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This page was last updated on 12 July 2026, if that's more than 6 months ago then things have probably changed a bit!

In Short

I'm Stu Franks. I work in tech, do comedy, obsess over music, explore the occult and pull on whatever other threads are interesting. I go by stuts online.

Leo Sun // Gemini Moon // Gemini Rising

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In a Ramble

For work, I'm a product manager creating tools and business solutions for HPC services. As this is my personal website I'd rather keep the "job stuff" to LinkedIn as I want this to be a place for random useful tech articles and hobby posts (although I rarely write blog posts because I just don't sit down and write enough).

I'm a bit of a scatterbrain and find myself phasing in and out of hobbies and interests so here are things that make me "tick" at the moment (or that always make me "tick"):

  • Doing improv comedy (currently just playing at workshops but always up for a show)
  • Attending live music shows (and tracking the bands I've seen live)
  • Listening to podcasts
    • Mainly Last Podcast on the Left, Hey Riddle Riddle and Arsecast/Arsenal Vision
  • Watching the Premier League (Cmon you Gunners)
  • Exploring the occult

But all that is just what I'm into right now, one day I could be back to:

  • Running for the sake of it (started August 2023, ran my first half marathon in Feb 2024 in 1:40:05, ran my first marathon in Feb 2025 in 3:39:46)
  • Performing short-form improv comedy
    • Running free-to-attend workshops as well
  • Messing around with coding projects
    • Writing video games
    • Creating silly Discord bots
  • Composing songs
    • Using GarageBand to mix silly audio recordings with loops
  • Co-hosting a podcast
    • What white man doesn't want a podcast?
  • Writing poetry
  • Woodworking

So, yeah, that pretty much is a braindump ramble on things I do and think about.

Words I live by

If something excites you and scares you, DO IT!

Your mental health is not your fault but it is your responsibility.

Treat people how you want to be treated.

Pay it forward.

Oh, I'm also a vegan.

Connect

Listenbrainz: stuts // Discogs: stuts // Mastodon: stuts // GitHub: ColonelPanics // Strava: stuts // Discord: stuts // Steam: stuuuts // Itch.io: stuts // Bandcamp: stuts // LinkedIn: stuts