Hi, I'm Brandur.
I like databases, the independent web, and fast interfaces. I write in full sentences on Slack and use emoticons instead emoji. I think the modern web took a wrong turn on its evolutionary path and that we should resurrect ideas from the earlier days of computing — less centralization, software that's harder to learn but more powerful, and wider technical literacy.
My personal website is here and I'm on Twitter at @brandur.
I'm a sometimes writer. Most frequently by publishing a newsletter called Nanoglyph (which you should sign up for :). Here are its latest issues:
- ⓝ 026 — Identity Crisis: Sequence v. UUID as Primary Key June 29, 2021
- ⓝ 025 — Canonical Log Lines 2.0 June 1, 2021
- ⓝ 024 — New Horizons April 15, 2021
I put other stream of consciousness thoughts into tiny blog posts called fragments:
🐚 Why form encoding in web APIs is an anti-pattern July 30, 2021🐚 API design showcase: OpenAI July 29, 2021🐚 Considerations for event APIs (versus webhooks) July 21, 2021
Once in a while, I write longer form articles:
📖 Minimally Invasive (and More Accurate) Analytics: GoAccess and Athena/SQL February 16, 2021📖 Feature Casualties of Large Databases December 1, 2020📖 Doubling the Sorting Speed of Postgres Network Types with Abbreviated Keys August 7, 2019
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