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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌅 ☕️ Always enjoy autumn morning meetings (and #coffee!) - Elements Cafe @ #PlymouthSciencePark. #plymouth #business #devon

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another great #CityConversations event this morning. Great to hear about developments in #Plymouth and meet with new people and businesses. Thanks @chamberdevon.bsky.social! (Always enjoy the morning walk around Sutton Harbour as well to get to the event as well) 🌅☕

Boats moored at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth beneath cloudy skies with some sunlight shining through. City buildings are reflected in the still water.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

☕️ Morning coffee and writing updates on plymouthsoftware.com in the winter sun at #ElementsCafe at Plymouth Science Park. #plymouth #devon #coffeeandcode

An office building with a clear blue sky overhead. There's a well-maintained green lawn in front of the building, where a paved pathway leads up to its entrance. The building has modern architecture, and there are trees providing some greenery around it. It is a sunny day, but some clouds are visible on the horizon.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

THE PIG-at Combe was a stunning location for the @chamberdevon.bsky.social #DevonNetworking event yesterday. Great to meet new people and businesses from across the region! #devon #business #southwest

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Love that part of the journey! We were on the "other side" of the photo just the day before ... #ObligatoryDawlishShotFromTheBeach 🙂 Hope you had a good trip! 🚄

Photo of a green GWR train along the beach wall tracks at Dawlish. The photo is taken at sunset from the beach looking back towards the trainline.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Recently learned about the `!override` and `!reset` modifiers in Docker Compose files. Very helpful for cascading configurations where you need to remove previously-set values. #docker #compose #devops #software #code

Screenshot of code showing two snippets from docker compose files. The second snippet shows how to completely override a ports mapping (rather than merging it) by adding an !override modifier.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Morning coffee and coding session at Elements Café, Plymouth Science Park #coffeeandcode #plymouthsciencepark #plymouth #coffee #devon #business

A yellow/green mug, filled with coffee, sits on a wooden table. A small amount of foam rises from the drink. Behind the mug, a window with partially drawn blinds suggests daylight. A plant is also present. Sitting to the left of the coffee, part of laptop can be seen.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A morning coffee and code session at PSP Elements Cafe working on a project to help with multiple #Kamal deployments, and a new addition to the #RailsOnDocker portfolio. 👉 www.railsondocker.com #rails #rubyonrails #docker #kamal #devops #coffeeandcode

A black coffee cup sits on a wooden table, with sunlight pouring in through a glass door behind it. The glass door is open and there is a window next to it. The window offers a view of trees and buildings outside. On the windowsill, a vase filled with flowers. The light from the window casts long shadows on the table.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Wrote a quick overview / case study on the recent #rubyonrails upgrade we carried out for @exeter.ac.uk. It was a pleasure working with the team and great to see their Rails app up and running on Rails 8 with Docker and Kamal. www.plymouthsoftware.com/case-studies...

Screenshot of testimonial that reads "Plymouth Software updated a bespoke application belonging to the University of Exeter. They worked with us efficiently with regular communication, delivering an updated application to agreed timescales. Excellent!" by Paul O'Neill, University of Exeter.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Great talks at @chamberdevon.bsky.social #cityconversations this morning. Unfortunately had to head away a little earlier than planned, but managed to catch some of the exciting things happening in #Plymouth in the weeks and months ahead. #business #devon

A busy harbor with many docked sailing boats, set against a backdrop of city buildings and trees under a blue sky with white clouds. The photo is taken from a high location providing an overview.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Great to visit the newly-opened #ElementsCafe at #PlymouthSciencePark (and sample the coffee!) A new remote office for #coffee and #code....? 🤔 ☕ 👨‍💻

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Breakfast and coffee at #plymouthsciencepark forum event. Great talks from businesses on the park, and very glad to hear that the cafe is reopening soon! ☕ 🎉 #plymouth #business #devon #networking

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🚀 Two apps moved to #kamal for #RubyOnRails deployments, about to start a third. Stumbled over a few edge cases issues (especially with #Podman), but overall a really good experience. PS. Get in touch if you need some help moving your #ruby / #rails apps to Kamal. www.plymouthsoftware.com/contact

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Working with #kamaldeploy for #rails app deployments this week. I'm writing some tutorials to cover a few of the edge-cases I've found deploying to #podman instead of #docker. #rubyonrails #software #devops

A screenshot of YAML code with a generic deployment configuration used by the kamal deployment tool.

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Chris Blunt @cblunt.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Happy Monday 🎉 Starting the week with a new #RubyonRails upgrade project, moving a legacy project from Rails 4 to Rails 8.0 ... and making lots of use of #devcontainers!

A screenshot showing code. The code is a Ruby Gemfile, with the Rails gem slightly highlighted. The Rails gem version is set to ~>4.0.

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