Hi, I'm Dave Barnwell ๐
๐ Cornwall, UK | ๐ค Software Architect / Full Stack Developer | ๐ถ Music Lover
- ๐ช ActionStorm โ Campaign management platform.
- ๐ฉโ๐ซ Pass - Ed Tech platform.
- ๐๏ธ Open Britain โ Campaigning for a fairer UK democracy.
- ๐ฅณ Sched/Emamo - Event management platform.
- โก๏ธ Best Energy โ Renewable energy/IoT platform.
- ๐ฐ Crowdfunder โ Crowdfunding platform.
- ๐งญ SlowWays - walking routes between Britain's towns, cities and national landscapes.
- ๐ฅ StateMachine โ A TypeScript state machine implementation
- ๐ชฒ rollbar-cli - CLI for rollbar with an Agent Skill. Let AI squash your bugs. Improvements via PR welcome.
- ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Surfhog โ A Surf forecast for West Cornwall, with 20+ years of climatic data.
- ๐งโ๐ป d4b - A Personal portfolio and blog.
- ๐๏ธ Favicon Maker โ A tool to create favicons for your website.
- ๐ Open Graph Checker โ A tool to check your Open Graph tags.
- โ๏ธ Weather Checker โ A tool to check your weather.
- ๐ถ Music streamed โ Music i've been streaming recently.
- ๐ถ davesgroove - I make it a daily goal to listen to a vinyl album. It's a ritual and a relaxing experience, I post some of these on Instagram.
- ๐ Books read โ I aim to read at least one book a week, often SciFi or Crime Novels; serious tech books get a look-in too.
- Ship product fast, in small increments, learn from customer feedback, iterate, don't wait on perfection.
- Customer feedback is more important than code tests when rapidly growing new product features.
- Code tests are essential for long-term stability and reliability.
- Constantly reeducate yourself, learn new skills and technologies, judge which are worth investing more time in.
- Soft skills should be in balance with Hard tech skills, we all have to communicate, even solo developers.