Entry09:00
Writing faster Go: profile first, then kill allocations
A practical loop for Go performance work. Benchmark with testing.B, find the cost with pprof, and cut the allocations that actually matter. · 877 words
Hey, I'm Sina 👋
Software engineer and open-source enthusiast. I enjoy taking systems apart to see how they work. Here I keep my writing,links worth saving, and the odd note. A few things I've built live under projects.
24 June 2026
22 June 2026
Entry10:24
On taking systems apart
On understanding something all the way down. · 144 words
Note08:10
Spent the evening reading Wittgenstein and rewriting a config parser. Surprisingly the same activity: deciding what a thing is allowed to mean.
21 June 2026
Link19:02
A patient explanation of distributed consensus ↗ raft.github.io
The write-up on Raft that finally made leader-election click for me.
12 June 2026
Entry21:15
Hey there, welcome to my website!
A first note on why I rebuilt this place from scratch, and what I plan to keep here. · 117 words