Passionate learner
& software tinkerer
Hey there. I am Donnie Flood, an entrepreneur and software engineer with 25 years building startups and products. I am passionate about learning and addicted to trying to understand complicated systems. I believe that software is the closest thing we have to magic in this world and love experimenting with it.
Explorations, Projects, and/or Diversions
Things I spend my time on.
gstate
State chart / state machine library for Go, inspired by XState.
love of mine
someday
you will die
Learning to Play Guitar at 47
On starting an instrument mid-life and the value of being bad at things.
Why Road Bike Racing Is My Favorite Sport
On suffering, tactics, and the only team sport that's also an individual one.
Hotdogjs
What's goes well with a Bun?! Hotdogjs, of course! (Port of LiveView optimized for Bun runtime)
LiveViewJS
Phoenix LiveView is a paradigm change. What if we had LiveViews in Typescript? LiveViewJS answers that question.
Writing is thinking
I write things down sometimes...
Learning to Play Guitar at 47
Why I started playing and why you should
Why Road Bike Racing Is My Favorite Sport to Watch
On suffering, tactics, and the only team sport that's also an individual one.
Better late than never
This site is long overdue