Hi, I'm Brandur.
I like databases, the independent web, and fast interfaces. I write in full sentences on Slack and use emoticons instead emoji. I think the modern web took a wrong turn on its evolutionary path and that we should resurrect ideas from the earlier days of computing — less centralization, software that's harder to learn but more powerful, and wider technical literacy.
My personal website is here and I'm on Twitter at @brandur.
I'm a sometimes writer. Most frequently by publishing a newsletter called Nanoglyph (which you should sign up for :). Here are its latest issues:
- ⓝ 041 — 15, 16 November 17, 2023
- ⓝ 040 — Rails World, 7.1, Amsterdam October 14, 2023
- ⓝ 039 — Trails, Charleston,
t.Parallel()
October 7, 2023
I put other stream of consciousness thoughts into tiny blog posts called fragments:
- 🐚 Modals and mysterious macOS failures March 5, 2024
- 🐚 Stubbing degenerate network conditions in Go with
DialFunc
andnet.Conn
March 2, 2024 - 🐚 Prepared statements for psql operations February 22, 2024
Once in a while, I write longer form articles:
- 📖 River: a Fast, Robust Job Queue for Go + Postgres November 20, 2023
- 📖 On Using Go's
t.Parallel()
August 26, 2023 - 📖 Soft Deletion Probably Isn't Worth It July 19, 2022
As often as I can, I post a daily photo and update to sequences:
- 📷 072 — Prairie ridgeline January 13, 2024
- 📷 071 — Still water January 9, 2024
- 📷 070 — Bulbs at 101 December 30, 2023
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