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eBay - What's ending soon?

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Who doesn't love a bargain on eBay? A brief blog post about building a micro website that gives a raw results view of what's ending soonest in one or more eBay categories.

10 Years of Blogging

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Whilst writing the 2025 retrospective, I realised that the falkus.co blog has been going for 10 years! Time for a whole blog retrospective!

2025 Mini Retrospective

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000

I've been writing an annual retrospective since 2020. The format has changed a little over the years, but overall it's a look back at my own tech changes and projects throughout the year, particularly those not covered already by another post on this blog.

VoIP Toolbox - Monitoring SIP Endpoints

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

VoIP Toolbox now offers SIP monitoring, from basic SIP OPTIONS health checks to more advanced scenarios like registration or calling.

Reflections on Software in Telecoms

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

It has been over 8 years since I started working in telecoms. This post has become a two-parter. Part 1 is a look at the interesting technical challenges around telecoms software. Part 2 has some reflection on my own journey. The summary is that if you have the option of working in telecoms, or any other real-time communication environment, I'd say go for it.

voiptoolbox.net SIP PCAP Viewer

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000

VoIP Toolbox now supports viewing SIP calls from a PCAP file direct in the browser.

Testing User Journeys with AI Test User

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000

AI Test User is a tool that makes the complicated end-to-end user journeys easy to test. This post covers the motivation for the project and what makes it an interesting tool for testing.

Team Storybook - Share Storybooks with Microsoft SSO

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Team Storybook is a way to host Storybooks in Azure and securely share them with your team and stakeholders using Microsoft Single Sign-On (SSO). If that sounds useful, you can sign up here.

Calculating Tricky Zabbix Items with JavaScript

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Parsing structured JSON in Zabbix is easy with JSONPath—until you need more advanced filtering or conditional logic. That’s where JavaScript preprocessing comes in.

Not All SD Cards Are What They Seem

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Did you know there's a whole raft of not-quite-genuine SD cards on the market? I only found out recently after buying some by accident.