About

Hi! I'm Alan Gardner (Alan Key). I write software for a living and, occasionally, for fun. This site is where I put the writing that's longer than a tweet and shorter than a book.

I am most interested in:

Systems that are easy to reason about, even when they're large.
The craft of making software that respects the people who use it.
The moments when a tool finally clicks, and what made the difference.

If you'd like to read posts as they appear, the feed is plain Atom.

Elsewhere

GitHub: where my open code lives.
Email: the most reliable way to reach me.

If something here was useful, I'd love to hear about it.