I'm Brandur. This site is where I publish words and photos. The section updated most often is atoms, short multimedia particles reminiscent of a Twitter feed. I update my now page monthly according to what I'm working on and thinking about. I publish a newsletter as often as I can.
pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast
July 28, 2026
Postgres database templates make pgtestdb’s per-test database isolation remarkably quick, around 100 ms of setup time, and within spitting distance of River’s schema-based approach.
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I used to add links by hand
July 28, 2026
On how LLMs now drive most of this blog’s workflows, replacing what used to be a lot of small, manual edits.
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The paradox of free time
July 26, 2026
On how a long stretch of open, contiguous time makes you … less (?) productive.
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