I'm Alec, an Australian/British computer geek, who's been in IT a long time. I've done many IT related jobs, and even been a manager for a while before running back to technology as a developer advocate.
These days I am semi retired and support the seniors in my community with their IT needs (mainly cyber security).
- 😄 Pronouns: He/Him/Grumpy
- ⌨️ Preferred Progamming Language: Go and Python, but I use several others
- 📖 Currently writing a book "Staying Safe Online" for Australian seniors. More info at https://alecthegeek.tech/securitybook/
- 🔭 I like presenting tutorials, for example a talk about using Git from PowerShell
- 🌏 Located in Melbourne Australia
- 💻 First Computer Program written on ICL 2904 mainframe in 1978 using MAXIMOP BASIC. No "Hello World" for me, it printed the multiplication tabels from 2 to 12, but I only knew about IF and GOTO flow control statements.
My last five blog posts
| Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| XDG and Tmux Plugins | Configure TMUX plugins outside the config directory | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Manage Git and Hook Scripts the easy way | Use the hooksPath config setting to manage hook scripts under version control | 28 Aug 2024 |
| Spell Check with Vale | Implement better spellchecking with Vale custom spelling rules | 27 May 2024 |
| Add Vale to Your Project | Use Vale text linting to improve your technical writing and automate your style guide | 09 May 2024 |
| Use GitHub Actions to update your profile page | Update your GitHub profile README with content from an RSS feed the hard way | 07 Oct 2023 |
