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Code, languages, architecture and the trade-offs between them. 3 articles.
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- I went looking for Pydantic in RustI went looking for a Rust equivalent to Pydantic and found a more interesting answer: Rust changes where validation lives.
- Launching AirproxyI'm launching the first of my 12 startups in 12 months for 2023, and we're starting with Airproxy; a platform to help Airtable users scale fearlessly!
- You are the product.A 2021 reflection on free software, privacy, and personal data, retained with updated links to current Australian cyber-security guidance.
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Case studies where these ideas were put into practice.
- SimpleXLA local-first desktop workbench for importing spreadsheet data, inspecting its structure, and answering practical questions with read-only SQL.
- WP FlameA self-hosted performance flight recorder for dynamic WordPress, turning bounded request traces into explainable evidence—and a focused commercial software business.
- AirproxyAn edge-first cache and proxy that made Airtable practical as a production backend without inheriting rate limits, attachment constraints, or operational fragility.