Andrew Newdigate
@suprememoocow.bsky.social
Distinguished Engineer at GitLab, Inc 🦊 Application Infrastructure, Scalability, Resilience, Reliability, Observability, Platforms.
Love spending time outdoors, and with my fam. Based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
Views are entirely my own.
Love spending time outdoors, and with my fam. Based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
Views are entirely my own.
Took part in the Three Peaks Challenge race today, running from central Cape Town, up to three peaks overlooking the city: Devil’s Peak (1002m), Maclear’s Beacon (1085m) on Table Mountain and finally Lions Head (669m). A great day out with big climbs(1700m over 30km)
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Took part in the Three Peaks Challenge race today, running from central Cape Town, up to three peaks overlooking the city: Devil’s Peak (1002m), Maclear’s Beacon (1085m) on Table Mountain and finally Lions Head (669m). A great day out with big climbs(1700m over 30km)
A few days ago, with the fam, completed the Pondo Trail hike ~70km over 4 days in Pondo Land, Transkei, South Africa. Easily one of the best holidays I’ve had in a while. Pure magic: waterfalls, rock crayfishing, river crossings, unbelievable landscapes, warm people.
South Africa is incredible.
South Africa is incredible.
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A few days ago, with the fam, completed the Pondo Trail hike ~70km over 4 days in Pondo Land, Transkei, South Africa. Easily one of the best holidays I’ve had in a while. Pure magic: waterfalls, rock crayfishing, river crossings, unbelievable landscapes, warm people.
South Africa is incredible.
South Africa is incredible.
Sorted out another big networking mess in my house with 3d printed organisation using a custom size Lab-Rax 4U Network Rack, openGrid, and Underwear Cable Management.
Before and after pics:
Before and after pics:
September 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Sorted out another big networking mess in my house with 3d printed organisation using a custom size Lab-Rax 4U Network Rack, openGrid, and Underwear Cable Management.
Before and after pics:
Before and after pics:
Sunday Table Mountain Back Table Trail Run: Constantia Nek, Woodhead Dam, Kasteelspoort, Grootkop, Llandudno Corner. 750m vertical over 14.5km. Beautiful winter weather and spectacular views.
August 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sunday Table Mountain Back Table Trail Run: Constantia Nek, Woodhead Dam, Kasteelspoort, Grootkop, Llandudno Corner. 750m vertical over 14.5km. Beautiful winter weather and spectacular views.
Finally surrendered and brought myself a 3d printer, a Bambulab A1 Combo. I’m loving it. Currently printing a Lab Rax 10” 4u mini rack for my network equipment which currently exists as a knotted bundle of cables and boxes. So many things to print!
August 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Finally surrendered and brought myself a 3d printer, a Bambulab A1 Combo. I’m loving it. Currently printing a Lab Rax 10” 4u mini rack for my network equipment which currently exists as a knotted bundle of cables and boxes. So many things to print!
Took part in the GONE4GOOD trail run from Constantia to Hout Bay this morning. 16km with 800m vert. Reminded of just how glorious winter in the Cape can be. #capetown #trailrunning
July 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Took part in the GONE4GOOD trail run from Constantia to Hout Bay this morning. 16km with 800m vert. Reminded of just how glorious winter in the Cape can be. #capetown #trailrunning
State of the AI Support Bot, 2025, British Airways edition.
June 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
State of the AI Support Bot, 2025, British Airways edition.
Thursday nights is for running with Trail Leopards 🐆
Today it’s Llandudno to Sandy Bay Dunes.
Today it’s Llandudno to Sandy Bay Dunes.
June 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thursday nights is for running with Trail Leopards 🐆
Today it’s Llandudno to Sandy Bay Dunes.
Today it’s Llandudno to Sandy Bay Dunes.
Good day for a wet, rainy run to Skeleton Gorge.
It definitely feels like winter is on its way now.
It definitely feels like winter is on its way now.
May 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good day for a wet, rainy run to Skeleton Gorge.
It definitely feels like winter is on its way now.
