Zachary Claret-Scott
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, 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
- Education
- • Masters of Science - Cloud Computing, 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
enhost
Founded 2016I founded and managed enhost, a commercial web hosting service providing solutions to business clients. I personally architected and administered the entire server infrastructure, managing Linux servers, network configuration, and security protocols....
I won 'Web Hosting Company of the Year 2024 - UK' from The Developer Awards.
Scrobble With
Founded 2020I built Scrobble With, a web application that synchronizes Last.fm scrobbles between users in real-time. The tool allows groups to maintain shared music histories during road trips, listening sessions, or when following radio stations. It demonstrate...
Student Finance Countdown
Founded 2015I created Student Finance Countdown, a simple web tool that displays the next Student Finance England payment date with a live countdown timer. This straightforward project helps students track their maintenance loan payments, providing a clear refer...
Publications
| Title | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| DATING YOUR SUPERVISOR | EDULEARN17 | Jan 2017 |
Full full list on Google Scholar.
Volunteering
| Role | Organisation | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Remuneration Panel Member I serve on the Independent Remuneration Panel, which meets annually to review and recommend councill... | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2022 – now |
| Poll Worker I serve as a poll worker for all local and national elections, including council elections, general... | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2023 – now |
| President, Computer Science Society I took the initiative to single-handedly re-found the university's defunct Computer Science Society,... | University of Lincoln | Sep 2016 – Jun 2018 |
Blog
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26Jan
2026 Why I Stuck with PHP for Static Sites (Hello, Jigsaw)
Like many developers who have spent over 15 years working with PHP, I have watched the frontend landscape shift dramatically. There is always a new “must-use” framework, and lately, the static site generation (SSG) space has been dominated by JavaScr... -
05Aug
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... -
29Jul
2025 Taking Control of Your Code with a Self-Hosted Gitea Server
#gitea #git #selfhosted #devops #coding #php For years, my code has lived on GitHub. It’s the industry standard for a reason: it’s robust, collaboration is seamless, and it’s the heart of the open-source community. For my public and professional wor... -
14Aug
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... -
13Aug
2024 Advent of code
#adventofcode #php #codingchallenge Advent of Code is a yearly coding challenge hosted during December. I have taken part a few years and my solutions can be found at https://github.com/hcaz/advent-of-code or https://github.com/hcaz/advent-of-code... -
13Aug
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 to heavy for my use case. And other options seemed to take a bit too much effort...
Say hello
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