Alan Williamson

Observations on software, leadership,
and thinking like a CTO

Double NAT, 40 Terabytes, and a Christmas Miracle

I spent my Christmas downtime replacing a fragile, port-forwarded network with a resilient Tailscale mesh. I managed to overcome double NAT headaches to sync Synology units peer-to-peer, fixed the inevitable MTU “black holes,” and automated the DSM 7 sandboxing hurdles to build a private, encrypted family network.

Dec 26, 2025

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Weekly Top 8 Tech Stories – 24th October

A big week in the world of tech where Google, Apple, Tesla and Microsoft had big product announcements and Amazon had its quarterly earnings report. Read Post ⇢
Weekly Top 8 Tech Stories – 17th October

This weeks top tech stories for the week of the 17th Oct. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, IoT and Indiana Jones. Read Post ⇢
Weekly Top 8 Tech Stories – 10th October

This weeks top tech stories for the week of the 10th Oct. Amazon, SalesForce, Netflix, Twitter, Samsung, AOL Read Post ⇢
Working with the SalesForce REST API

Quick overview and guide to working with the SalesForce REST API. Read Post ⇢
Weekly Top 8 Tech Stories – 3rd October

The top stories from the week of the 3rd Oct; Samsung, Amazon, SalesForce, VMware, Yahoo, security and candles! Read Post ⇢
This week’s highlinks – 26th Sep 2016

Another week in the crazy world of technology. Here are this week’s stories that stood out for the week starting 26th September 2016. Read Post ⇢
Tech news round up – 19th Sep 2016

what took my eye in the world of technology this week, 19th September 2016 Read Post ⇢
Pandora, where did it all go wrong?

The company that prides itself on knowing what you want to listen to, stopped listening themselves. Read Post ⇢
Buffer – Customer Service Award

Buffer.com go over and above to deliver an excellent customer service even for a free user. Read Post ⇢

the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.

For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.