Author: Dougie Richardson

  • The Psychology of Money

    The Psychology of Money

    The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a captivating exploration of financial decision-making through the lenses of history and psychology. Here are five takeaways from the book: The Psychology of Money emphasises that financial well-being is not just about numbers; it’s about understanding ourselves, managing emotions, and making thoughtful choices.

  • Setup a Multipass CDK Environment

    Setup a Multipass CDK Environment

    I want to be able to connect to the environment using Visual Studio Code, so first we need to create a SSH key: We need a configuration YAML, replace <generated ssh-rsa key> with the above key, saved as cloud-init.yaml: Assuming you’ve got Multipass installed (if not sudo snap install multipass) then: We’ll come back to…

  • Rust

    Rust

    Picked up a book, Programming Rust (2nd Edition) by Jim Blandy, and have been working through it over the holidays (non-stop party here). Published in late 2021, it’s surprising how much of the code doesn’t work and it isn’t encouraging to spend half an hour searching for solutions to an early worked example. Nothing in…