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Waveform Reconstruction From Samples

Ever wondered how a sampled wave gets turned back into an analog wave for your speakers? The answer is not as simple as you may think.

6 min readDec 7, 2020

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Waveform Reconstruction From Samples

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Here’s Another Toy Language

I have spent years researching, learning and honing my skills as a language designer to build the many statically-typed, virtual machine…

4 min readDec 7, 2022

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Here’s Another Toy Language

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Geek Culture

✌ vsql is a SQL database written in V

V is a language I’ve been playing around with very recently and I’ve been looking for a new project to get stuck into. So I thought it was…

3 min readAug 2, 2021

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✌ vsql is a SQL database written in V

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Level Up Coding

An Alternative Approach to BDD in Go

I’m a big fan of TDD. BDD has always been a bit elusive to me in the sense that I wish I could use it more often. However, I always seem…

4 min readSep 4, 2020

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Level Up Coding

It’s OK to Panic in Go

Go’s error handling is very explicit. It can also be very verbose compared to other languages. I want to talk about how we can minimize…

4 min readMay 6, 2020

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The Startup

Check All Enums Exist in a Switch in Go

Go does not have any concept of enums like some other languages. There are arguments for and against this approach which I won’t go into…

1 min readMay 3, 2020

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The Startup

Unit Testing CLI Programs in Go

It’s a common scenario — for me at least — to be building a CLI tool (main package) that has CLI options (flags package) that I want to…

2 min readFeb 29, 2020

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Unit Testing CLI Programs in Go

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The Startup

In-memory SQS For Unit Testing

If you need an in-memory, functional SQS client during unit tests you can now use github.com/elliotchance/mocksqs.

1 min readDec 11, 2019

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In-memory SQS For Unit Testing

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The Startup

An ordered map in Go

An ordered map (also called a linked hash map in Java) is a data structure that allows amortized O(1) for access and mutation just like a…

2 min readNov 19, 2019

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Reporting real-time performance of channels

Go ships with great tools for runtime performance monitoring. However, for one of the projects I am working on I needed tailored metrics…

3 min readSep 27, 2019

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Reporting real-time performance of channels

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Elliot Chance

Elliot Chance

I’m a data nerd and TDD enthusiast originally from Sydney. Currently working for Uber in New York. My thoughts here are my own. 🤓 elliotchance@gmail.com

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