It definitely feels like winter is on its way now.
Out trail running this morning, I came across this river of cloud, streaming through Constantia Nek and into Hout Bay. Pretty spectacular!
#capetown #trailrunning #clouds #timelapse
#capetown #trailrunning #clouds #timelapse
May 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Out trail running this morning, I came across this river of cloud, streaming through Constantia Nek and into Hout Bay. Pretty spectacular!
#capetown #trailrunning #clouds #timelapse
#capetown #trailrunning #clouds #timelapse
Today we hiked the India Venster route up Table Mountain. It’s a spectacular route with 760m of vertical climb, and incredible views overlooking the City Bowl, Table Bay, Camps Bay and Lions Head. Just a bit of exposure and climbing on chains. It was my son’s first attempt and he loved it.
May 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today we hiked the India Venster route up Table Mountain. It’s a spectacular route with 760m of vertical climb, and incredible views overlooking the City Bowl, Table Bay, Camps Bay and Lions Head. Just a bit of exposure and climbing on chains. It was my son’s first attempt and he loved it.
Good morning from a rainy Frankfurt.
April 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning from a rainy Frankfurt.
Good morning from Brenton-on-Sea
April 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Good morning from Brenton-on-Sea
Cycled the Missing Link MTB trail along the Atlantic Seaboard of Cape Town this morning, for the first time. Rewarded with spectacular views. It was more technical than I was expecting in places, but a boat-load of fun.
April 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cycled the Missing Link MTB trail along the Atlantic Seaboard of Cape Town this morning, for the first time. Rewarded with spectacular views. It was more technical than I was expecting in places, but a boat-load of fun.
Late summer is the best time of year in the Cape. Cool, pockets of mist around the coast, absolutely beautiful! Photo taken while trail running Chapmans Peak this morning.
March 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Late summer is the best time of year in the Cape. Cool, pockets of mist around the coast, absolutely beautiful! Photo taken while trail running Chapmans Peak this morning.
Visited the incredible Bosjes for lunch.
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Visited the incredible Bosjes for lunch.
Good morning Bluesky!
March 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Good morning Bluesky!
Beautiful morning for a run to the beach and back home again.
March 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Beautiful morning for a run to the beach and back home again.
How many large cities in the world can you run out of your front door and find yourself immersed in nature like this?
Cape Town is such a gem ❤️
Cape Town is such a gem ❤️
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How many large cities in the world can you run out of your front door and find yourself immersed in nature like this?
Cape Town is such a gem ❤️
Cape Town is such a gem ❤️
Got around to (finally!) purchasing a mountain bike over the weekend. Always looking for more ways to spend more time in mountains, so chuffed with the purchase.
This morning did my first single track cycling in years: Constantia Nek to Newlands Forest.
This morning did my first single track cycling in years: Constantia Nek to Newlands Forest.
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Got around to (finally!) purchasing a mountain bike over the weekend. Always looking for more ways to spend more time in mountains, so chuffed with the purchase.
This morning did my first single track cycling in years: Constantia Nek to Newlands Forest.
This morning did my first single track cycling in years: Constantia Nek to Newlands Forest.
South Africa is a nation of DEI, and, for all our faults, we’re incredibly proud of that. It’s no surprise that this bothers Trump and his goons as much as it does.
From Pres. Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech this week:
From Pres. Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech this week:
February 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
South Africa is a nation of DEI, and, for all our faults, we’re incredibly proud of that. It’s no surprise that this bothers Trump and his goons as much as it does.
From Pres. Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech this week:
From Pres. Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech this week:
Beautiful morning, unusually cool for February, so took the dogs on a trail run along the Chapmans Peak upper contour path.
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Beautiful morning, unusually cool for February, so took the dogs on a trail run along the Chapmans Peak upper contour path.
iOS voicemail transcriptions of phone spammers trying to talk to me are just *chefs kiss*
January 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
iOS voicemail transcriptions of phone spammers trying to talk to me are just *chefs kiss*