuilding.com. Inspirational bootstrapper backstory by Mohd Danish
I finally updated my handle to use my domain, like the cool kids.
January 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I finally updated my handle to use my domain, like the cool kids.
Whoopsy, the first run of Claude Cowork rm -rf'ed 11GB of James' videos. Reminder of the dangers of running preview software: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6C9...
Claude Cowork first impression vs Claude Code: Cowork DELETED 11GB of files!?
YouTube video by James McAulay
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January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Whoopsy, the first run of Claude Cowork rm -rf'ed 11GB of James' videos. Reminder of the dangers of running preview software: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6C9...
7 years after Spider-Man on PS4 was released I've finally completed it, on the Steam deck.
a man in a spiderman suit is standing on a building
Alt: spider-man game cutscene where he is standing on a building edge and backflips off across the street
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
7 years after Spider-Man on PS4 was released I've finally completed it, on the Steam deck.
ICYMI: My newsletter went out earlier this week, complete with everything I found interesting in the last little while: newsletter.ianwootten.co.uk/welcome-to-2...
Welcome to 2026
Here's my brief reflection on 2025. Fresh off the success of my first digital product I said I wanted to create more products. I did that in the last couple of years, with a Django starter kit and mor...
newsletter.ianwootten.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
ICYMI: My newsletter went out earlier this week, complete with everything I found interesting in the last little while: newsletter.ianwootten.co.uk/welcome-to-2...
HP made a PC in a keyboard, like the olden days. Unlike the olden days it's an "AI" PC, which from the looks of it means it has a Co-Pilot button: uk.pcmag.com/desktop-pcs/...
I Spent a Week With HP's EliteBoard G1a, a Desktop PC Stuffed Into a Keyboard
This new AI "desktop" from HP hides in plain sight, with a design that takes inspiration from classic computers like the Commodore 64 or VIC-20. I got the chance for an extended first look at it befor...
uk.pcmag.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
HP made a PC in a keyboard, like the olden days. Unlike the olden days it's an "AI" PC, which from the looks of it means it has a Co-Pilot button: uk.pcmag.com/desktop-pcs/...
In 2026, I want to get out and see people IRL. I've been locked in my Harry Potter dev space under the stairs for far too long. Would love suggestions for dev or maker events should I be going to? - feel like I miss them all!
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
In 2026, I want to get out and see people IRL. I've been locked in my Harry Potter dev space under the stairs for far too long. Would love suggestions for dev or maker events should I be going to? - feel like I miss them all!
Merry Christmas! 🎄⭐
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎄⭐
NEW VIDEO: Setting up /dev/push on Hetzner - a really simple open source alternative to the likes of Vercel. Worth paying attention to if you're a Pythonista.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbX...
/dev/push: Your Own Open Source Vercel in Minutes
YouTube video by Ian Wootten
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December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NEW VIDEO: Setting up /dev/push on Hetzner - a really simple open source alternative to the likes of Vercel. Worth paying attention to if you're a Pythonista.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbX...
Wouldn't it be great if all development problems were framed as bite-sized advent of code style puzzles?
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Wouldn't it be great if all development problems were framed as bite-sized advent of code style puzzles?