Tools WhatsApp as a note-taking app For short form note taking, WhatsApp is actually the best option I've found. It's fast, secure, available on all my devices, synchronised, searchable and free. Steve Barker Jun 22, 2022 public 2 min read →
Software Engineering How to host a highly scalable ghost publication for free TL;DR: Spin up a local container running Ghost, crawl the frontend to generate a static site, and upload to a free static host. While there's qui Steve Barker Feb 22, 2022 public 5 min read →
Photography Photos of North Korea I spent some time in North Korea (DPRK), via a specialist travel agency. I didn't get as many good photos as I would have liked, but below are som Steve Barker Jul 28, 2021 public 3 min read →
Random A Lockdown Project: My Ideal Fudge Recipe The only difficult thing about making delicious fudge is how long and at what temperature to cook it for. Steve Barker Dec 19, 2020 public 3 min read →
Software Engineering How we reduced our failed payment rate by 92% Originally posted on Gousto Engineering & Data Most Gousto customers choose to get their recipe boxes on a subscription basis: every week they ch Steve Barker Nov 16, 2020 public 4 min read →
Tools Software Engineering Why Ghost? Back in the day I used WordPress quite a bit. It had many appealing qualities - it was easy to host, very extendable and had a huge community of users Steve Barker Sep 24, 2020 public 1 min read →
