Articles I have authored or co-authored.
Writing
Rewriting OTTO in Rust: oxidizing our codebase, one service at a time
Why our team migrated AWS Lambda functions and microservices from Kotlin and TypeScript to Rust, and what we learned about reliability, performance, tooling, and team adoption. Co-authored with Nico Schmidt and René Hottendorf.
Recap of the EuroRust 2023 conference in Brussels
A recap of EuroRust 2023, the breadth of Rust applications represented there, and how teams at OTTO were beginning to use Rust in production. Co-authored with Kay Hannay.
How we used a simple trick to save USD 500,000 in data transfer costs
How OTTO migrated internal service traffic to dual-stack IPv6, reduced AWS NAT Gateway costs by more than $500,000 annually, and rolled the change out across autonomous teams. Co-authored with OTTO's Cost Optimization Service Team.