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4 Tips for Working with sqlc in Go

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This post shares 4 tips for effectively working with sqlc in Go. It covers handling bulk updates with parameterized queries, using CASE and NULL for conditional filters, and organizing query types across packages to reduce type pollution. These strategies help maintain clean and scalable code when using sqlc.

Ansible Workflows with Gitea Actions

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we’ll look at how to use Gitea Actions to automate Ansible workflows including linting and running the playbooks and some key gotchas when setting up the workflow

Pluggable Architecture in About 300 Lines of Code

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This blog post guides readers through implementing a pluggable architecture in Go using around 300 lines of code. It introduces the concept, outlines essential requirements, and walks through the plugin interface and runner.

Distributed Locking With PostgreSQL

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Learn how to use Postgres native feature to coordinate work across several processes, acting as a mutex.

Writing Generic Mappers in Go

Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this short post, we’ll look at a generic implementation of a mapper functions, and how to extend it to support some common use cases.

TIL Creating Transient Databases For Testing

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This post explores an approach to unit testing database-dependent code by implementing a single backing Postgres instance and a disposable database for each test case.

TIL How to Reset Python Environment

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s a short script to reset your python environment to a clean state.

Self Hosted Developers Guide - Part 1: Infrastructure

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this series, I’ll be documenting my journey to self hosting my core development tools and infrastructure from git hosting, CI/CD, backups, container orchestration, and more. This article will cover the infrastructure I’ve set up for my development environment and continues integration.

Reduce Boilerplate in Go Http Handlers with Go Generics

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this article I’m going to walk through how I’ve been able to reduce boilerplate code and ensure that my handlers have consistent behavior across my application.

Go Errors Cheat Sheet 2022

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Error handling is a critical part of any software development project. In this post we’ll look at some of the common ways that you’ll handle errors in Go and a few of the common pitfalls that you’ll encounter.

TIL Using Custom Marshaling in Go

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A quick look at how to use custom marshaling in Go and why you might want to.

5 Useful Hugo Snippets

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A collection of useful snippets I discovered while rewriting my blog in Hugo.

Introducing Homebox

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Homebox is a simple, self-hosted, open-source, home inventory platform.

Starter Http Client Abstraction In Go

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

My go-to snippet for starting a simple HTTP client abstraction in Go.

What's New in Mealie v1.0.0beta-4

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The highlights and of the latest release of Mealie including some security updates, and a some new features.

TIL: Stopping Requests Mid Flight

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Today I learned how you stop a request mid flight with the python requests library

Docs Aren't Enough, Docker Volume Validation, and Speeding up the Test Suite

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This week I find out the no matter how much time you spend on documentation people probably won’t read it. Along with some neat tricks on validating deployments using some docker volume tricks inspired by ACME domain validation.

Deep Work, PR Review, and Git Hashes

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This week I’m starting a new practice to capture my weekly thoughts and notes and write them up in a weekly blog post. We’ll see how it goes!

TIL: Testing Parametrized URLs with Chi Router

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Today I learned that it’s possible to slightly decouple your http handler tests from your chi router. Well sort of…

2022 Dotfiles Highlights

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What’s new in my 2022 dotfiles? Mac on utilities, capturing aliases in functions and more!

Resources for new Gophers in 2021

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

These resources have made all the difference in going from scratching my head, to actually writing an application that makes sense and that I’m excited to keep working on.

How to Improve The Jinja2 Experience with FastAPI

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

While FastAPI is a great first choice for any API development in Python, it’s often not considered when your primary goal is to use Jinja2 templates to return HTML to the user. It’’s hard to match the Ecosystem and support that comes with Flask, but it’s easy to get started.

Lessons From a Rewrite: Improving Your Git Workflow

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The first article in the series on lessons I’ve learned from re-writing my open-source project.

FastAPI and Rich Tracebacks in Development

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Let’s take a look at how we can integrate Rich’s logging and traceback behavior into FastAPI.

Auto Initialize SQLAlchemy Models from A Python Dictionary