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May 19

CashFX: Follow the money

This is a work in progress. TL;DR Summary From what I have seen, CashFX rotate their deposit addresses every couple of months, building up a large balance of Bitcoin. The bitcoin deposits are used: to pay out member withdrawals but the rate is slowing, sold by a single customer account on Binance…

Cashfx

10 min read

CashFX: Follow the money
CashFX: Follow the money

May 19

CashFX: Anatomy of a scam

“They don’t con you because you’re stupid, they con you because you’re human.” — This is a work in progress. I’m writing about CashFX (interchangeably CFX) out of morbid curiosity and also because it has affected my wider family. Life savings will be lost, hopes dashed and dreams will die when this scam finally collapses, which looks like it’s not too far into the…

Cashfx

6 min read

CashFX: Anatomy of a scam
CashFX: Anatomy of a scam

Jan 20, 2020

Webpack Setup: First Steps

Webpack’s documentation is very good, but I wanted to document a very simple few steps to setting up Webpack, as a light introduction for those who want to see what it does before jumping in. I prefer to use yarn over npm as I personally find it easier and more…

Webpack

3 min read


Oct 5, 2019

Coldfusion/Lucee/CFML & Cosmos DB

Last year I experimented with Azure’s Cosmos DB. It didn’t end up getting used but I had a simple proof of concept that worked and I thought others might find it useful as an introduction to using Cosmos DB with Lucee or Coldfusion. This is a very simple demo and the code is not structured how you would in a real-world project, but the aim was to make the code as simple to understand as I could. As Cosmos DB is accessed through an API this demo is essentially a function that interacts with its API and its particular requirements. I’ve only covered the basic functions of CosmosDB in this demo but all other functions will be a case of reading the manual and updating the functions.

Coldfusion

1 min read


Jul 1, 2019

How I Start the Technical Design Process

With a blank slate in front of you, how do you turn a pile of requirements into a technical design? — Recently I was asked what my approach to a new technical design is. I realised I’d never written it down how I go from nothing to an initial technical design, and that it was probably worth doing so, as much for my benefit. So this is an attempt at that. Agile Architectures …

Agile

8 min read

How I Start the Technical Design Process
How I Start the Technical Design Process

Jul 1, 2019

Common Sense

Common sense should be defined as your current opinion, as influenced by outside sources that align with your existing preferences. It is by no means guaranteed to be common, logical or sensible. Therefore do not use common sense in discussions, to form your defining principles & stances, or make significant decisions in your life.

Politics

1 min read

Common Sense
Common Sense

Jun 25, 2019

Tools for Decision Making

Effective decision making strategies for software development. — The project you’re working on might well be in one of two phases: either you’re embarking on a new build and staring at a blank piece of paper; or you need to restructure or extend an existing application. Either way, there are architectural decisions to be made. In this article…

Agile

5 min read

Tools for Decision Making in Software Architecture
Tools for Decision Making in Software Architecture

Nov 8, 2017

Lunar Fund: a very bad deal or just too opaque?

First, the disclaimer: I’m not a cryptocurrency or Ether smart contract expert, just blockchain-curious. With a lot of buzz about cryptocurrencies and bitcoin forks lately (and forks that weren’t) my reading has triggered a fair amount of ICO advertising on my feeds. One of those was for Lunar Fund, a…

Blockchain

3 min read

Lunar Fund: a very bad deal or just too opaque?
Lunar Fund: a very bad deal or just too opaque?

Aug 20, 2017

Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune

“The internet economy is fuelled by attention, and it’s far easier to seize someone’s attention with emotionally charged argument than mere information — plus you don’t have to pay for the expensive reporting required to ferret out the facts.” Oliver Burkeman How many people would pay a little over €1…

Advertising

3 min read


May 29, 2016

Are you Searching the Cellars?

Last week was the State Opening of Parliament in the UK. Before the event the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the building using lanterns, looking for barrels of gunpowder. Why? In 1605 there was a plot to blow up the ceremony by placing barrels of gunpowder in…

Leadership

2 min read

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