Welcome to Kirsty's Weblog
I'm Kirsty, a Software Engineer at the Financial Times. I live in London, where I was born and did most of my growing up. I started this site so I could have a space online that's entirely my own.
I usually work in the FT's Internal Products department where I help to make tools for editorial staff, but I'm seconding with the Cyber Security team until November 2024. Prior to becoming a dev in 2019 (with the help of a bootcamp) I had countless other jobs, none of which had anything to do with programming.
My hands are extremely busy and I'm always making something, usually several things at once. Some of the time this means knitting and some of the time it means programming. Fair Isle knitting is my true love, but I'm interested in all the ways you can make clothes out of two sticks and plan to try them all. As for programming, the front-end is where my heart is, but I enjoy roaming around too. At the moment I'm neck deep in learning Python, Terraform and Splunk.
I have a Ravelry profile where I log my knitting projects and bookmark patterns I'm interested in making. Feel free to add me as a friend. You will need a profile to see mine, but it's free to sign up. If that doesn't suit you then no bother. I'll be talking about what I make on my blog too.
Thanks for stopping by <3.