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Observability for Developers — Part 0: The Blind System

From a blind distributed system to real, actionable visibility

Dec 14, 2025

Observability for Developers — Part 0: The Blind System

Dec 14, 2025

From Messy Logs to Mastery: Logging

(With slog Logging, an Internal Event Bus, and Layers That Don’t Hate Each Other)

Nov 19, 2025

From Messy Logs to Mastery: Logging

Nov 19, 2025

When the Business Domain Becomes the Missing Dependency

A story about how cloud-native engineering breaks when we understand systems but not the business they serve.

Nov 14, 2025

When the Business Domain Becomes the Missing Dependency

Nov 14, 2025

Stop Reinventing the Wheel: How Internal Libraries Quietly Create Technical Debt

When “building it ourselves” feels efficient — until it isn’t.

Oct 15, 2025

Stop Reinventing the Wheel: How Internal Libraries Quietly Create Technical Debt

Oct 15, 2025

Mastering Go Internals: Runtime Internals and Unsafe Superpowers

Go gives you safety by default — but sometimes, safety isn’t enough. In this second part of our deep dive, we go beyond memory tricks and…

Jun 9, 2025

Mastering Go Internals: Runtime Internals and Unsafe Superpowers

Jun 9, 2025

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Mastering Go Internals — Part 1: Memory Mastery, Field Offsets, and Runtime Patching

Go beyond the basics. Learn how to master memory layouts, manipulate struct fields at runtime, and build high-performance patterns with…

May 8, 2025

Mastering Go Internals — Part 1: Memory Mastery, Field Offsets, and Runtime Patching

May 8, 2025

Tech Terrorism: Because Scaring Beginners Gets More Likes Than Teaching

Ah, the good old tech apocalypse. Every day, a new prophet rises on social media or Medium to announce the death of some technology…

May 5, 2025

Tech Terrorism: Because Scaring Beginners Gets More Likes Than Teaching

May 5, 2025

Prepared Statement Caching in Go Repositories with sqlx — A Professional Pattern

Early in my work with Go projects, I noticed a recurring issue: developers either re-prepared SQL statements constantly or trusted the…

May 4, 2025

Prepared Statement Caching in Go Repositories with sqlx — A Professional Pattern

May 4, 2025

Run a Lightweight Local Kubernetes Cluster with K3s

When you’re working on Kubernetes development locally, most people default to Minikube — and it’s a great starting point. But sometimes…

Apr 8, 2025

Run a Lightweight Local Kubernetes Cluster with K3s

Apr 8, 2025

Demystifying Clean Architecture in Go: Separating Fact from Fiction

This article explores the misconceptions surrounding Clean Architecture in Go, addressing whether it’s overly complex or a valuable tool…

Dec 9, 2024

Demystifying Clean Architecture in Go: Separating Fact from Fiction

Dec 9, 2024

Ricardo Lüders

Ricardo Lüders

he/him

Principal Software Engineer | Go & PHP enthusiast | Passionate about microservices, scalable architecture, and sharing Go tips. Cat lover 🐱

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