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Apache Beam, Spanner Change Streams in Go

Apache Beam is a solid ETL framework however the Go SDK needs some work. I decided to implement Google Spanner ChangeStream in the Go SDK.

25 March 2026

8 min read

TEMPORAL STATE MANAGEMENT WORKFLOWS

Managing State in Temporal

Temporal is a powerful tool for managing state in distributed systems. Before you reach for a database, ask yourself whether Temporal's own persistence layer is already handling the job.

25 July 2025

9 min read

HOSTING NEXTJS CLOUDFLARE

Hosting Next.js on Cloudflare

Hosting Next.js on Cloudflare is cheap, performant and easy to setup. Read on and find out how.

25 June 2025

6 min read

BLOG NEXTJS WEB

Building a blog in Next.js

Journey into building a modern blog with Next.js and MDX. Explore how code, content, and creativity come together to craft a dynamic, developer-friendly publishing platform.

15 June 2025

8 min read

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My professional career, where I've worked and a bit about what I did there.

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Starting a blog

Why I started a blog, my thought process in how to approach writing articles and some of the content I will share.

1 June 2025

4 min read