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A friendly language for building type-safe systems on the Erlang VM.

I've been building an SMTP server in Gleam lately.

Zig does not have an interface keyword — and that’s a feature, not a bug.

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One of the first things I bumped into when I started writing Zig was its release modes.

When building an embedded database, one of the most critical decisions is choosing the right data structure for storage and retrieval.

In this article, we’ll explore how to implement zig multi-threading to speed up an integration test runner by leveraging thread pools, mutexes, and wait groups.

Building a Soil Moisture Sensor in TinyGo with Arduino If you're a Go developer and want to dip your toes into the world of hardware, I’ve got good news: you can absolutely build cool stuff—like a soil moisture sensor—without switching to C or C++.

When I landed my first programming job, I was contracted to help an interactive agency during the mobile app rush of 2010.

Boy, does this feel like a weird blog post to write.

Simple, boring, and excellent for servers, CLIs, and gRPC.

gRPC (Remote Procedure Call) is a powerful tool for building robust and scalable communication between server applications.

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Memory safety without a GC.

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In the world of Go programming, logging is an essential aspect of any application.

Introduction to Go's WaitGroup and its Importance in Concurrent Programming Go's WaitGroup, concurrency in Go, goroutines synchronization, concurrent programming When it comes to concurrent programming in Go, the WaitGroup plays a crucial role in ensuring…

For me, embarking on a software development journey can take two distinct paths - the Journey Development Path and the Destination Development Path.

Streamline Your Development Environment: Organizing .rc Files and Custom Executables Introduction As a programmer, maintaining an organized and efficient development environment is crucial for productivity.

Welcome to another exciting blog post on learning the Go programming language!

As a Flutter developer, you may have encountered the challenge of restoring the state of an application after it has been closed or suspended.

If you're looking to add some reactive frontend elements to your simple blog without having to resort to more complex frameworks like React or Vue, web components might just be the answer you're looking for.

I have been writing blog posts for almost ten years now.

The use of ASDF can be an incredibly useful tool for managing your development environment.

A few years back I wrote a Naive Bayes classifier in Clojure and haven't done much with any form of machine learning (regardless of how rudimentary) since.

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Let's start by clearing the air.

This is the 2nd year that my wife and I have hosted a chili cookoff.

What is a team charter A team charter is a document that defines the purpose, scope, and objectives of a software engineering team.

The Drop trait in Rust only has one method but it's extremely important.

Mentoring software engineers can be a rewarding experience.

Rust's trait system is like a breath of fresh air when compared to some of more recent language forays.

A fantastic user experience is a powerful tool for your application.

Code Coverage helps you identify how much of your code is covered via test cases.

Command Line Interfaces (CLIs) are some of the simplest program interfaces to build, but some of the most difficult program interfaces to build well.

Unfortunately the documentation around isolates is not very good, but they're a very powerful feature.

Rust's memory management can feel a bit intimidating for most developers.

Flutter's LayoutBuilder Widget is a widget that allows you to adapt children widgets based off the constraints that the LayoutBuilder is contained in.

There are a lot of alternatives to inheritance.

There are several differences between junior and senior developers, but one of the most noticeable differences is around how they communicate.

SimpleDialogs are an insanely simple way to display immediately actionable items while conforming to the Material Design specification.

One of the key selling points for building Flutter applications is the framework's options for building responsive mobile applications.

In 2015, Google announced that the Dart VM would not be built into chrome.

Well, It's been a long time coming, but I've finally migrated off of wordpress and onto something I'm a a little more comfortable regularly working with.

I was talking with a friend the other day about Flutter for Web’s SEO, which… is not very good.

If you look back at any of my blog posts, you’ll likely find an introduction like “Recently I was exploring…” This time is no different.

JSON is, as of 2020, the communication standard for most web applications (comon gRPC !

Asynchronous programming in Dart is an absolute blast.

Last night, as I was writing code in a Flutter app, I came across an interesting dilemma.