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 21: Snooker
I’ve got a new job! I’m joining Privitar as Director of Engineering this coming Wednesday. The opportunity to manage... -
Week 20: Comedy
I returned to work (at home) after my Christmas holidays, and then the boys went happily back to their local primary school.... -
List of “hot countries” our 6 year old said he’d like to go to on holiday:
France
Australia
Russia
Sainsburys
West Ham
Newcastle
Wolves
😆❤️
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Week 19: Films
I had a surprise present from L: a Yamaha Reface YC synth/organ donated to a charity auction by the band Django Django that... -
Week 18: Christmas
This one’s a little late, because… it’s Christmas! I was struggling to shake my cold from last week, so with my parents’... -
Week 17: Beds
This week it was C’s turn for the school Christmas play. His nursery class did the classic nativity and he played an angel.... -
Boosted! 💉
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Week 16: Party
It was my work Christmas party this week at Bistrotheque in East London. It was a boozy one: margaritas were offered as we... -
Week 15: Ouch
The Omicron variant is on its way and could be serious. I’ll continue being careful, avoiding crowds, wearing my mask on... -
Week 14: Heating
I had the day off on Monday, shopping for a Big Coat for me with L in John Lewis. I don’t like shopping. I was unsuccessful,... -
Week 13: Birthday
We had a mini re-org at work this week as we push for the release of our new platform. Organisational changes are not to be... -
First gig: Silver Sun.
Last gig: Arab Strap.
Best gig: Gene.
Worst: Spearmint.
Loudest: Mogwai.
Seen most: Shed Seven.
Most surprising: Chas & Dave.
Next concert: Martin Rossiter.
Wish I could have seen: Nick Drake. twitter.com…
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Week 12: Drinks
It was our monthly All-Hands day at work, this time held at the TOG at White Collar Factory in Old Street. I ran a workshop... -
This three-part podcast from @devleadership_ on engineering leadership roles is well worth queueing up. Plenty of takeaways from Jason Warner (@jasoncwarner) and Eiso Kant (@eisokant). podcasts.apple.com…
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Week 11: Sparklers
I had a new starter in my team: Joe from Belfast. I set up an onboarding programme of individual intro meetings, environment... -
Week 10: Clocks
This week was half-term for the boys. Both were snotty and tired and ready for their break from school. Like little... -
😍 New personal 14in MacBook Pro arrived today. First impressions: new squared-off case is really nice to hold and an upgrade...
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Week 9: Play
Monday’s Apple Event brought the much-anticipated MacBook Pro. The new M1 Pro/Max chips deliver even more performance jumps,... -
Week 8: School
I joined Monday’s virtual LRUG (London Ruby User Group) meet-up. Joel from our team presented a talk on memoisation being an... -
Week 7: Together
When Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, it’s easy to chuckle as a very light user. I’m more of...