Andy Lawton — WritingData analyst, software developer and maker in the UK. Writing and tools covering GB electricity grid data, polling averages, local weather, and tabletop game mods.https://andylawton.comen-gbLeaving Squarespace for Static HTML and Firebase Hostinghttps://andylawton.com/blog/leaving-squarespace-static-astrohttps://andylawton.com/blog/leaving-squarespace-static-astroWhy I replaced a hosted CMS with an Astro static build, self-hosted fonts, and edge redirects on Firebase Hosting.Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTwebastrofirebasecolophonReading the Top Face of a Tumbling Die in Three.jshttps://andylawton.com/blog/threejs-physics-dice-rollerhttps://andylawton.com/blog/threejs-physics-dice-rollerNotes on building dice.bee.ac: rigid-body polyhedra in cannon-es, face-normal dot products for reading d4 through d20 results, and deterministic replay.Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTthreejswebgltypescriptgamedevTracking Great Britain's Changing Electricity Gridhttps://andylawton.com/blog/gb-energy-changeshttps://andylawton.com/blog/gb-energy-changesHow Britain's generation mix shifted from coal baseload to wind, solar, and interconnectors — and how the GB Grid bot pipeline reconciles Elexon BMRS outturn with embedded solar.Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTenergypythondatauk-grid