HTTP vs RPC: The Battle of the Protocols
Like any good relationship, communication is key, but when it comes to web services how do you make sure they are talking to each other effectively.
Hey there! 👋 My name is Ted Henkels and I work on 💻
Having over eight years of professional software engineering experience I have contributed my talents to building applications that range from scalable back end web services to full stack web tools. Constantly trying to expand my repertoire of skills I jump at the opportunity to tackle a new problem. I have worked professionally in a multitude of tech stacks that include Java, Scala, Python and Typescript.
Crafting a design system for a multiplanetary future
Most companies try to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to visual design, but for Planetaria we needed to create a brand that would still inspire us 100 years from now when humanity has spread across our entire solar system.
Introducing Animaginary: High performance web animations
When you’re building a website for a company as ambitious as Planetaria, you need to make an impression. I wanted people to visit our website and see animations that looked more realistic than reality itself.
Rewriting the cosmOS kernel in Rust
When we released the first version of cosmOS last year, it was written in Go. Go is a wonderful programming language, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen an article on the front page of Hacker News about rewriting some important tool in Go and I see articles on there about rewriting things in Rust every single week.
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- Carta
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- Senior Software Engineer
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- eBay
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- Software Engineer
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- Stubhub
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