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                <title><![CDATA[Why I&#039;ll never be recommending Virgin Media to anyone going forward.]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/why-ill-never-be-recommending-virgin-media-to-anyone-going-forward</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[After over a decade as a Virgin Media customer, constant outages, poor support, and broken promises have finally pushed me to switch to a more reliable ISP.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Making my own Blog Post System]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/making-my-own-blog-post-system</link>
                <guid>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/making-my-own-blog-post-system</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[I built my blog system from scratch with JSON and Markdown—no database—just for the challenge and speed.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Automating my website with Docker and Watchtower]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/automating-my-website-with-docker-and-watchtower</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[I decided to streamline my website’s deployment process using Docker and Watchtower. This post covers building a custom Docker image for Laravel and setting up automated deployments.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Upgrading to Laravel 11]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/upgrading-to-laravel-11</link>
                <guid>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/upgrading-to-laravel-11</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[The joys of upgrading to a release that is less than 12 hours old, and all the fun that it caused!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[You wouldn&#039;t federate with a Nintendo Switch!]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/you-wouldnt-federate-with-a-nintendo-switch</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Explore the fun and impractical journey of running a fediverse instance from a Nintendo Switch.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Link Shorteners, File Uploaders, and my goal to make a single system to do both!]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/link-shorteners-and-file-uploaders</link>
                <guid>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/link-shorteners-and-file-uploaders</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[Unifying Link Shortening and File Uploading: Streamlined, User-Friendly, and Open Source!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[What I&#039;ve learned from hosting federated services for the last three years.]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/hosting-federated-services</link>
                <guid>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/hosting-federated-services</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[In this blog post, I&#039;m going to be focusing a lot on ActivityPub-related federation.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Welcome to the new look!]]></title>
                <link>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/welcome-to-the-new-look</link>
                <guid>https://richardbowey.co.uk/blog/welcome-to-the-new-look</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[A new website, new stack and loads of new ideas.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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