Daniel Lockyer

Daniel Lockyer

Performance-focused freelance software engineer who optimizes the full stack - frontend, backend and infrastructure - to generate more revenue and cut costs for businesses.

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Life

A collection of 31 issues

Twenty-six

Following on from my previous posts for my twenty-third [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-three/], twenty-fourth [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-four/] and twenty-fifth [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-five/] birthdays, here is my recap of my twenty-sixth year on Earth. In the last year, I have: * lived in York, UK for 1 year * ran a

Twenty-five

I've previously written my year-in-review for my twenty-third [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-three] and twenty-fourth [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-four/] birthdays. And now for another! As well all know, this year has been a weird one. Things didn't go as expected for many but I've tried

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Twenty-four

Last year I wrote a year-in-review for my twenty-third [https://daniellockyer.com/twenty-three] birthday. And now it's time for another! In the last year, I have: * visited Chiang Mai - Here for my birthday last year, until just after NYD. Came back here during summer to regain fitness

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Day one in Kuala Lumpur

After arriving in KL [https://daniellockyer.com/flying-to-kuala-lumpur/], I spent the rest of the day wandering around trying to get some bearings. I had randomly booked a hotel 5 minutes away from KL Sentral, the train station you arrive at when you come from the airport. The Fajr prayer call

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New Year's Eve 2018

NYE is normally a quiet time for me. This year I went for dinner with a friend in Chiang Mai and then proceeded to head home. A couple of hours later, another friend said they were all heading out to Tha Phae on the east side of Old City to

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Flying to Kuala Lumpur

After 2 months in Thailand, my visa was up so I had to move on to another country. I was originally looking at going to Bali, Indonesia but the recent tsunami on a neighbouring island, and their general lack of a tsunami warning system made me a little hesitant to

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Back in Chiang Mai

After running my 5km race in Phuket [https://daniellockyer.com/laguna-phuket-5k/] and flying to Bangkok to meet Jet [https://jetholt.com/exploring-bangkok/], I took the train to Chiang Mai for the second time. I tried to fix some of the issues with the journey I experienced last time but I

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Exercise cured my asthma

I lived with asthma for most of my life but when I started exercising, I was cured. Note: I am not a medical professional. Don't do anything stupid. I was diagnosed with asthma at 18 months old. I'm not quite sure of the details but apparently

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Hiking into 2562

Happy New Year from Thailand! To kick off the New Year, the Chiang Mai WIP gang hiked up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. I suggested going up Pilgrim's Trail -- having only completed around half of it on my last trip here. We started around 0900. There

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Visa extension in Chiang Mai

I recently had to extend my 30 day visa exemption by another 30 days. Last time I was here, I went to Promenada mall on the south east side of Chiang Mai. As of September 2018, Promenada mall immigration office closed down and replaced with one by the airport. It&

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