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 (and binge), read, and listen to.
Have a look at what I'm up to now, the stuff I use, or find me elsewhere.
By the Numbers
At a Glance
- Work
- • Senior Software Engineer at Conker Group
- • Founder & Principal Consultant (Part-Time) at Claret-Scott & Co
- Education
- • Masters of Science - Cloud Computing (Part-Time, In Progress - Expected 2026/27), University of Lincoln
- • Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, University of Lincoln
Full CV at zachary.claretscott.com
Projects
Home Lab Infrastructure
Founded 2009I have run a home lab since 2009, now three Proxmox nodes across two locations managed with Ansible, OpenTofu, and NixOS, self-hosting Immich, Grafana, AdGuard, n8n, and Home Assistant, and used as a testbed before changes reach production.
Weather Station Monitoring
Founded 2024I intercept data from an off-the-shelf weather station into VictoriaMetrics alongside UK government river level and air quality data, with two years of history on custom Grafana dashboards.
Scrobble With
Founded 2020I built and still maintain a web app that syncs Last.fm scrobbles between users in real time, now being extended to cover radio stations.
Publications
| Title | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| DATING YOUR SUPERVISOR: Student-Supervisor Allocation via Gamification | EDULEARN17 | Jan 2017 |
Full full list on Google Scholar.
Volunteering
| Role | Organisation | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Webmaster and Committee Member | Hull and District Motorcycle Club | Oct 2026 – now |
| Independent Remuneration Panel Member | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2022 – now |
| Poll Worker | City of Lincoln Council | Apr 2023 – now |
| President, Computer Science Society | University of Lincoln | Sep 2016 – Jun 2018 |
Blog
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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... -
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 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... -
13Aug
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...
Say hello
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