Jamie Balfour

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Jamie Balfour

BSc (Hons) Computer Science, PGDE Computing

J. Balfour

Computer Scientist
Full Stack Developer
& Educator

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ZPE 1.14.5

ZPE 1.14.5 is available now. This major update introduces native compiling for macOS, Windows and Linux, alongside built-in modules, plugin vetting, improved manual support, native installers, file caching, and a range of new predefined functions and performance improvements.

ZPE 1.14.5

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Octopus Energy

Switch to the UK's best energy company, Octopus, using my link to £50 of credit for both of us!

Octopus Energy

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eTraxion

eTraxion (formerly jbTAR) is my latest project. Explore it today and see what it can do.

eTraxion

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eTraxion 1.1.4 coming soon 9 May 2026 (Blog post)I got asked to help with some of the school's systems this week, and so I have decided to revive eTraxion

I won an award 28 April 2026 (Blog post)I won a pretty decent award recently.

BalfLaf improvements 🫟 17 April 2026 (Blog post)With a significant focus on improving the ZPE UI over the next few months, BalfLaf will continue to make improvements.

ZPE 1.15 codenames 13 April 2026 (Blog post)It's only the start of ZPE 1.14's development, but I already have the codenames for the next major version.

ZPE 1.14.5 natives 12 April 2026 (Blog post)This week I will release the new versions of the native build of ZPE this week.

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