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Longer-form writing by Barry on software, the web, and whatever else.

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BBC Radio on your HomePod

This may be a fairly niche topic for those in the UK, but it’s a hack I now use daily so I thought I’d share. Unlike many other radio stations, it’s not possible to ask your Apple HomePod to directly play radio from the BBC. If I say, “Play 6 Music”, my HomePod mini starts playin

My Atmospheric personal website

Introducing my new website and its atproto-centric approach.

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Here are five albums that shaped me, inspired by Olly's post via Martin Schuhmann. To echo Olly's point, these aren't necessarily favourites, but were influential in my life. Ten (1991) - Pearl Jam Tragic Kingdom (1995) - No Doubt Olympian (1995) - Gene If You're Feeling Sinister

App defaults in late 2023

Following the recent trend of posting your default apps, here are mine: 📨 Mail Client: Mimestream, Gmail app 📮 Mail Server: Google Workspace 📝 Notes: Reflect ✅ To-Do: Things, Reflect Tasks 🟦 Photo Management: iCloud Photos 📆 Calendar: iCloud Calendar 📁 Cloud File Storage: i

Creating a tunnel to localhost with Cloudflare

I found this handy tip via @wesbos. You can create a temporary tunnel to localhost on your machine using Cloudflare. Even better, if you use Cloudflare for a domain's DNS, you can set up a permanent, named tunnel with a subdomain. Here's how it works: I've previously used ngrok f

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 own receiver. I’m interested. I’d like to build an endpoint that replaces what I currently use webmention.io for: receiving, storing and sending a webhook

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Micropublish: IndieAuth updates and supported properties feature

Yesterday I pushed a new release of Micropublish to include recent updates for clients to the IndieAuth specification, as summarised in Aaron Parecki's IndieAuth 2020 write-up. The two biggest IndieAuth changes are the use of a OAuth 2.0 PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) to secu

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Micropublish v2.3.0

I've pushed a biggish update to Micropublish to bring it to v2.3.0. It includes some of the stable and experimental Micropub extensions discussed in the IndieWeb pop-up session I joined earlier this year. Added Filter syndication targets by post-type, specify checked as appropria

Leaving Venntro

After ten happy, successful and highly educational years, I've decided to leave my role as Chief Technology Officer at Venntro this month. After so long with the company I felt the need to shake myself out of my comfort zone and look for a fresh challenge. I'm very excited about

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Making a looping lullaby box

My wife and I are expecting our second baby in the new year. Our first, now a toddler, loved his Ewan The Dream Sheep at night, especially its gentle harp lullaby music, but the short duration (20 minutes) meant we were frequently restarting the music to help him fully drift off.

How we make remote working work

Now that, according to a recent study, over half of employees work remotely at least once per week, remote working is no longer considered an exception. Companies that recognise the benefits and work hard to support effective remote working are rewarded with happy and productive

Using JSON in Postgres with Ruby and Sequel

With its fast, built-in support for JSON, it's worth considering Postgres for storing and querying your JSON data. Instead of using a specialised document server, Postgres may be the right choice for your application. As of Postgres 9.4 you can index data stored in a JSONB (binar