Written by Alec Brunelle who lives and works in Toronto, building useful things. Email Me
A job queue for a micro-service world 🌎
January 29, 2019An explanation into how we built a job queuing system for use in a micro-service context and how we contributed back our work along the way…
How Learning Elixir Made Me a Better Programmer 🥃
August 20, 2018After getting comfortable with a couple programming technologies, developers usually stop there; your job and the systems you maintain may…
The Best Parts of The Pragmatic Programmer 📚
March 11, 2018The Pragmatic Programmer remains relevant since its 1999 release, even though the software space is evolving at a Nascar-like pace. Standing…
My Mac Stack 🖥️
December 17, 2017The average workday goes as follows: Coworker comes to my desk to ask me a question Sees something radical happening on screen Asks why they…
My Git Tricks 🔑
October 01, 2017Disclaimer: This is meant for people who are experienced in Git and know their way around the basics and want to bring their understanding…