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Some Thoughts on Library Design

As programmers we use libraries a lot. But library design is hard. In this article, I will walk through some considerations in designing a library.

Dec 18, 2019 - 22 min read

API Clients for Humans

Most developers, at one point or another, have either built a web API or have been a consumer of one. An API client is a package that provides a set of tools that can be used to develop software that consumes a specific API.

Dec 14, 2019 - 7 min read

Navigating the uncharted waters of SSL/TLS certificates and gRPC with Go

There are different ways to establishing a secure TLS connection with Go and gRPC. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to manually provide the Server certificate to your gRPC client in order to encrypt the connection.

Dec 12, 2019 - 19 min read

Control packet flow with TCP_NODELAY in Go

Writing web services requires a lot of effort and thinking to make them robust and performant. There’s a wide range of areas to look in order to improve the performance of our service.

Dec 11, 2019 - 7 min read

Test Driven Advent of Code

By now most of you have probably heard of Advent of Code. If not, go check it out. I’ll give you a few moments…

Dec 10, 2019 - 13 min read

Benchmark Surprises

I love a good mystery. If you really want my undivided attention, present me with a program which does a thing, and also a proof that it can’t possibly do that thing.

Dec 9, 2019 - 8 min read