{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Byron Davies","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/byron","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"9396","username":"byron","bio":"Standard developer geek, write web apps for the man and apps for the Apple platform for fun. Couple of boys and a great wife. Welsh. 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But since all the shenanigans that have happened and since moving over to Mastadon, I’ve started to get a much better appreciation of the Indy Web.\nShamefully I’ve never spent a lot of time thinking about this.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2023/01/15/ive-never-been.html","date_published":"2023-01-15T10:07:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-15 10:07","date_timestamp":1673777241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11219292","content_html":"<p>The NFT craze is ridiculous. Just seen someone trying to sell a low quality Tweet. Wonder how many kWh of power that will take!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2021/03/24/the-nft-craze.html","date_published":"2021-03-24T17:14:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-03-24 17:14","date_timestamp":1616606060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11213775","content_html":"<p>Doesn’t matter how many lines of code I write, still have imposter syndrome!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2021/03/23/doesnt-matter-how.html","date_published":"2021-03-23T18:35:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-03-23 18:35","date_timestamp":1616524538,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10047107","content_html":"<p>Kids these days…</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://byron.micro.blog/uploads/2020/00db473123.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbyron.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F00db473123.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" loading=\"lazy\"></a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/08/04/kids-these-days.html","date_published":"2020-08-04T07:10:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-08-04 07:10","date_timestamp":1596525021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9839068","content_html":"<p>All those announcements and sessions has my head swimming.  By far my favourite was removing the AppDelegate so we now have full SwiftUI apps.  Small thing I know. 🤯</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/24/all-those-announcements.html","date_published":"2020-06-24T12:35:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-24 12:35","date_timestamp":1593002127,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9839052","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/czottmann\">@czottmann</a> this is one of the announcements I'm most pumped for.  The books are fantastic!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/byron/9839052","date_published":"2020-06-24T12:30:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-24 12:30","date_timestamp":1593001853,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9825603","content_html":"<p>Love this Dyson fan. If you have allergies and want to stay cool then this is great.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://byron.micro.blog/uploads/2020/6452fa1bc8.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbyron.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F6452fa1bc8.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" loading=\"lazy\"></a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/21/love-this-dyson.html","date_published":"2020-06-21T10:15:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-21 10:15","date_timestamp":1592734508,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9817935","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> Great episode this week.  Hoping this is a bit of a turning point for Apple as it feels like a lot of the little developer grumbles are beginning to turn into tide of dissatisfaction.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/byron/9817935","date_published":"2020-06-19T09:06:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-19 09:06","date_timestamp":1592557573,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9814477","content_html":"<p>Been doing Java for the day job, not fun…</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/18/been-doing-java.html","date_published":"2020-06-18T11:58:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-18 11:58","date_timestamp":1592481507,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9810406","content_html":"<p>Playing with PencilKit. Fun.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/17/playing-with-pencilkit.html","date_published":"2020-06-17T10:37:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-17 10:37","date_timestamp":1592390227,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9802514","content_html":"Been thinking a lot about arm Macs (gadget lust). Maybe a re-tooled Apple TV as an ARM dev kit? It’s got most of the bits it needs right now - DHMI out for the monitor, add a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Only issue is I believe the current TV only has 3Gb RAM, sure they could bump it t... <a href=\"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/15/been-thinking-a.html\">byron.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/15/been-thinking-a.html","date_published":"2020-06-15T07:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-15 07:53","date_timestamp":1592207615,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9800102","content_html":"<p>Pumped for WWDC!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/14/pumped-for-wwdc.html","date_published":"2020-06-14T14:01:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-14 14:01","date_timestamp":1592143268,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9797428","content_html":"<p>My thoughts on the current London protests…</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://byron.micro.blog/uploads/2020/8034b8de98.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbyron.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F8034b8de98.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" loading=\"lazy\"></a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/13/my-thoughts-on.html","date_published":"2020-06-13T16:57:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-13 16:57","date_timestamp":1592067444,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9796440","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/DazeEnd\">@DazeEnd</a> Fair point. I agree its time Apple pulled way back on their cut though.  I think they probably have ‘enough’ money for now..</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/byron/9796440","date_published":"2020-06-13T13:59:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-13 13:59","date_timestamp":1592056768,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9796429","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/DazeEnd\">@DazeEnd</a> ...but sadly, given the business you are in there is only one business partner to choose from!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/byron/9796429","date_published":"2020-06-13T13:53:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-13 13:53","date_timestamp":1592056436,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9792000","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/chaitanya\">@chaitanya</a> Yeah, good shout.  The Switch was the last console release that got me excited! I think the obsession with the numbers leaves gameplay behind.  I still have a lot of fun (and so do my kids) playing on a RetroPie</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/byron/9792000","date_published":"2020-06-12T09:20:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-12 09:20","date_timestamp":1591953658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9791971","content_html":"<p>I’m massively uninspired by the new game consoles, I think the Sony’s chief saying the PS5 is a ‘paradigm shift’ is a bit of an exaggeration.  It’s all more of the same.  I’d love a proper shake up of console games. 🎮</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/12/im-massively-uninspired.html","date_published":"2020-06-12T09:03:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-12 09:03","date_timestamp":1591952610,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9788940","content_html":"<p>Is it Friday yet?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/11/is-it-friday.html","date_published":"2020-06-11T13:14:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-11 13:14","date_timestamp":1591881298,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9788446","content_html":"<p>He was only 9 when we started lockdown!\nAt least he can now ‘go get a job’ 📷</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://byron.micro.blog/uploads/2020/037a53473a.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbyron.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F037a53473a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" loading=\"lazy\"></a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/11/he-was-only.html","date_published":"2020-06-11T10:07:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-11 10:07","date_timestamp":1591870066,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9782092","content_html":"<p>Oooo, ARM Macs.  Yes please! <a href=\"https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/09/apple-arm-mac-starts-wwdc/\">Bloomberg</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/09/oooo-arm-macs.html","date_published":"2020-06-09T12:03:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-09 12:03","date_timestamp":1591704182,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9781731","content_html":"<p>Ever had one of those days?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbyron.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F290cb09bc7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/09/ever-had-one.html","date_published":"2020-06-09T09:14:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-09 09:14","date_timestamp":1591694084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9778348","content_html":"<p>Binge watched Space Force over the past couple of days. Bit slow to start, but got so much better.  Looking forward to a season 2. 📺</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/08/binge-watched-space.html","date_published":"2020-06-08T09:27:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-08 09:27","date_timestamp":1591608472,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9778347","content_html":"<p>Good news about Rugby 🏉 in New Zealand.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/08/good-news-about.html","date_published":"2020-06-08T09:25:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-08 09:25","date_timestamp":1591608349,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"9775666","content_html":"<p>Apple - can you please add a context menu on the search screen so you can ‘Go To’ an app in a folder!\nI’m so rubbish at organising that I don’t know which folders they are in!\n…yes it’s my fault</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://byron.micro.blog/2020/06/07/apple-can-you.html","date_published":"2020-06-07T10:34:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Byron Davies","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F08%2F9396.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"byron"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-07 10:34","date_timestamp":1591526091,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}