Ross Wintle
Ross Wintle
Hi, I’m Ross. I’m a mid-forties, multi-disciplinary geek from Swindon, UK. I’m currently employed as a full-stack web developer working with PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, and React. I’ve previously worked as a freelance software developer who used technology to help people solve problems and to do good – frequently working with charities, non-profits and small businesses. I use WordPress, Laravel and other web tech to build websites and web-based applications.
August 2026
October 2026
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- apps
- person
- social
- tick
- life
All posts (24)
Unlike some, I’ve been building, hosting and maintaining small personal apps for years. Games, productivity tools, little calculators for specific things. I’m an experienced software developer with years in the industry and good knowledge of best practices. And I can tell you this, because I’ve been there… many...
Playtiles is a new, indie product that lets you play Gameboy-emulated games on your mobile device. It’s a little, credit-card-sized device that “sticks” (not permanently) to your mobile’s screen and gives you buttons that press onto the screen to work as a controller. I won’t post images or detailed descriptions....
One of the “25 lessons” I presented at LoopConf this year was “Software can be finished”. I tried to remove this lesson from the talk to make room for something else. But it kinda took on a life of its own and wanted to be in the talk. It was an Important Lesson. “Software can be finished” is a controversial...
In-person events are good. I have missed them. Last week was the reboot of LoopConf – an independent tech conference for WordPress developers. It was excellent, and it was an honour to be speaking. Here’s some thoughts on the event and my talk. Update: My talk is now available to watch on YouTube! An invitation to...
I’m going through a phase of figuring out what I can get out of the cloud and “own”. Particularly with regard to streaming services. I’ve never paid for Spotify. But I’ve had iTunes Match so that I can take all of the weird, not-on-streaming music that I have (I wrote about this back in 2013!!!!), and we have an...
Sssh! Don't share this!! This is a secret post! Read more about RSS Club. I can’t lie, I have been wanting to join RSS club for a while, and David Bushell’s Mastodon post today (which I see Dave Rupert has subtly acknowledged ) has pushed me over the edge. The first rule of RSS Club is: you tell everyone about RSS...
I came across this brilliant little MacStories article on using a tiny 8BitDo Game Controller for automation and control on a Mac. “What a neat idea!”, I thought. “I have one of those, I’ll see if I can use it for anything.” Sadly, I got a bit confused about how to set this up and so I want to add the missing pieces...
Note: I’m a Brit with a huge self-deprecating streak. So I find some of what I have written here really quite cringey and embarassing. But as I worked hard on some things, and did good at some things, I want to show off for five minutes. I hope that’s OK. I’ve been invited to speak at a fairly prestigious...
I’ve discovered some great little indie iOS (and sometimes Android!) apps recently. I wanted to quickly jot down some links to some of them, and links to the places that I found them – usually interesting newsletters. Newsletters First of all, where do I find these things? Well, while I don’t track exactly where...
Back in 1993 I started my A’ Levels. For the non-UK folks, these are the 2-year qualifications you gain between the ages of 16 and 18 in what we call “college”. I took maths, physics and computing. Computing was, in some ways, a very different topic back then. But it’s amazing what’s not changed. And the...
It’s been a long six months since the last release of Turbo Admin. But v1.20 is finally here and it has some very nice new features and lots of little improvements. I’ll also probably be setting up an email list for customers, and there may be a long-overdue price-rise in the works too. New feature: Plugin...
This is un-prompted and un-sponsored and I get nothing from it, but my friend Keith Devon has made this amazing new parenting tool called offline kids and I want to share it with you. My kids often come to me with the “I’m boooooooored”. In fact, the time between the end of their screentime and the “I’m...
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