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Matthew Deaves
Matthew Deaves
Delivery Principal & Developer
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Occasional thoughts on software, delivery, and the intersection of the two.

Case Study 22 February 2026

Automating Performance Tests on a Performa 6200

How MCP servers and Claude Code skills turned manual hardware testing into an automated workflow. From FileZilla hell to one-command benchmarks on a 30-year-old Mac.

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Hardware 10 February 2026

Retro Mac Power Supplies and PS3 Maintenance

Two hardware projects: fixing dead power supplies in my Macintosh Performa 630 and 6200 with a cheap SFX PSU mod, and a PS3 thermal paste replacement.

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Case Study 1 February 2026

Project-Specific Claude Code Customisations

Building custom MCP servers, skills, hooks, and agents for Claude Code. A workshop with Anthropic led me to create a full development toolkit for the PeerTalk SDK project.

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Analysis 26 January 2026

A Code Review of the Rapid Prototype

The CI pipeline had 15 jobs tracking coverage, complexity, and security. This post examines what they measured, what they missed, and what improvements were made for future projects.

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Case Study 11 January 2026

Rapid Prototyping with Claude Code: A 3-Day Challenge

A 3-day challenge to build a working prototype with as many features as possible, plus a day of CI/CD automation. Django backend, React frontend, ES5 interface for legacy browsers, and AI-powered features.

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