--- type: this-week-with url: 'https://taylordrayson.com/2026/08/28/tww-s7-e256' title: 'Season 7, Episode 256' date: '2026-08-28T13:00:00+01:00' fields: episode: S7E256 season: '7' number: '256' topic: "Holiday Break - Taylor's Personal Website - Rebuilt with Scalability in mind - Automations and Syncing - Tracking Different Types of Data - Creating Stories from the data - Online now to visit - Solar Panels - Louis from Discover Solar Ltd. - Battery Technology Improvements - Fuel Costs Continue to Rise - Is it a good investment?" duration: '20m 35s' --- # Season 7, Episode 256 Holiday Break - Taylor's Personal Website - Rebuilt with Scalability in mind - Automations and Syncing - Tracking Different Types of Data - Creating Stories from the data - Online now to visit… We are back after the holiday break Taylor's personal website is now online Rebuilding to make sure it doesn't easily break like the previous versions Keeping automations and syncing out of services like Make or another 3rd party Scalability was important with this amount of data Tracking sleep, food, flights, activities, notes, and loads more Data is fascinating, and thats why tracking it is so interesting It will never be complete it is a playground that will have things added to it continually Web Mentions is something that could be added soon Visit it at: https://taylordrayson.com Search facility works really well - with and / or ability Stories take data and make them into an interesting story 2500 days tracked so far Solar Panels - looking into them 20 years ago it wasn't as attractive as it is now Louis from Discover Solar came round to speak with me - https://discoversolar.uk/ Battery technology has improved and are much more efficient now - powering your house overnight when there is no light Fuel costs continue to rise, so now is a good time to look into this. I went for a 16 panel, 11 kWh battery and a 6 kWh Inverter Spoke to other companies but they quoted on the wrong house and the other asked for my annual usage and then they didn't contact me back Went with Louis as he answered all my questions, took time out of his day to come and see me, and I felt like I could trust him They are all on the back roof so you don't see them from the front - 25 years warranty on the panels and 10 years on the inverter and battery Not getting credit on the electricity I am sending back yet Should be a good investment in the long run   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you. ## See also - Listen: [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/thisweekwith/www.thisweekwith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/this-week-with-taylor-gordon-podcast-256.mp3) - Watch: [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/oz5vgWfwo8E) - All this week with: [This Week With](https://taylordrayson.com/this-week-with) - That day: [28 August 2026](https://taylordrayson.com/2026/08/28)