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"01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b2192b55", "title": "40", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/40/", "published_at": "2022-01-13T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b30733ee", "title": "Software I'm Thankful For", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/software-im-thankful-for/", "published_at": "2021-11-29T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b326a3a4", "title": "How I Write HTTP Clients", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/how-i-write-http-clients/", "published_at": "2021-11-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b3cd6813", "title": "Why Do You Lift?", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/why-do-you-lift/", "published_at": "2021-08-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b4135882", "title": "Programming is Easy, Software Engineering is Hard", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/programming-is-easy-software-engineering-is-hard/", "published_at": "2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b4c94f4b", "title": "Hugo to Zola", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/hugo-to-zola/", "published_at": "2021-03-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b530405f", "title": "Easy Profiling Go Benchmark Tests with Bash", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/easy-profiling-go-benchmark-tests-with-bash/", "published_at": "2021-02-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b5435f14", "title": "Plain Text Protocols", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/plain-text-protocols/", "published_at": "2020-09-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b62c18ac", "title": "Reverting Back to a Simpler Time", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/reverting-back-to-a-simpler-time/", "published_at": "2020-06-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08740-d3d9-728d-87e7-2e41b6dd3b4d", "title": "The 20 Year 5 School Bachelor's Degree", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/the-20-year-5-school-bachelors-degree/", 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"Convention Over Configuration Web Servers", "url": "https://blainsmith.com/articles/convention-over-configuration-web-servers/", "published_at": "2012-07-13T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

The Wheels We Keep Reinventingoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
Tracing HTTP Requests with Rustoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
Prioritizing Recent Messages with Go Channelsoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
RFC 10008: The HTTP QUERY Methodoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
Tracing HTTP Requests with Go's net/http/httptraceoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Constraints Breed Disciplineoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
NATS Pub/Sub in Hareoriginal ↗
10 May 2026
Just Fucking Use Gooriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Unbounded Concurrency is a Foot Gunoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2026
Wired for Fairnessoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2026
Building Go APIs with Huma, sqlc, and Gooseoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
Vendoring Modules in Hareoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2026
Crocker's Rulesoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
Humanities in the Machineoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
10th Personoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
30 Years of Programming at 44 Years Oldoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026

2025

Read the Fucking Manualoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
How I Write HTTP Serversoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
I Don't Careoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2025
Excitement is Relativeoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2025
AI Codingoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2025
Allergic to Unnecessary Complexityoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
Bare Essentials Development Toolsoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2025
Software Engineering Discipline and Postureoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2025
Towards Teachingoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2025
Introducting: Hare by Exampleoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2025
Block Non-Human Crawlers with Gooriginal ↗
23 Apr 2025
Limeleaf Co-oporiginal ↗
17 Jan 2025

2024

"Rot Economy" and Software Bloat is Increasing the Digital Divideoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2024
Doneoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2024
static-httpdoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024

2023

Writing Bitcask in Hareoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2023

2022

Auto-Generating an OpenAPI Specification for gRPC and gRPC Gatewayoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2022
Network Programming with Hareoriginal ↗
10 May 2022
40original ↗
13 Jan 2022

2021

Software I'm Thankful Fororiginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
How I Write HTTP Clientsoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2021
Why Do You Lift?original ↗
25 Aug 2021
Programming is Easy, Software Engineering is Hardoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2021
Hugo to Zolaoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2021
Easy Profiling Go Benchmark Tests with Bashoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2021

2020

Plain Text Protocolsoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2020
Reverting Back to a Simpler Timeoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2020
The 20 Year 5 School Bachelor's Degreeoriginal ↗
10 May 2020

2019

Signing JWTs with Go's crypto/ed25519original ↗
7 Dec 2019

2018

Linux System Metrics with collectdoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2018

2017

Go Made Me Return to Collegeoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2017
Fuck Your Hustleoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2017
Go, Go import "container/list"!original ↗
1 Feb 2017

2015

3 Years at MadGloryoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2015
Side Projectsoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2015

2014

Single Command Static File Web Serveroriginal ↗
12 Mar 2014

2012

Farewell to Harvard and Onward to MadGloryoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2012
Convention Over Configuration Web Serversoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2012