So, I Wrote a Book: The Story Behind “100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them”

Hello! Today, I’m going to share the story of the process behind writing my book. This post also marks the launch of Inner Brew, a new section where I will share more personal reflections and stories. If you’re not really into that and prefer only to receive the usual concept-focused posts you can turn off notifications (email or push) for this section here (Notifications → Disable “Inner Brew“). The Beginning of the Story My book, 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, was published in August 2022. But the story starts much earlier, back in 2018. At this time, I was working in Switzerland, refactoring a C++ legacy codebase. Together with my colleague and friend Damien Chambon, we started evaluating Scala and Akka (an actor model framework) for a potential rewrite. Why Scala and Akka, you may wonder? Well, back then I had mostly Java/JVM experience, and I was intrigued by the promises of the actor model. But things were… definitely not simple. First off, it was a whole new languag ... Read full article.