Patterns in distributed systems
Most codebases grow in directions their authors never anticipated. The pressure to optimize early is real, but constraints often produce more elegant solutions than freedom ever could.
Recent posts
- The cost of context switching · 46 minutes ago · 47,196 reads
- When to optimize, when to wait · 8 hours ago
- Notes on system reliability · 4 hours ago
Ten years of terminal tooling
Performance optimization is a tempting distraction. Every line of code that exists to optimize one specific case is a line that must be maintained and understood forever.
From the archive
Performance optimization is a tempting distraction. Every line of code that exists to optimize one specific case is a line that must be maintained and understood forever.
About this site
A technical writer exploring systems thinking, code design, and the intersection of tools and thought.
Thoughts on code. Updated sporadically.
Elsewhere
Occasional writing on design topics. Past essays here.