Personal essays and observations

Essays & observations on technology, culture, music, sport and the internet.

Written by Alex Seward in Bristol.

Latest essay

Technology

Building Tiny Tools with Codex

How I used Codex to build two one-user tools: a meal planner around local food deliveries and a safe Raspberry Pi and Plex workflow for a 55,000-track music library.

30 June 2026 4 min read

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From the notebook

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Technology

AI, systems, data, and the ways tools reshape thought.

Music

Scenes, platforms, memory, listening, and the crowd.

Culture

Media, attention, behaviour, and the stories people live inside.

Sport

Football, skateboarding, participation, and perseverance.