Alistair

🧑‍💻 software engineer

London, UK Joined on Feb 6, 2026 dev@alistairjcbrown.com https://alistairjcbrown.com

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Alistair

Mar 4

A Brief Detour: Two Writing Challenges and What Came Out of Them

#devchallenge #ai #opensource #clusterflick

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Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge

Alistair

Mar 2

Three Things I Learned Using LLMs in a Data Pipeline

#devchallenge #mlhreflections #gemini #geminireflections

7 min read

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DEV Weekend Challenge: Community

Alistair

Mar 1

Making London's hidden film clubs discoverable

#showdev #devchallenge #weekendchallenge #opensource

4 min read

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Alistair

Feb 25

Getting the Data Model Right: Movie -> Showings -> Performances

#webdev #json #javascript #architecture

4 min read

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Alistair

Feb 18

Scaling From 3 Cinemas to 240+ Venues: What Broke and What Evolved

#webscraping #architecture #automation #datapipeline

7 min read

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Alistair

Feb 11

Calendar Feeds: Where It All Started

#opensource #webdev #javascript #webscraping

4 min read

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Alistair

Feb 6

Building Clusterflick: A London Cinema Aggregator

#javascript #webdev #opensource #ai

1 min read

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A Brief Detour: Two Writing Challenges and What Came Out of Them

Want to connect with Alistair?

Three Things I Learned Using LLMs in a Data Pipeline

Making London's hidden film clubs discoverable

Getting the Data Model Right: Movie -> Showings -> Performances

Scaling From 3 Cinemas to 240+ Venues: What Broke and What Evolved

Calendar Feeds: Where It All Started

Building Clusterflick: A London Cinema Aggregator