Mark Hansen

I'm a Software Engineering Manager working on Google Maps in Sydney, Australia. I write about software {engineering, management, profiling}, data visualisation, and transport.

Migrating Technical Docs from Jekyll to Hugo+Docsy

Jul 3, 2021 12 min read Documentation

Recently, I migrated Graphviz'technical documentation [https://graphviz.org/] from the Jekyll static site generator [https://jekyllrb.com/] to the Hugo static site generator [https://gohugo.io/], and specifically the Docsy Hugo

Laptop as Home Server with Ansible

Feb 6, 2021 6 min read

Here's how I used a trusty old Thinkpad T510 laptop as a home server. This is mostly notes for myself, but perhaps it'll be useful to others too. The

Automating NZ Wireless Map with Google Cloud Run

Feb 4, 2021 10 min read Visualizations

Almost a year ago, I promised a post detailing how I process NZ Wireless Map's data to keep it fresh [https://www.markhansen.co.nz/automating-nz-wireless-map/]. Here it is: Recap: The

Reading Challenge 2021 [Reviews 1-4]

Feb 1, 2021 4 min read Books

Previously: Read Harder Challenge 2020 Retrospective [https://www.markhansen.co.nz/read-harder-2020/]. I'm starting BookRiot's Read Harder 2021 Challenge [https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2021/], trying to read a more diverse

Read Harder Challenge 2020 Retrospective

Jan 7, 2021 15 min read Books

My retrospective of BookRiot's Read Harder Challenge 2020 [https://bookriot.com/2020-read-harder-challenge/]. Background I enjoy reading: reading lets me imagine what life is like for different people, lets me hear stories