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All opinions expressed here are very much my own or of the author of the article, not those of IBM. All Code provided is provide as is with no support unless otherwise stated.

This blog is my notebook. In here I will put quick minor things that I have found out how to do, longer articles on how to do more challenging things and other ramblings about tech usually in the API Space.

  • By day I am a WorldWide SWAT Cloud Integration Architect for IBM
  • By evening I am father of four amazing girls and a keen board gamer
  • By night I am a partial insomiac who likes to play with crazy tech ideas.
  • "You are also an awesome brother to three awesome siblings (feel free to quote me in your bio!)" - Lucy Phillips
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    Currently I am focusing on APIs and OpenShift kubernetes deployments. I have a number of assets that are released on my github account, issues and pull requests welcome.


    My home lab consists of an OpenShift environment running home automations systems to control my house


    All opinions expressed here are very much my own or of the author of the article, not those of IBM.

    Draft Posts

    Feb 19, 2026 Setting SSL Cipher Priority Order in API Connect
    Feb 19, 2026 API Connect Analytics MCP Server: AI-Powered API Management (Preview)
    Feb 18, 2026 Custom Request Body Validation with GatewayScript in API Connect
    Feb 3, 2026 Essential DataPower Logging when using API Connect: 5 Critical Log Types for Production Monitoring
    Jan 28, 2026 Deep Dive: API Connect Impact Analysis Tool v3.0 - Understanding Your API Ecosystem Dependencies
    Oct 3, 2025 Viture Luma Pro XR Glasses Review: A Valuable Product with Notable Limitations
    Mar 28, 2024 Migrating to the APIC SaaS from on prem - Part 1 validating your APIs
    Feb 23, 2023 Telegram Bot
    Oct 19, 2022 Global disabling of Certificate Expiry validation
    Sep 7, 2022 Setting Payload limits to protect your apis in API Connect
    Jul 5, 2022 API Connect v5 to v10 Incremental Migration
    Mar 11, 2022 Home Project - Starter for ten
    Aug 12, 2021 Running a passive API Manger
    Nov 13, 2020 Custom SSL Certificates on API Connect V10.
    Oct 26, 2020 Applying API Governance Part 4 – API 'Governance as Code' for a Decentralized world
    Oct 28, 2019 Developing APIs on API Connect - 106 - Error Handling
    Sep 23, 2019 Developing APIs - 107 - OAUTH
    Sep 23, 2019 Developing APIs - 106 - Step Up Authority
    Sep 23, 2019 Developing APIs - 105 - Honouring the Content-Type
    Aug 10, 2019 OpenShift Basics - Living Post
    Aug 4, 2019 Local Storage in Kubernetes, what are the risks regarding HA
    Jul 28, 2019 Installing OpenShift 3.11 Again Part - 1
    Jun 21, 2019 Health Checking your environment
    Jun 14, 2019 Maximising API Governance with minimal headache

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