Kevin McDonald

Hello Blue Sky, I'm Kevin. I am a software engineer who likes to play with different network protocols in order to learn more about how the internet works.

Worth a read: @kmcd.dev from @buf.build writes about how Protobuf in Python and TypeScript is actually good now. Also: Replit.com acquired trychroma.com. And @tenstorrent.bsky.social is hiring a Performance Architect, CPU Cluster in Santa Clara. theconsensus.dev/g/2026/10/27/

Daily Prompt: Do you have any specific rituals to get into a state of "flow"? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What is your preferred way to communicate at work: chat, email, or video call? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: How do you decide when it's time to refactor versus time to ship? #prompt #writing #tech

📝 Living Closer to the Internet https://kmcd.dev/posts/living-closer-to-the-internet/

Daily Prompt: What is the longest you've ever been stuck on a single problem? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What's the most effective way you've found to mentor junior developers? #prompt #writing #tech

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Daily Prompt: How do you handle context switching when juggling multiple projects? #prompt #writing #tech

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Daily Prompt: Do you prefer standing desks, sitting, or alternating between the two? #prompt #writing #tech

📝 Visualizing the Internet (2026) - Part 2 https://kmcd.dev/posts/internet-map-2026-part-2/

Daily Prompt: How do you celebrate a major release or project completion? #prompt #writing #tech

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Daily Prompt: How do you usually prepare for a technical interview? #prompt #writing #tech

I might be cross-posting my work blogs more, as they intersect with my hobby projects a lot. In this case, it's quite literally a hobby project! buf.build/blog/asking-...

Daily Prompt: What's the best piece of career advice you've ever received in tech? #prompt #writing #tech

why is it always trailers?

Daily Prompt: What is a technology you were skeptical about but ended up loving? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: How often do you clean up your desktop or downloads folder? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: How do you overcome writer's block when drafting a new article? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: Do you have a favorite programming meme or inside joke? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: How do you prefer to handle environment variables and configuration? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What is the most over-engineered solution you've ever built? #prompt #writing #tech

I wasn't feeling well, so I made a 3d globe version of my internet infrastructure map: map.kmcd.dev/globe/

Learn something new today. Browse this for 20 minutes. kagi.com/smallweb

Daily Prompt: What's your favorite extension or plugin for your code editor? #prompt #writing #tech

connect-go v2 ships simplified generated APIs and an open transport layer. v1 remains fully supported. https://buf.build/blog/connect-go-v2 #golang

Daily Prompt: How do you handle managing notifications across all your devices? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What is the weirdest bug you've ever encountered? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What is your strategy for learning a completely new framework? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What's a software tool you pay for and consider absolutely worth the money? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: Do you use a password manager, and how do you organize your secrets? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What's the best tech conference or meetup you've ever attended? #prompt #writing #tech

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Daily Prompt: What is one tech buzzword you are completely tired of hearing? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What's your favorite tool for visualizing data or architecture? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: Have you ever accidentally dropped a production database or caused a major outage? #prompt #writing #tech

I found it strange that Jev, the 'system one mode' by TypeSafe AI isn't... Typesafe? So I decided to make a protobuf plugin to generate type-safe code in Go, TS and Python for Jev (or Laya). Real types for the input and output and a gRPC-like interface. Is this useful? github.com/sudorandom/p...

Daily Prompt: What open-source project do you admire the most and why? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: Are you a fan of mechanical keyboards? If so, what's your current setup? #prompt #writing #tech

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Daily Prompt: What was your first programming language and how did you learn it? #prompt #writing #tech

Daily Prompt: What is your favorite keyboard shortcut that nobody seems to know about? #prompt #writing #tech

📝 gRPC vs REST Is the Wrong Question https://kmcd.dev/posts/grpc-vs-rest/

Daily Prompt: Do you prefer light mode or dark mode, and does it change by time of day? #prompt #writing #tech

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