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Gary Ismay
@goodbinary.bsky.social
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Indie developer in Greater Manchester.
Made Hike Maker, Slow Ways Makers, GeoSort, Star Hordes, SoloTime and others.
#indiedev #swift #custard #walking #gardening
https://www.goodbinary.com
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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 6d
My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.
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edzitron.com
Premium Newsletter: AI data centers are low-margin, high-capex time bombs with low gross margins possible only in perfect circumstances, fueled by junk-grade debt. Without $100bn+ in new, non-hyperscaler demand by 2028, the majority of these loans go unpaid.
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Premium: The AI Data Center Financial Crisis
Since the beginning of 2023, big tech has spent over $814 billion in capital expenditures, with a large portion of that going towards meeting the demands of AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.  B...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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susanshaped.bsky.social
Accidentally made a really smug looking snowman.
A small snowman on a rock. His eyes and nose are make of tiny heather twigs. He looks smug.
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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maryoz.bsky.social
In the middle of my @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk along the Manchester, Bury and Bolton #UKCanals I took a small detour to see the famous Meccano Bridge and the derelict Prestolee Locks and Aqueduct. ♥️
@myfavouritebench.bsky.social #bench
Bench made out of 10x scale Meccano (red and green) and beyond is the little but real bridge, also Meccano. Between them is the top lock of six, behind a wooden fence. Looking up the top lock to the Meccano Bridge. The lock is full of overgrown grass and other plants. There are six locks here in two staircases of three. A view from the side of the aqueduct as ot crosses the River Orwell. It's made of grey-brown stone with four brick lined arches. A wide angle view looking across the central bridge of three crossing the River Irwell side by side. From left to right, aqueduct, inaccessible utility bridge, narrow stone pack bridge.
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
It’s for you:
#smallbusiness #consultants #contractors #freelancers #indie #selfemployed
goodbinary.bsky.social Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 6d
My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Getting stuck in a gravity thingy and shooting myself is not a good tactic.
#screenshotsaturday

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February 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Just got my first yearly subscriber on SoloTime. Small beginnings and all that!
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
They say first impressions count. I fixed a bug with the very first screen of onboarding where it truncated text when a larger text size was used. 😬
a man wearing a hat that says ross on it
Alt: Jim Carrey doing a gesture like he’s just twigged he’s some something dumb
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February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
I’m annoyed that reform have been door to door canvassing twice and both times I’ve been on a Teams call, so I didn’t get the chance to engage them in civil discourse about their policies/tell them to to shove their pamphlet up their arses.
February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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segfaultcult.com
traditional saas is dead. i’ve asked claude to vibecode microsoft office.

14 minutes later:

powerpoint no longer has slides, but “narrative shards”.
every time you press next, it A/B tests your personality.

word auto-saves directly to hr.

clippy came back but he’s a venture capitalist now.
vibe coded clippy
February 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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goodbinary.bsky.social
Plans for the weekend? How about getting outside for a walk? 🚶Urban 🏙️ or further afield 🌳, Hike Maker can plot a walking route 🗺️ that starts and finishes where you are 📍or from almost anywhere in the world 🌍
👇
apps.apple.com/gb/app/hike-...

#walking #outdoors #nature #maps #fitness #iphone #TGIF
Image showing several iPhones each with a different screen from hike maker app set on a map background
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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goodbinary.bsky.social
My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Good news from the north!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aberdeen finally sees sunshine for first time since 21 January
The last reported sunshine had been on 21 January - the longest sunless period since records began in 1957.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
This is the thing. Until a robot can be genuinely useful, for example, it can clean the house, do the washing, ironing, make a brew, help you up if you fall etc, and costs less than a car, it’s a bit rubbish in my mind.

9to5mac.com/2026/02/12/t...
This robot can fold some of your laundry fairly badly for $8,000 [Video] - 9to5Mac
Domestic robots have been a fixture in science fiction novels for more than a century, but in the real world...
9to5mac.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
First 1 week trials on SoloTime due to end shortly 😬🤞
a man in a top hat is saying the suspense is terrible
Alt: Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, wearing an orange top hat and purple suit with a cravat. He’s eating a sweet and saying “the suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts”
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February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
“Parent Meta has been designated as an extremist organization”. Seems fair.

www.engadget.com/social-media...
WhatsApp is now fully blocked in Russia
After warnings from lawmakers last year, WhatsApp has been blocked in Russia for as many as 100 million users.
www.engadget.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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darylbaxter.com
After working on this for over a month, the site has been redone!

darylbaxter.com

Featuring:
A better design
Important sections now on one page instead of several
Dedicated page for all Newsletter posts
A dark mode
And all powered by Ghost, not that other place
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Working to this:

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Compass / Drift by A.M.R on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 4 Songs
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February 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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jasongorman.bsky.social
Whenever I mention Agile Software Development, inevitably someone will say "It can't be done" or "Nobody's done it".

As someone who's spent more than 25 years turning "It can't be done" into "We did it!", I have a few thoughts on that.

codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/a...
An Ode To “It Can’t Be Done”
Yesterday, I blogged on its 25th birthday about the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Whenever I mention Agile (as she’s known to her friends and to her enemies), inevitably there&#82…
codemanship.wordpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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telemetrydeck.com
Privacy-first analytics isn’t a compromise.
It’s a competitive advantage.
See how @panic.com uses TelemetryDeck to make confident product decisions — without tracking individuals.
📊🔒

telemetrydeck.com/casestudies/...
From App Center to TelemetryDeck — Panic’s analytics upgrade story | TelemetryDeck
The amazing people at Panic share their experience with TelemetryDecks app analytics and their thoughts on privacy.
telemetrydeck.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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tinrocket.bsky.social
After a year+, Waterlogue 2 is done!

Free upgrade for existing customers. Free to try for everyone else.

TestFlight is open if you want to test/try before launch:

testflight.apple.com/join/YQ5...

What's New: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...

Waterlogue Guide: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Join the Waterlogue: Photo to Painting beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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lynnjuk.bsky.social
When you’ve been rained on for the 38th day in succession…
A massive mug of hot chocolate with a mountain of chocolate squirty cream and a snowfall of marshmallow bits on top, placed on a wooden table.
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Was thumbing through an old computer mag (42 years old) and came across this Microsoft add.
“Capacity for up to 63 columns and 255 rows”.
Ah, those simple halcyon days of yore.
#antique #microsoft #greenscreen
Double page magazine advert for Microsoft Multiplan Includes green screen spreadsheet screenshots and a picture of the physical packaging. The logo “Microsoft” with “right first time” underneath.
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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aim2gtc.bsky.social
Ok, went to Ilkley, went to Skipton, went up the chevin for 5 miles of muddy #trailrunning that's called making a bucket of lemonade from a shed load of unwanted lemons
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Just finished binge watching Small Prophets on BBC. Fantastic. Literally.
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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darylbaxter.com
Now that Mewgenics is out, enjoy my chat with @edmundm.bsky.social and @tylerglaiel.com, incase you missed it.
www.escapistmagazine.com/mewgenics-in...
Mewgenics interview
On the eve of Mewgenics’ launch, Ed McMillen and Tyler Glaiel reveal how the game went from concept to release over the last 14 years.
www.escapistmagazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM