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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 and others
https://www.goodbinary.com
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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 14h
New Year’s resolution to get fitter or just loose a bit of weight?

Let Hike Maker suggest a random circular walk or wheel that starts and finishes at your front door 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽

#walking #outdoors #resolution #newyear

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Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike App - App Store
Download Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike by Good Binary Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Hike Maker - Walk…
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goodbinary.bsky.social
New Year’s resolution to get fitter or just loose a bit of weight?

Let Hike Maker suggest a random circular walk or wheel that starts and finishes at your front door 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽

#walking #outdoors #resolution #newyear

apps.apple.com/gb/app/hike-...
Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike App - App Store
Download Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike by Good Binary Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Hike Maker - Walk…
apps.apple.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
New Year’s resolution to get fitter or just loose a bit of weight?

Let Hike Maker suggest a random circular walk or wheel that starts and finishes at your front door 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽

#walking #outdoors #resolution #newyear

apps.apple.com/gb/app/hike-...
Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike App - App Store
Download Hike Maker - Walk Run Hike by Good Binary Ltd on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Hike Maker - Walk…
apps.apple.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
One of the very few flags I’ve seen recently that didn’t make me want to shimmy up and rip it down
#christmas
Photo of a flag atop a pole in someone’s front garden. It has Santa and his sled with reindeer and the words merry Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Lovely sunny Boxing Day stroll. That’s one mince pie burnt off. 784 to go.
#photography #walking
Photo of low afternoon sun through bare tree trunks. The skit is golden gray. Photo through thick woodland towards the sun. Photo down a road towards low afternoon sun in a fairly clear sky. In the close foreground are some berries Photo into quite dense woodland with bare branches and leaves highlighted in the winter sun
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Just watched the best Christmas film
a man is standing in a pool of water and saying welcome to the party , pal .
Alt: Bruce willis, as his character John Mclean in Die Hard looking out of a smashed glass window and shouting “welcome to the party, pal”
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December 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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goodbinary.bsky.social
On Christmas Day 🎄, get outside for a walk to help burn off the festive food overdose! 🦃 Let Hike Maker suggest a random circular walk or wheel that starts and finishes at your front door 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽
#walking #outdoors #christmas

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Image showing several iPhones above a map. Each iPhone has a hike make screen on it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Merry Christmas! Unwrapped this useful gift this morning. 🤣
#christmas
Photo of a box. On the cover there is a picture of a grumpy look old man with enormous plastic ears. It is titled “senior citizens hearing aid for the elderly”
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
To all my @slowwaysuk.bsky.social friends
#slowways #BusAndBack #walking #maps
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
On Christmas Day 🎄, get outside for a walk to help burn off the festive food overdose! 🦃 Let Hike Maker suggest a random circular walk or wheel that starts and finishes at your front door 🚶‍♂️🧑‍🦽
#walking #outdoors #christmas

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Image showing several iPhones above a map. Each iPhone has a hike make screen on it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Received my favourite Christmas card of the year today.
#bestcard
Photo of hand holding a greeting card. On the card is Anthony Hopkins with a mop on his heads the card says “Anthony Mopkins”
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
I lied. Couple of spare hours this morning so squeezed some bug fixes in.
🤷‍♂️🎅
goodbinary.bsky.social Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 4d
Another couple of productive days on the new app finishing it off and getting it to look ok on all size screens. Lid closed for Christmas now though 🤔🎄
#biildinpublic #indiedev #swiftui #iphone #ipad #mac
Screen shots of Mac, iPad and iPhone all running an app showing various figures and graphs
December 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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iamkonstantin.eu
New version of flowvi.be 🚨! If you have colour lights setup via the Home app, you can sync them with the mood of the currently playing song 🚦🎵

#AppleMusic #Music #IndieDev #ColourScene #Home #IoT
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Another couple of productive days on the new app finishing it off and getting it to look ok on all size screens. Lid closed for Christmas now though 🤔🎄
#biildinpublic #indiedev #swiftui #iphone #ipad #mac
Screen shots of Mac, iPad and iPhone all running an app showing various figures and graphs
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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lightbeaminsight.bsky.social
Developers that work with #Godot game engine…

What are some good tutorials / YouTube channels for someone getting started in 2025 with the latest release?

#GodotEngine #libgodot #IndieDev
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
New week, new walk? 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Try a route you’ve never done before. Hike Maker can suggest a random route that starts and finishes wherever you are at the distance you choose.
#outdoors #walking #health

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Lots of iPhones each showing a screen from Hike Maker app. Lots of maps, routes and charts with statistics. The hike make icon and name are overlaid on a frosted glass background.
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Bit of a Sunday night coding experiment. A timer that shows hours, minutes and seconds as rings ⏱️🤷‍♂️
Should maybe post on TikTok 😬
#swiftui #indiedev #buildinpublic
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Oops, just realised one of my widgets is missing days of the week 🤪
Screen grab of an iPhone widget with a bar graph missing Thursday and Sunday.
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
goodbinary.bsky.social
My previous post reminded me of this for some reason, one of my favourite scenes from a film, even though I’ve never watched it the whole way through. Maybe if they dubbed it into English I’d try again 🤔

#SundayShakespeare

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Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD
YouTube video by technicalmark
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December 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
We had a Christmas card through the door this morning from a neighbour, sealed with wax. I will respond with a card atop a velvet cushion hand delivered by the kings own messenger.
#christmas #poshneighbours
Photo of the back of an envelope. There is a circular wax seal holding it closed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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We have quite a few house plants and usually we’re quite remiss at looking after them. However, our poinsettia that we got last Christmas is still going strong, so all is forgiven 🤔🪴
#gardening #flowers #destroyerofhouseplants
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Gif of a psychopathic looking garden gnome rapidly doing the cutting gesture with some garden shears.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Obviously, it isn’t really its opinion, it’s just regurgitating what others have said on the web and joining the answers together cleverly which gives the impression of a well thought through answer.
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I asked ChatGPT what it thought about this article. Its response is in the 🧵. 😬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Experts warn AI is making your brain work less
Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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slowwaysuk.bsky.social
Join our #BusAndBack challenge in 2026!

It’s a great way to discover new places, help our mission to find the best A to B routes and celebrate the benefits of bus-based adventures.

Find out more buildstories.slowways.org/bus-and-back

Where will you go?

#SlowWays
#BusAndBack walking challenge logo over an image of someone walking on the South West Coast Path.
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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iamkonstantin.eu
Hey folks, it's been such a long time since I saw someone publishing their (human made) icons.
If you're making/selling an icon pack which can be used for web and apps (iOS/Android/desktop), please share a link 👇️!
Boosts appreciated 🫶

#ui #design #indieDev #icons

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Konstantin 🔭 (@iamkonstantin@mastodon.social)
Hey folks, it's been such a long time since I saw someone publishing their (human made) icons. If you're making/selling an icon pack which can be used for web and apps (iOS/Android/desktop), please s...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
goodbinary.bsky.social
Popped out earlier. Lovely clear skies.
#photography #landscape
Photo across a large field towards distant hills. The sun is setting and the sky is orange over the tops of the hills
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM