An hour to travel two kilometres
It once took me AN HOUR to get from the campus to the N1. A WHOPPING two kilometres. Ten years of commuting taught me what developers should actually be judged on.
read →Vereeniging / South Africa
Warren Pridgeon
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South African software developer and founder of OrganiCode. 25+ years from Turbo Pascal to .NET 10, building real systems for real businesses. Off the clock: a gamer, musician, motorcyclist, fly-fisher and maker. A techie at heart who ships.
The many sides
One person, a lot of range
The professional and the personal, in one place, scattered everywhere else, gathered here.
Work
Custom business software, integrations and products built at OrganiCode.
explore →Blog
Notes from the workshop, tech, business, making and the occasional life lesson.
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Music
15+ years on electric and acoustic guitar, vocals, and a couple of bands.
listen →Gaming
From 8-bit cartridges and DOS to Escape from Tarkov. Games made me a developer.
play →Maker
ESP32 electronics, kilometres of 3D-printed filament, and a self-built health platform.
build →Riding
On motorcycles since age 8. Track days, knee down, and Think Bike marshalling.
ride →Fishing
Fly fishing the Vaal, tying my own flies, and the occasional rod repair.
cast →Sport & Fitness
Chess at SA Nationals, cricket, squash and Warrior Races, plus a 2024 health turnaround, tracked on a platform I built.
compete →Movies & quotes
A steel-trap memory for movie lines and lyrics, once won R5,000 with a cheesy Ace Ventura quote.
quote →From the blog
Latest writing
Proper prep prevents poor performance
I resprayed my Daytona's second hand race bodywork with R350 of rattle cans and a bucket of hot water. Years later, just before an eight hour race, I found the cracks, and the shortcut the previous owner had taken.
read →My AI disclosure
On one side the AI Zealots sipping macchiatos by the pool while the agents work. On the other, people loudly against the whole thing. I'm in the middle, getting on with it. Here's exactly where AI is in my work and my life, and at the end, this same post the way Claude would have written it.
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