Robust Config Loading for Python Apps

Posted on Wed 27 October 2021 in Development • Tagged with python • 3 min read

At work, this week, we've been updating our python client, which allows customers to programmatically interact with our platform.

While the basic configuration of the client is quite simple (requiring just access credentials), however there are more than a dozen configuration options that can be overridden for development purposes, but …


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Surviving developing .NET GRPC on MacOS

Posted on Sat 23 October 2021 in Development • Tagged with .net, python • 2 min read

On a daily basis, I've been primarially a mac user since 2014

That changed about 7 years ago, when I joined a startup in Jakarta, Indonesia, where the entire company (including the office boys) were mac users.

At the time, I wasn't a huge fan of making the switch over …


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Deploying Pelican (Static Blog) on Digital Ocean

Posted on Sat 02 January 2021 in Misc Tech • Tagged with digital ocean, python, pelican • 6 min read

Well, it's 2021 and about a decade late, I've finally decided to get myself a blog.

I've toyed around with creating one several times previously, but things (i.e. work) gets in the way, and I end up losing the motivation to follow through with it in relatively short order …


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