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 →
Random Moscow Mule Twist My take on the simple Moscow Mule cocktail. I use a quince infused vodka which gives a unique twist. I picked up the quince vodka from Szambelan, a v Steve Barker Jul 4, 2020 public 1 min read →
