Blogs
Case studies, things I've set up, and things that broke along the way. Click any card to read.
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How an aerospace engineer ended up at a growth agency
I didn’t plan to end up in marketing. It turns out engineering was the best preparation I could have had.
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Server-side tracking and the 30% we were missing
Ad blockers and privacy rules quietly throw away conversion data. Here’s what that costs, and how we get it back.
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CrewSpace: how a task app saves us £2,000 a year
Yes, it’s another task app. No, I’m not sorry. Built with coding agents, running on my own server.
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Weekly LinkedIn posts that publish themselves
I write the posts. A self-hosted n8n server does everything else, and asks my permission on Telegram first.
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Waterfall lead enrichment, explained without the jargon
No single contact database has everyone. So we ask several, in order, and stop when one answers.
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Catching clashes in a chemical plant before anyone builds it
A client asked how many pipes were in one part of a plant the size of several football pitches. Counting by hand was not an option.
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What I learned pulling water out of air
A startup that makes drinking water from thin air, and the moment I found out the thing catching the water was itself a liquid.
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The hospital delivery robot that got a state grant
Our final-year project: a robot that carries documents and critical equipment between hospital departments, so nurses don’t have to.
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Running my own mail server on Oracle (and the port 25 saga)
I wanted hello@akrammh.com to come from a server I own. Oracle had opinions about port 25.
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MX vs SPF: the email bug that isn’t what you think
Your emails are landing in spam, so you check the MX record. It’s fine. It was always going to be fine.
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Hiding a button isn’t security
If the only thing stopping someone deleting your data is that they can’t see the delete button, you don’t have security. You have a curtain.
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Learning ServiceNow when you already run your own servers
New platform, new acronyms, surprisingly familiar ideas. Notes from working towards my ServiceNow CSA.
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Turning an RF toy car into a WiFi car with an ESP32
A borrowed toy car, a lost remote, and a browser tab for a steering wheel.
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Running servers from a tablet with Tailscale and Termius
My main work device is a Samsung tablet. My servers don’t know that, and I’d like to keep it that way.