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.
This is my personal website where I post all my articles, notes, photos, bookmarks, check-ins and listens using my own software. View the full archives.
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Week 3: Gig
Both boys resumed swimming lessons this week. I remember my own lessons, clinging on to small, white, polystyrene floats and... -
Week 2: Cricket
After a lovely holiday last week, I had a bonus extra day off on Bank Holiday Monday. The sun-drenched barbecue I had... -
Always nice to find links to my website from fans on HN 👋😘 mckinley.cc…
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I’ve updated my IndieWeb wiki profile page to better reflect my recent projects.
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Week 1: Starting
I want to write more, so I’m going to try posting weeknotes. I’ve started reading weeknotes from a mix of people I know and... -
My serverless, headless, Micropub-powered, personal website
TL;DR This is my new personal IndieWeb website built using serverless AWS services, written in Node.js with the Architect... -
Looks like Google’s designers have been raiding their clip-art folder from 1996 for this Google Drive Mac menubar graphic 🤢
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I’ve been experimenting with a couple of HomePod minis in a stereo pair on my desk for music. The sound quality is as good as...
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Second COVID vaccination 💪. Feeling a bit sore in my arm but relieved to have had both doses.
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I’m impressed with how easy it’s been setting up #homebridge on my RaspberryPi to control my non-HomeKit devices. I’m slowly moving across from Alexa using plugins for a Dyson fan, Nest Cams, Tapo switches and a Govee light strip. 👌
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A few photos from a scorching hot day at Wembley yesterday.
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I’m one of the lucky few to be going to #ENG v #CRO today at #EURO2020. First train, first tube, first crowd and first football match since COVID began! Excited but a bit nervous about it all.
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Using Tailwind CSS with Microformats 2
Finding a workaround for MF2 parsers to work with HTML marked up with Tailwind height classes. -
I’m pleased to finally get my hands on this after seeing it referenced constantly in tech leadership blog posts and talks.
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“Get a safe, minimized version of your production database on your laptop in minutes” – www.snaplet.dev…
This is a real developer problem that I’ve seen happen many times over, so I’m excited to see how Snaplet progresses.
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Building a webmention receiver
In today’s Webmentions Beyond Webmention.io online meet-up there was a request for people who were willing to implement their... -
.@manytricks’ new Menuwhere macOS utility is giving me some serious nostalgia for early-nineties RISC OS menus. With the...
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Experience: “I’ve had the same supper for 10 years”
I have two pieces of fish, an onion, an egg, baked beans and biscuits. Being a farmer means every day is the same.
There’s something beautiful in the simplicity of Wilf’s life. It’s easy to envy his contentment.
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I’ve recently switched to Mimestream for email on my Macs. It’s the slickest macOS Gmail experience I’ve found. It’s unapologetically tied to Gmail (including optional keyboard shortcuts) so you’re not battling with IMAP. It’s currently free but I’ll happily pay for the 1.0.
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First COVID vaccination: done 💪
