PostgreSQL in Gleam with pog, squirrel, and cigogne
A basic yet opinionated PostgreSQL setup in the Gleam programming language.
Hi, I’m Leon - a venture architect and product manager turned software engineer. I craft LLM-based automation systems by day and tinker with compilers, databases, and developer tooling by night. Proficient in Rust, increasingly decent in Python and Elixir. Based in Berlin.
A basic yet opinionated PostgreSQL setup in the Gleam programming language.
Everyone is busy. Working on this and that. Managing deadlines, aligning stakeholder expectations, and actioning on action items. And yet, results are progressing sluggishly. There is this nagging feeling that this is not right. Time wasted. You keep thinking about that recent 4h burst where you Got. Stuff. Done. I say: let's be productive, not busy.
After too many rewrites of its logic and hesitantly sacrificing coolness for maintainability and zero npm dependencies, this blog finally sees the light of day. Expect insights on product and business building, musings on nerdy tech topics, rumblings on productivity, and mumbling should I ever do an audio format. With some life reflections, too!