About
I'm @brandur, an occasional writer, and engineer at Stripe and previously Heroku.
I most often talk about web APIs, Postgres, Rust, software safety and resilience, efficient human interfaces, and running.
Articles
Soft Deletion Probably Isn't Worth It
The traditional soft deletion pattern using
deleted_atcolumns leaks into code, curbs the usefulness of foreign keys, and makes data removal difficult. Luckily, there’s an alternative. July 19, 2022Postgres: Boundless `text` and Back Again
The
texttype in Postgres, why it’s awesome, and why you might want to usevarcharanyway. Also, a story about trying to get string parameters bounded at Stripe. September 10, 2021How We Went All In on sqlc/pgx for Postgres + Go
Touring the ORM and Postgres landscape in Go, and why sqlc is today’s top pick. September 8, 2021
Older articles available here.
Fragments
Simplifying and rebooting an old project which was a good idea that deserved better. November 7, 2022
Older fragments available here.
