Speaker - Alec Clews

Alec wrote his first computer program in 1978 on a mainframe, had his own Internet sub-domain in 1993 (earth.demon.co.uk) running on an MS-DOS PC, and downloaded Linux on three floppy disks from Compuserve in 1993. Eventually the ISP provided webpage hosting, still archived on the Wayback Machine, and you can see his latest attempt at a personal website at https://alecthegeek.gitlab.io/. More recently he's been working on API documentation and support, and has been discovering how to be more consistent and productive with tools like Vale, Git, Spectral, and Lefthook. Alec also has a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge across various communities. From Online Safety for local seniors, Desktop Docker tutorials at LCA Christchurch, and teaching kids at CoderDojo.