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Josh Strange

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Engineering manager at Touchpoint, founder of GrubBux and FoodWeek, who still spends most of his spare time building software.

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Engineering manager at Touchpoint, founder of GrubBux and FoodWeek, who still spends most of his spare time building software.

About · Josh Strange

01 Jan 1

https://joshstrange.com/about/

I’m Josh Strange. My day job is engineering manager at Touchpoint, and on the side I run GrubBux, a small company that builds software for food events. I’ve been building things …

I Saw Your HN Comment · Josh Strange

09 Nov 2026

https://joshstrange.com/2026/11/09/i-saw-your-hn-comment/

I used to love getting emails from people in response to things I’ve written online, blog posts or Hacker News comments, but in the last 2 years it’s changed from mostly signal to …

There are many like it, but this one is mine. · Josh Strange

12 Oct 2026

https://joshstrange.com/2026/10/12/there-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine/

“Software Factories” have become all the rage recently. I saw one HN comment compare them to the Cambrian explosion of JS frameworks back in simpler times and that’s pretty …

iRant: Birthday Alerts · Josh Strange

01 Sep 2026

https://joshstrange.com/2026/09/01/irant-birthday-alerts/

Dear Apple, This might be hard to fathom but I have many people in my contacts that I don’t really care about. People from previous phases of my life or just people I’ve fallen out …

iRant: Find My Teases ETA · Josh Strange

16 Dec 2025

https://joshstrange.com/2025/12/16/irant-find-my-teases-eta/

While I generally enjoy using my various Apple devices, there are some major pain points and endless minor papercuts that I run into every day. Some of these would be …

Nightly Postgres Backups via GitHub Actions · Josh Strange

26 Apr 2024

https://joshstrange.com/2024/04/26/nightly-postgres-backups-via-github-actions/

Recently I wanted to set up nightly backups of my Postgres databases hosted on Neon.tech. Yes, they have backups and PITR but I knew I’d feel better if I had backups just in case. …

Kroger’s Digital Struggle · Josh Strange

11 Feb 2024

https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/11/krogers-digital-struggle/

I’ll start by saying that I know nothing about the grocery store industry. But what I do know is technology and UI/UX. I’ve seen improvements in Kroger’s apps and its website over …

The Use Case for Mac Virtual Display · Josh Strange

10 Feb 2024

https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/10/the-use-case-for-mac-virtual-display/

I’ll be honest, I still think Mac Virtual Display (MVD) for the Apple Vision Pro (AVP) is lackluster. Though I think I have a better understanding of why some reviewers or tech …