Optomising Savings
This week I continue to optimise my saving as interest rates have been creeping up a little.
I contacted Spatzwear again about their Shiftr3 Jersey and they finally confirmed there was a manufacturing issue with the rear pockets. Spatzwear have said they would send replacement jerseys, so I sent a picture of all 4 jerseys that have the issue along with the order numbers.
Megalinterλ︎
Updated Practicalli custom Megalinter flavors to the latest base version, v10.1.0.
Visited the GitHub page of each custom flavor and ran the Build & Publish MegaLinter Custom Flavor action workflow.
An information annotation was shown regarding the upcoming new version of the ubuntu-latest runner.
"The ubuntu-latest label will migrate to Ubuntu 26 beginning October 19, 2026. For more information, see https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/14748"
Gitλ︎
Using git pull will fetch and merge all remote branches.
Repositories that include docs will pull the gh-pages branch as well as the main branch. As the files in the gh-pages branch are only generated and never edited, then that branch is not required locally.
When pulling changes, specify the remote branch
A git-rebase task is being added to all practicalli projects.
The git-sr (git sit-rep) task had the --flatten flag removed, as it does the opposite of what I expected. Flatten flag actually expands the output so that each status for a repository is printed on its own line, making the output more verbose.
# -- Version Control ----------------------------- #
git-rebase: ## pull main branch and rebase local commits where relevant
$(info -- Multiple Git Repo Status --------------)
git pull --rebase origin main
git-sr: ## status of git repos with changes under current directory
$(info -- Multiple Git Repo Status --------------)
mgitstatus -e
git-status: ## status of all git repos under current directory
$(info -- Multiple Git Status -------------------)
mgitstatus
# ------------------------------------------------ #
Financeλ︎
I've merged my Cash ISA accounts into one bank which has a 4.93% interest rate if the money is kept there for 5 years. This period shouldnt be a problem.
I am looking for a semi-flexible savings account for money I can get too should the worst happen. Interesting products so far are:
- Yorkshire Building Society Triple Access eSaver at 4.20% (variable rate)
- Yorkshire Building Society Loyalty Regular Saver at 4.85% for a year, limited to 250 GBP per month (use as a top-up savings account). Interest rate can change.
- Yorkshire Building Society Fixed Rate Bonds at 4.40% for 3 years (not flexible enough, I already have 1 fixed saver elsewhere)
- Skipton Building Society - Two Access Saver at 3.90%
- Post Office Online Saver at 4.30% but only for the first year, 0.90% after that so would need to look again in a years time.
The Yorkshire Building Society products seem to be the most appropriate option for me. I will deposit a significant sum in the Triple Access eSaver and then drip-feed money into the Loyalty Regular Saver (max 250GBP per month).
Thank you.
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