Liz Wade

Software Solutions

Problem
There are many fairly sedentary people who know they ought to walk more but never quite get round to it.
Solution: SOFA TO STRIDER
A mobile-first app that overcomes common hurdles by showing you when, where and why to walk.
Problem
Our teammate Alistair has had his Seat Ibiza for 4 years and he still doesn't know how to turn the fog lights on.
Solution: MY MECHANIC
A RAG chatbot that applies the power of ChatGPT to Alistair's car manual, giving friendly, correct, sourced answers without hallucinations.
Problem
A job I was really interested in wanted someone who had built things with Flask.
Solution: FLASK IN FIVE HOURS
Prove I could get to grips with a new framework in less than a day.
Problem
Streaming music puts millions of songs at our fingertips, but we've lost the delightful mysteries of the unlabelled mixtape
Solution: BLIND MIXTAPE
Send your friend a playlist they can't look at or skip over, but have to actually listen to.

Problem
IBM has been responsible for some of technology's biggest breakthroughs, but newer companies were getting the limelight.
Solution: "A LEADING BRAND, A LASTING BRAND
I wrote this award-winning paper, which saw IBM crowned one of the five most effective brands in the world.
Problem
Developers who are used to Javascript sometimes resent the time it can take to meet Typescript's requirements.
Solution: "WHY WE HAVE TYPESCRIPT" SONG
I wrote and recorded this song and video to remind people why the effort is worth it.