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Distributed Systems Engineer. Writing about Go, observability, and cloud-native architecture. Also the best software developer in my flat.

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  1. Return-to-Office plan is probably math-negative

    A lot of companies are spending a fortune to drag people back into the office. They say it’s for culture or synergy. That sounds nice, but those words don’t pay the rent. So, let’s stop guessing and start calculating. We need a way to treat the return-to-office (RTO) move like what it really is: a huge financial investment.

  2. Free cloud hosting for developers

    As a developer, I usually want to deploy applications with minimal or no upfront investment. The hosting free tiers options give a space for experimentation, learning, and the deployment of low-traffic personal projects or proofs-of-concept without immediate financial commitment.

  3. Meson vs Make - A simple comparison

    Meson is a modern build system designed to be fast and easy to use. It focuses on simplicity, better configuration management, and improved speed compared to older tools. Meson uses Ninja as its backend to speed up the actual building process, and its configuration files are written in a simple, human-readable language.

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