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Writing
Distributed systems, performance, and the things that only show up once something is actually running. Occasionally what broke while I was fixing something else.
Four ways a correct DNS record still looks broken
I put mail on a domain I own. Every record was right within a minute. Getting anything to agree that they were right took the rest of the hour.
The 1.1 MB icon font
My portfolio scored 62. I assumed React, or the animations, or too much JavaScript. It was one font file.
Your .env.example is lying to you: catching config drift in TypeScript
A schema that generates your .env.example, and fails CI when the two disagree.
I Took My Task Queue From a Demo to a Distributed System
Leases, reapers and owner fencing — what it takes to survive kill -9 without losing work.
10 TypeScript Pitfalls That Look Correct (But Aren't)
Type-level mistakes that compile cleanly and still bite you at runtime.
I Built a Distributed Task Queue From Scratch to Actually Understand How They Work
Priority queues, retries and dead letters, built the slow way on purpose.