iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

I don’t work in DevRel, but this is highly relatable. I’m so glad you’ve found a more sustainable pace of life with more time for all the wonderful offline things (including drumming...) All the best 💜

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Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈 @michaelangie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I heard this wonderful podcast a couple of years ago, & have just listened again. As before, it was strangely comforting & definitely awe-inspiring. Thank you @astrokatie.com & @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for helping me once again at a difficult time in my life. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

podcasts.apple.com

Crash Course Pods: The Universe

Astronomy Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, walks #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green through the history of the entire universe - including th...

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It took me ages to find a band to play with, but I’m so glad I finally made the effort. Excited to see you play soon! 👀🤞

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yesss, do it! 💖 Do you have a band to play with?

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I played my first gig in 20 years! 🤘 michellebarker.co.uk/writing/open...

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Open Mic Night

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David Darnes @darn.es · 11/06/2026

If you’re following along with the Bricks & Minifigs fiasco you need to be taking a shot every time someone says “Legos”, sorry I don’t make the rules

legonotlegos.com

LEGO not Legos

LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO group, but all too often it is referred to incorrectly as Legos or LEGOs. This is a simple site to help people understand the difference.

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For all would-be SpaceX investors, reading "A City on Mars" is a strong recommend. Very funny on the many ways space is terrible, uneconomic, and the decades/centuries of (boring, non-phallic rocket related) research needed to make settlement even a vaguely realistic proposition.

A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space and have we really thought this through?

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Oh thanks, yeah I think it’s just my increasingly poor eyesight 😅 Great video, every time I watch a pro drummer I’m reminded how bad I am 😆

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wow, that’s even more impressive then! 😄 Super cool!

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I can’t get any audio, maybe because I don’t have an Instagram account anymore? 😢

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I’m studying a chart now wondering if I can give it a go 😆 Did you use a chart or work it out yourself? I’ve been playing Black Hole Sun (by Soundgarden) recently, that was a pretty big challenge but really pleased to be able to have (more or less) conquered it!

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Reflections on a month of writing michellebarker.co.uk/writing/refl...

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Reflections on a month of writing

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thank you Adam 💜 I’m enjoying doing something creative again

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Short story: The Weeds michellebarker.co.uk/writing/the-... #ShortFiction

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The Weeds

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I’m still hesitant to share my writing, but then I remembered anything I write is a million times better than AI generated crap, so screw it michellebarker.co.uk/writing/human/

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Human

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sharing this again, cos it feels like a day for it michellebarker.co.uk/writing/brol...

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Broligarchy

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Always happy to get some book recommendations 😊💜

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I haven’t – just looked it up now, it looks good 😄

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hello Bluesky! I don’t post here hardly ever (or at all!) but I’m trying to share my writing a bit more. Sorry in advance if you follow me for front end development, I don’t really post about that anymore. Anyway, here’s a short story I wrote today: michellebarker.co.uk/writing/oper...

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Operational Efficiency

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 06/02/2025

Big refactors and migrations for key infrastructure like global state are not to be taken lightly. Michelle Barker is here to show us how she did that — migrating from Vuex to Pinia for global state in a huge, single page app — using a pragmatic, considered approach. piccalil.li/blog/what-i-...

piccalil.li

What I learned from migrating a Vue project from Vuex to Pinia

Big refactors and migrations for key infrastructure like global state are not to be taken lightly. Michelle Barker is here to show us how she did exactly that — migrating from Vuex to Pinia for global...

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Excited to be joining @miriam.codes, @5t3ph.bsky.social, @kevinpowell.co, @henrihelvetica.bsky.social and Stacy later today for some CSS festive fun on Winging It! Come and hang out www.youtube.com/live/fYfs6sK...

youtube.com

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Trains are also my productive place (apart from when I need constant internet, or if I don’t get a seat thanks to the glorious British rail network). Strangely I began to value “alone time” on a train even more after I had a child 😂

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 29/11/2024

✏️ Trains are offices hidde.blog/trains-are-o... quick new post on the benefits and caveats of traveling by train for work

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Trains are offices

Some thoughts on traveling by train

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I feel this all the time! Honestly, it makes me feel a little better that you feel it too, because you are one of the people I look at think “they know everything”! FWIW, I also had a similar conversation with @nerdy.dev, I’m sure he won’t mind mentioning, even he feels like that! 💜

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Love these, they feel like living creatures 😄

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Michelle Barker @michelleb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thank goodness for this starter pack! 😅

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CSS by T. Afif @css-only.dev · 21/11/2024

Another CSS article to create single element loaders. This time it's about the Zig-Zag collection. freecodecamp.org/news/zig-zag... via @freecodecamp.bsky.social A beginner-friendly article to learn simple animation tricks. The Zig-Zag loaders collection: css-loaders.com/zig-zag/ #CSS

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