About

I'm Zach, a 30 year old technical engineer based in Kingston Upon Hull. This is my corner of the internet — a place to track the things I care about, from hunting down the oldest pub in every city to cataloguing everything I watch (and binge), read, and listen to.

Have a look at what I'm up to now, the stuff I use, or find me elsewhere.

At a Glance

Work
Senior PHP Developer at Conker Group
Founder & Infrastructure Engineer at enhost

Education
Masters of Science - Cloud Computing (In Progress - Expected 2026/27), University of Lincoln
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, University of Lincoln
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (3x A Level equivalent) IT and Computing, Wyke Sixth Form College
GCSE IT, South Holderness Technology College

Full CV at zachary.claretscott.com

Projects

Home Lab Infrastructure

Weather Station Monitoring

SMTP2GO Terraform Module

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Founded 2020

Student Finance Countdown

Founded 2015

Publications

Full full list on Google Scholar.

Volunteering

| Role | Organisation | Period | | Independent Remuneration Panel Member
I sit on the panel that reviews and recommends councillor allowances each year. We look at comparati... | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2022 – now | | Poll Worker
I work the polling stations for local and national elections: checking voter ID, helping the public... | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2023 – now | | President, Computer Science Society
I re-founded the university's defunct Computer Science Society and grew it to 60+ members with a 300... | University of Lincoln | Sep 2016 – Jun 2018 |

Blog

05 Aug 2025 The Camper's Contradiction: My Quest for Off-Grid Power
#camping #offgrid #tech #solar #anker #outdoors
I love camping. There’s a unique peace that comes from trading city noise for the sound of wind in the trees, especially here in the UK. The goal is always to disconnect, to leave the endless notificat...
14 Aug 2024 YourSpotify as a music analysis engine
#music #spotify #lastfm #data
I’ve been tracking my music listening habits for decades on last.fm ever since my dad introduced me to the platform – it’s great to see what music I listened to overtime.

I used to use last.fm daily to find new music...

13 Aug 2024 Write freely as a fediverse blog
#services #selfhosted #homelab
I have wanted to host my own fediverse/activity pub compatible server for a while – however I felt running a full on Mastodon server was too heavy for my use case. And other options seemed to take a bit too much effort...
13 Aug 2024 Change detection for finding jobs
#services #selfhosted #jobs #career #softwaredeveloper
I am due to start a new role next week which I am very excited for, but before I confirmed I had to go through the process of trying to find roles available in my industry and area. While sites...

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