Michael Savage
Frontend Developer from Ireland and currently based in Barcelona, Spain
Completed the Cursa Diagonal 10km in 00:45:09, on the 25th of May.
2025
Completed the Cursa Corte Inglés 10km in 00:45:22, on the 11th of May
2025
Barry Lyndon Review
March 30, 2025
I watched Barry Lyndon this weekend, and it immediately went into my favourite movies of all time. It’s a historical drama (a genre I’m not too crazy about) directed by Stanley Kubrick (who I’m kind of crazy about).
Memorizing memoizing
March 8, 2025
In Spanish, Memo means Silly - because it would be silly not to try optimize your code...?
Concurrency and parallelism
February 17, 2025
Exploring how to execute multiple tasks with concurrency, parallelism, and multitasking.
Completed the Barcelona half marathon with a time of 1.44.23, on the 16th of February.
2025
Spite Driven Programming
January 20, 2025
A music discovery application I used became a paid service. I was annoyed but understood the developer's decision. I decided, out of spite more than anything, to build my own version of the using the Spotify API.
Rekordbox Text Prettifier
november 25, 2024
Using Python and pyinstaller, I created a really simple executable to get the track setlist from a .txt file from Rekordbox after recording a mix.
REST API with Go
October 14, 2024
I recently built a REST API using Go, mostly because I wanted to scrape my favourite films from my Letterboxd account and save them for use on my site.
SCSS & Styled Components
October 9, 2024
SCSS was my first choice to styling when I first starting web design. It's pretty good for styling, but as projects got bigger, I looked elsewhere.
Merge requests with Github Actions
august 9, 2024
Managing dependencies across multiple repositories can be challenging and so so time-consuming. How did I speed up 'shared-components' between packages?
In June, I joined TalentBait as a frontend developer working with React.js, Reflux, Figma, and shared components across multiple projects
2024
Deleting sensitive data on Git
may 20, 2024
Oops, I did it. I committed sensitive API data to my own Github. All good, I learned how to remove it. How did I remove the commits and fix this issue?
Spotify Developer API
may 19, 2024
On the blog page, you can see what I'm currently listening to and what my top tracks are on Spotify. Here, I just go through briefly how I set it all up.
B2B Order System
march 13, 2024
A 4th Year project I completed in 2021 focused on a concurrent client/ server model using a clean interface and backend, witth a short video walkthrough.
What is Plant Bass'd?
february 10, 2024
Showcasing artists, releases, and club nights in the experimental dance music world.
I deployed https://michaelsavage.ie gaining an understanding of AWS services like Amplify, Lambda, Gateway, DynamoDB, and Route 53.
2024
Created two Plant Bass'd events in Galway, Ireland, providing visuals for projectors, curating lineups, and DJing the opening slots.
2024
In March, I moved to Barcelona!
2024
Letterboxd Common Movies
november 21, 2023
I never got access to the elusive Letterboxd API, so I forked and expanded a CLI project that returned common movies from Letterboxd users watchlists.
On site at Body And Soul 2023
june 23, 2023
I danced, I laughed, I ate, I drank, and I had some good times. My feet danced to Shanti Celeste, HAAi, Joy Anonymous, and many other amazing artists.
Plant Bass'd received 11 Resident Advisor Top Picks for their events in Scotland.
2023
Top 10 Releases Of 2022
december 22, 2022
My 2022 roundup of dance music from leftfield bass, percussion, to electro.
FRESH JUICE: Hold It Down by Sloucho
november 4, 2022
Cabal co-founder & Director Cóilín Phelan debuts his first release under new moniker Sloucho with 'Hold It Down'.
Review: Another Love Story Festival 2022
august 26, 2022
Another Love Story aims to start the journey slowly, build you up and gently take you back down to where you started your weekend.
FRESH JUICE: Long Island Sound - First Contact
january 31, 2022
Long Island Sound are duo Rob Roche and Tim Nolan, who've just released their EP First Contact on Irish artist Hammer's label, Remmah..
I earned the Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) certificate.
2022
My team in 4th year of university was awarded best group research paper on the topic of Global Software Engineering.
2021
I graduated with a 1.1 in Bsc. in Computer Applications from Dublin City University.
2021
The world came to a halt. So I climbed Carrauntoohil, Croagh Patrick, and cycled 200km from Monaghan to Galway.
2020
I won the Ulster Rugby Divison 1. League & Cup and Nutty Crust Tournament with Armagh Rugby Club u18's.
2017
I represented Ulster Club Rugby u18s by starting at No.11 in the Inter-Provincial series.
2015
Filters posts:
Blog posts about learnings and mishaps, movies and music, previous Plant Bass'd articles, and bite-sized achievements along my journey.