David Crawshaw

@david_crawshaw@robot.villas

David Crawshaw writes about software engineering, Go, SQLite, cloud infrastructure, and programming with AI agents.

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The agent principal-agent problem #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Programming
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May 7, 2026
I am building a cloud #Cloud #Infrastructure #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 22, 2026
Eight more months of agents #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Programming
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Feb 8, 2026
How I program with Agents #Programming #AI #SoftwareEngineering
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Jun 8, 2025
How I program with LLMs #AI #Programming #LLMs
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Jan 6, 2025
jsonfile: a quick hack for tinkering #Go #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Feb 6, 2024
new year, same plan #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #AI
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Dec 31, 2022
log4j: between a rock and a hard place #Security #SoftwareEngineering #Log4j
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Dec 11, 2021
Software I'm thankful for #Software #Technology #Programming
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Nov 25, 2021
Remembering the LAN #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #TechHistory
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Jan 28, 2020
The asymmetry of Internet identity #Identity #Internet #Security
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Sep 29, 2019
Zero Trust Networks #Security #Networking #Cloud
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Sep 10, 2019
Go 1.13: xerrors #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 28, 2019
Fast compilers for fast programs #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #Compilers
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Apr 14, 2019
UTF-7: a ghost from the time before UTF-8 #Unicode #Programming #History
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Oct 31, 2018
One process programming notes (with Go and SQLite) #Go #SQLite #Programming
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Jul 30, 2018
Reasoning with Regret #SoftwareEngineering #AI #Programming
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Jul 16, 2018
Searching the Creative Internet #Internet #Search #Creativity
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May 18, 2018
Service Throughput Tradeoffs #SoftwareEngineering #Cloud #Performance
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Apr 13, 2018
Sharp-Edged Finalizers in Go #Go #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 5, 2018
The Tragedy of Finalizers #Go #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 4, 2018
Go and SQLite: when database/sql chafes #GoLang #SQLite #Programming
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Apr 2, 2018
Experimentation Adrift #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #AI
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Mar 30, 2018
Leaving Google #Tech #Career #OpenSource
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Mar 27, 2018
Less cgo overhead in Go 1.8 #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Feb 15, 2017
BBR #Networking #BBR #Tech
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Jan 7, 2017
Compiler Bomb #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #AI
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Oct 14, 2016
On recieving the News #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #AI
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Sep 24, 2016
Buried by the media #Media #Journalism #Technology
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Sep 5, 2016
Smaller Go 1.7 binaries #GoLang #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Aug 19, 2016
Good business #Business #Software #AI
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Jul 27, 2016
Everyone a writer #Writing #Content #Community
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Jul 8, 2016
2016-06-29 #SoftwareEngineering #GoLang #CloudInfrastructure
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Jun 29, 2016
Transaction oriented collector #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Databases
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Jun 24, 2016
Machining under a microscope #Engineering #Software #Microscopy
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Jun 20, 2016
Limits of Superintelligence #AI #FutureTech #Philosophy
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May 7, 2016
COPY Relocations #SoftwareEngineering #Database #Programming
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Apr 17, 2016
Atom Feed #Tech #Programming #OpenSource
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Apr 16, 2016
2016-02-10 #SoftwareEngineering #Go #AI
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Feb 10, 2016
2016-01-23 #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #AI
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Jan 23, 2016