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 43: Father
I started the week with a drive over to Essex for lunch with my parents and sister. It was my Mum’s 70th birthday and, after... -
Week 42: Medal
I love Apple’s annual WWDC keynote. While shiny new hardware is interesting, seeing previews of the software that I’ll be... -
Andy and me at the sunny Surrey v Sussex T20.
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While I’m sad we lost Alex from @privitarglobal engineering, I’m excited to read all about his sabbatical and what he does next. twitter.com…
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Week 41: Queen
It was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this week. I lean more to the abolish-the-monarchy side of the spectrum, but I was happy... -
Week 40: Bath
It wasn’t the best start to the week. We discovered a water leak from the bath on Monday morning. Water was trickling down... -
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...