Programming on Ivan Hawkes

Switching Website to Github

ivan.hawkes@gmail.com (Ivan Hawkes) — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been self hosting this site on my own personal web server for quite a few years now. It’s not convenient, but it is cheap, which is always a good motivation for me. Today I’d like to talk about moving this site from self hosting to Github Pages.

Google App Engine, Go and Go-RESTful

ivan.hawkes@gmail.com (Ivan Hawkes) — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve spent the better part of a week now learning about a new suite of technologies which I am interested in using to develop my TMO gaming framework.

How I Learned to Love Go (Language) And Stop Worrying

ivan.hawkes@gmail.com (Ivan Hawkes) — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

There’s a new love in my life, and she’s petite, versatile, responsive and modern - it’s the language, Go. I’m still in the honeymoon stage, getting to know the ways she likes to play and the things she can do for me, but I can tell you now - it’s going to be a long romance.

The REST API Design Handbook

ivan.hawkes@gmail.com (Ivan Hawkes) — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

There’s a lot of confusion and disagreement about what makes for a RESTful design.

Dealing With The Difficulty

ivan.hawkes@gmail.com (Ivan Hawkes) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been working on my pet project for almost five months now and I must admit that some parts of the project are easier than others. I don’t actually get a choice about which parts I will try and deal with, but I do get a choice about the order in which it happens.