Once in a while, I write longer form articles on technical subjects like APIs, Go, or Postgres:

• Eradicating N+1s: The Two-phase Data Load and Render Pattern in Go May 28, 2024

  Using a two-phase data load and render pattern to prevent N+1 queries in a generalized way. Especially useful in Go, but applicable in any language.

• The Notifier Pattern for Applications That Use Postgres May 5, 2024

  Maximizing Postgres connection economy by using a single connection per program to receive and distribute all listen/notify notifications.

• Web APIs: Enriched DX By Disallowing Unknown Fields May 4, 2024

  Using Go’s DisallowUnknownFields option to improve an API’s integration experience by making paramter naming mistakes faster to resolve.

I put short stream of consciousness thoughts into tiny posts called fragments:

• Elden Ring July 25, 2024

  I broke my promise never to give FromSoftware money again, and it was okay.

• Sqlc: 2024 check in June 16, 2024

  Quick thoughts on whether sqlc is still the direction for Go projects now that we’ve been using it for three years.

• Go: Don't name packages common nouns June 2, 2024

  Avoiding naming Go packages after common nouns like rate or server so that they don’t clash with variable names, and how to find a more fitting name for them instead.