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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 · Apr 25

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 🌍
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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

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 14h

The “Alt Gr” button should just say “Grrrr”

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Mary Oz @maryoz.bsky.social · 20h

Later from the same @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk into Wells including my first view of #GlastonburyTor #Somerset

View from Maesbury Castle with fields in the foreground, and a rainy sunbeam sky, with Glastonbury Tor on the horizon.

The Bishop's Palace in Wells, looking along the moat.

Wells Cathedral beyond the Bishop's Palace, together with a cedar tree reflected in the moat.

Ancient stone gateway into the market square in Wells. It's a large stone building with windows and a castellated top.

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 22h

Me during testing.

a blurry picture of a man standing next to a body of water

Alt: Gif of a man walking into a lake

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 22h

Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth,” 😂

Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 22h

Although it’s a one star review of my app MeandR, the title made me laugh out loud when I saw it this morning 🤣

(The app was trying to route them across a lake etc)

#indiedev #harshbuttrue

Screen shot from an app review showing one star and “walk made for Jesus”

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Dan O’Leary @danoleary.me · 1d

Xcode users. If your Mac is getting unusually warm running Xcode 26.1 (17B55) and macOS 26.1 check the Console for MercuryPosterExtension.ips files filling the crash reports. In ActivityMonitor, "ReportCrash" will be burning up your CPUs. It's related to SwiftUI Previews. FB20986632

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

Another photo from the weekend. Note the fluffy heart on it’s hindquarters 😊
#horse #photography

A photo of a horse eating grass in a field. On its left rear flank there is a heart shape where its fur has been left long

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

Some more photos from the weekend walks.

#walking #outdoors # photography

Photo looking towards a low sun though trees. It has caused a lense flare to the left of the picture between the trees

Photo of the underside of a bridge. There are lots of ferns growing downwards from the beams

Photo looking down a long straight path. On the right is a wooden fence and a field beyond. On the left hedges and trees in autumn colours

Photo of a river. The water is very still reflecting the trees on the far bank. There ate a lot of green floating plants in the surface

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

On our walk earlier we saw a lot of squirrels. This one made me feel hungry.
🐿️
#wildlife #nature #photography

Photo of a gray squirrel on a branch, its back to the trunk, eating a nut

Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

Went out for a bit of a woodland and park walk in the rain today.
#woodland #nature #walk #photography

Photo of a long sandy coloured path stretching away across green parkland. There are trees in the distance

Photo across a small lake to the far bank which has undergrowth and trees in autumnal greens, browns and oranges

Photo across a large grass field looking towards trees that line the edge

Photo down a woodland path. The ground is covered with leaves from the trees that line the path

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

My hostas don’t stand a chance
#gardening

Photo of a large snail. When I say large I mean it’s the size of small horse.

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Matt Corey @matt1corey.bsky.social · 1d

The banner is starting to get filled out, but we have a long way yet to go - are you an Indie Developer planning to run a sales for Black Friday? Register your app today, and join the fun!

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#IndieAppSales

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 1d

The BBC being threatened with legal action for misinformation by the world’s foremost purveyor of misinformation sounds about right.

a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a white shirt .

Alt: a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a white shirt .he is mouthing the words that match the acronym WTF

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Mary Oz @maryoz.bsky.social · 2d

Some views from Saturday's @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk with @goodbinary.bsky.social from Northwich to Stretton to Warrington.

The top of Anderton Boat Lift, with factories in the background and a picnic table in the foreground.

A hedged-in quiet road covered with autumn leaves, with the road name sign saying "Dark Lane".

A statue of a Roman soldier on a path that was formerly a Roman road.

A large house named Hillcrest House, with a blue plaque saying "Former residence of George Formby - Turned out nice again".

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 3d

Iron and sunlight. Taken today on the final stretch of our walk,
#photography #sunset

Photo through crossed iron girders of a bridge down a river which is reflecting the gold evening sky

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 3d

A Kingfisher. Apologies for the quality, this was taken very zoomed in from the opposite bank. First one I’ve seen in ages!

#birds #wildlife #canal #photography

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 3d

From today’s 24km walk in the autumn sunshine 🚶🍂

#walking

Photo of a large pond reflecting the trees and the autumn sky. A white curved top fence lines the right hand side

Photo of the low sun through the branches of a very red leaved tree

Phot of a path winding through a park. There is a large tree to the right

Photo along a canal path under a curved concrete bridge that frames the water and green reflections beyond

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 26d

Here is some original hand drawn art. None of that AI rubbish. You’re welcome.
#art #notAI

Really badly drawn stick man against a green hilly background and blue sky. He is smiling and reaching upwards hopefully. But he will be disappointed and terrified as a mighty winged creature is swooping down (I didn’t draw that as I’m rubbish at drawing if you hadn’t already guessed), but use your imagination. Unless you’ve been using AI to generate images in which case you have none. Anyway, about this winged thing, I picture a harpy like creature a bit like those Ray Harryhausen ones in Jason and the Argonauts. But I guess they aren’t really mighty, they were more “weedy” and greedy. Maybe a small dragon, but not one of those ones like in “how to train your dragon” as they were just silly. More like one of Denerys’ children going through its difficult adolescent years, moody and vicious and liable to play with its food. Like if Smaug had a jealous younger sibling, who was pissed off as rather than speaking with the smooth tones of Benedict Cumberbatch, he sounded like Jo Pasquale after a whisky and two packs of Embassy. I need to sleep now. Wibble.

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 4d

👍

a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and says yes .

Alt: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white shirt and says yes .

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 4d

Good bit of coffee shop coding earlier ☕️This is one of the views I’m tinkering with on the new app. Obvious these are fictional number, maybe one day 😎
#indiedev #buildinpublic

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 5d

For “fixing bugs” it should suggest the theme music from Starship Troopers

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 5d

Figuring out what useful info I could add to the tabViewBottomAccessory view now that it’s stuck on the screen. Thanks 26.1! 🫤(have actually got some good ideas)
#ios26 #indiedev #swiftUI

Screen shot from the bottom part of an ios app, showing an empty grey bar just above the tab bar

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Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fancy a walk🚶‍♂️but don’t know where? 🧭 Hike Maker can generate a random circular route at the distance or steps 🥾 you choose that starts and finishes where you are 📍
#hike #walk #outdoors #trails

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Image of hike maker icon overlaid onto several iPhones each showing a different view in the app.

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Chris Wielga @chriswielga.bsky.social · 5d

Guys i'm in Time Magazine.

time.com/7329213/walk...

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