Photo taken earlier today of the flooding under Welland Viaduct after Storm Claudia. #flooding #countryside #photography

The fish don’t stand a chance. #wildlife #birds #photography

The long autumn trail

Had a beer in the rather posh town of Uppingham last night. Olde architecture. #olde #architecture #photography

I’ve been working on a new app pretty well non stop for quite a few weeks now. In that final stretch of tidying it up, fixing bugs and sorting the pricing, launch and marketing plans. #buildinpublic #marketing #indiedev

The baton was handed to me to take on ‘Every Apple iPhone ranked in order of greatness’ over at Stuff. So I injected additional snark, messed around with the order, and collapsed in a heap when I was done. Feel free to argue about the rankings below. :D www.stuff.tv/features/eve...

90,000 words 14 Chapters Many rewrites Many edits And now, finally, I can say that the next 'Making of Tomb Raider' book is done and has been submitted to the publisher. 🚨Out 2026.🚨

It’s a tad wet and windy out there. It’s only a few meters but I just got soaked popping from my garden office into the kitchen for a coffee. Note to self: bring brolly

A small toad chilling out on our driveway yesterday. #wildlife #nature #toad #photography

🔔 New in v1.7 of @chroniclingapp.com: Add custom reminder notifications to each category! Set a daily goal, get a reminder after a specified amount of time, or use a rolling goal over multiple days. Active reminders are shown on the app badge.

I’m doing a lot of coding around dates and currency at the moment so my brain is getting some exercise 😬 #indiedev #buildinpublic

I went out with the secateurs yesterday and cut everything back in the front garden that needed it, so it’s a bit bare out there now. Hopefully the winter flowering plants I have been growing in the coding shed will be ready to fill the gaps shortly 🤞🌻 #gardening

People often imagine that being an indie developer means freedom. And in some ways it does. But most of what defines this job is not freedom. It is responsibility.

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

Good to see Russian robot development is as crap as everywhere else. #robotics #fail www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Autumn is wet on the trails, apparently next week is forecast....sleet 😯😅 #trailrunning

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

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

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

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

Some more photos from the weekend walks. #walking #outdoors # photography

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

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

My hostas don’t stand a chance #gardening

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! indieappsales.com #IndieAppSales

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 apps.apple.com/gb/app/hike-...

Guys i'm in Time Magazine. time.com/7329213/walk...

Completely broke my new app yesterday to the point I have had to revert back to the day before 🤪

Some things are finally winding down, and I want to go back to my free newsletter soon, which I had to pause in July. There are plans to talk about some things happening next year. If you know, you know. If you'd like to subscribe, by all means: darylbaxter.com/springboard/

That feeling of satisfaction and relief when a long running test finishes successfully. #indiedev

I’m making some good progress on a new app, but I think I’ll maybe have a day off tomorrow as I’ve been averaging 12+ hours a day on it for quite a few days. I’m too old to work at this pace! I should be sat on a porch reminiscing about the good old days of 68k assembler 🤔 #indiedev

I can't believe it's November, and you know what that means - it's almost time for Indie App Sales! If you're an Indie Developer, submissions are officially open for our Black Friday Event! Please share! indieappsales.com #IndieAp#IndieAppSales

Centre of a dahlia that’s still hanging in there 🥶 #gardening #flower

I’ve really got my head into creating a new app at the moment. Worked on it most of yesterday until 2 this morning 😬 Had a big brunch a short while ago, so now fuelled up for today’s stretch. Will be popping out mid afternoon for some sunshine and fresh air though 😎 #indiedev

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Lovely sky tonight. This photo only spoilt by the inclusion of a “Bargain Booze” off license 🤔 #photography #sunset

It was bloody cold and windy, and a bit slippy out #trailrunning but it was sunny and blasted away some cobwebs.

It was naive to believe Bluesky wouldn’t turn into a Threads/X. It’s not feasible for a centralised service and singular moderation strategy to work both as a social media and a social network.

I’m sure someone will be flush with money 😬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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In a vain attempt to get more people playing and on the high score table, I’ve made Star Hordes free! Enjoy! 👾👾👾👾👾👾👾🚀 (Reposts appreciated 💚) #gaming #indiegamedev apps.apple.com/gb/app/star-...