Building September - A Communication Assistant
A communication assistant for people living with neurodegenerative conditions like ALS, MND, or other speech & motor difficulties.
Read →Articles
All of my thoughts on building products, Golang, system design, accessibility, ALS and more
Handling Errors in Go - Beyond the Basics
Go's error handling philosophy is simple, but some applications need more than just error strings. By combining error wrapping, custom error types, and structured error metadata, you can build maintainable, and observable Go applications.
Read →Introducing xkafka - Kafka, but Simpler (for Go)
xkafka is a Go library that brings HTTP-like abstractions to Apache Kafka. It simplifies producing and consuming messages by using familiar concepts like handlers and middleware, reducing boilerplate and letting you focus on application logic.
Read →Career Growth - Beyond IC vs Manager
Career growth in software engineering is often framed as a choice between the Individual Contributor (IC) and management tracks. But is it really that simple?
Read →Introducing XDB
XDB is a new kind of database library based on tuples. Rather than writing database specific schemas, queries, and migrations, XDB allows developers to model their domain once and use it with one or more databases.
Read →Frontmatter in Obsidian
A guide to using YAML frontmatter in Obsidian
Read →Managing multiple Go versions with direnv
Setting up direnv to manage multiple Go versions
Read →Using mockery with go generate
Example of using mockery with go generate
Read →Using xrun
Example of using xrun to manage multiple components in a Go service
Read →My macOS Accessibility Setup
Accessibility setup and tools for everyday use on macOS/OSX
Read →The ALS Story
Story of my ALS diagnosis
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