Barry Frost
Hello, I’m Barry (he/him), a software engineer and technology leader with experience building teams, websites and apps. I live in a village in Hertfordshire, UK, with my wife and two sons.
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Week 39: Sword
Our engineering leadership team sat down for three strategy days this week, aiming to define a vision to take us to 2025. I... -
Week 38: Seaside
We’re hiring for an engineering manager at Privitar. The EM role can differ in focus between companies, but our spec, like... -
Week 37: Bike
For Bank Holiday Monday we took the boys to Woodside Animal Farm near Luton. It ticked all the boxes: animals to feed,... -
After the poor comms from @heroku over their recent breach I’m trying out @render to host a Ruby app I’ve run there for years. I’ll be sad to shut down my account, but I’d rather use a platform that’s not been left to wither. twitter.com…
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Week 36: Boozy
This week I was covering engineering manager duties for one of my teams, meaning I was at the sharp end of the team’s... -
Week 35: Hedgehog
I took H to see Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at the cinema on Monday. Up to now he’s not had the attention span for films, but last... -
Week 34: Easter
I was back to work after last week’s holiday. Not too many non-spam emails to read, but plenty of Slack activity to catch up... -
Week 33: Sprinklers
We’re back from our holiday at the lovely Workers Cottage in Norfolk. The weather brightened up and, although cool, we... -
Week 32: Holiday
I write from a lovely cottage in Norfolk, not too far from the sea. We’re spending a week here for the start of the boys’... -
Week 31: Golf
I was in the office for four days this week. Colleagues from the US and Israel were visiting London, plus my Swedish boss,... -
Week 30: Beaver
It’s been an unsettled week. Rain storms and Saharan winds (leaving left red sand deposits) gave way to glorious sunshine... -
Week 29: Park
Hybrid working has begun at work. Three days at home; two days in the office. In our engineering team we’re coordinating on... -
Week 28: Pancakes
We had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. L makes excellent thin ones. The boys had Nutella on theirs, but I insisted on drowning... -
Week 27: Ukraine
It’s hard not to be horrified and angry about the invasion of Ukraine this week. I have current and ex colleagues affected... -
Week 26: Storm
The Covid shackles are off – and just in time for a busy week of birthdays in the family. L and I don’t really celebrate... -
Week 25: Hibernation
Weeknotes are on hiatus. Spending the whole time cooped up inside isolating, I have nothing to write about! We followed the... -
Week 24: Covid
Our family’s Covid saga escalated as expected. It spread from one boy to the other, then to L and me. After two years of the... -
Week 23: Sickness
As I feared in last week’s weeknotes, C was struck down with chicken pox this week. Poor boy has had little spots all over... -
Week 22: New
The week started with a very nice breakfast with L at Bill’s in nearby Welwyn Garden City. Full English, naturally. No kids... -
Week 21: Snooker
I’ve got a new job! I’m joining Privitar as Director of Engineering this coming Wednesday. The opportunity to manage...