Writing
Notes & essays
Thinking out loud about software, process, and the occasional tangent. No schedule — posts land when they’re ready.
Topics
- engineering2
- databases1
- history1
- meta1
- nextjs1
- 01
How we spent thirty years trying not to write SQL
A history of how we talk to databases, told twice — what was actually happening, and what I thought was happening at each age along the way.
- engineering
- databases
- history
Sep 08, 202628 min - 02
How this site works
A backend dev builds a frontend, complains the entire time, and comes away impressed anyway.
- engineering
- meta
- nextjs
Aug 29, 20268 min