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 50 - Planets
It was our eighth wedding anniversary this week. Although we've got a night out booked in for babysitting with grandparents... -
UNIQLO Tate Play at Tate Modern
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Week 49 - Kite
It’s coming up to a year of writing these weeknotes each Sunday. I’m still writing for myself, but while some weeks the... -
Week 48 - Strawberry
Last week’s notes were titled “Sun” after a warm few days, but it was early this week that temperatures here soared to a... -
Week 47 - Sun
I was back at The Oval with Andy for England’s day-night ODI v India. We worried about sunburn and dehydration from sitting... -
Thrashed by 10 wickets. Not the greatest day’s cricket (or value for money) for us England fans at The Oval today. www.theguardian.com…
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Week 46: Wedding
Our home broadband is still borked following last week’s lightning strike. We’re stuck in a Kafkaesque nightmare where blame... -
Week 45: Lightning
We’re back from holiday after ten lovely sunny days. While we were away there was a lightning storm in the area which struck... -
These increased limits are great news for young-ish UK and NZ people. When I was 21 I had a wonderful year living, travelling and working my way around New Zealand. www.bbc.co.uk…
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Week 44: Spain
This last week and a bit we were on holiday in Majorca, staying at the Protur Bonaire in Cala Bona. Because of Covid... -
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…