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on elixir, erlang, exunit, genservers, testing, rabbitmq

Testing GenServers with Erlang Trace

Thanks to lots of Googling and some help from a friend, I learned you can test that a GenServer received a message with the help of Erlang tracing.… »

on agile, project management, teams

We're All Project Managers Now

Engineers thinking like project managers makes for higher performing teams, whether you're remote and async or not.… »

on go, concurrency, channels, waitgroups, debugging

Synchronizing Go Routines with Channels and WaitGroups

In debugging a mysteriously hanging Go function recently, I learned something new about how to use WaitGroups and Channels to synchronize Go routines. Keep reading to learn more!… »

on remote work, async work, career

My Long Distance Relationship With GitHub

Coming up on my one month 💖 anniversary 💖 of joining the GitHub engineering organization, I'm reflecting on the challenges and benefits of remote, asynchronous teams.… »

on go, golang, concurrency, goroutine, waitgroups, channels

Building Concurrent Workflows in Go with Goroutines and Channels

Using goroutines and channels, we can ensure that our program works on on more than one task in a given time period. In this post, we'll use goroutines, channels and WaitGroups to process a "bulk user registration" request.… »