Hey, I'm
Alf Fenton
Rust software engineer at CareerPlug, building systems that don't page at 2am. Co-founder at Clickk. Training Muay Thai. Based in Seattle, sometimes in Bangkok.
Latest
All writing →One Workspace, Many Services: The Rust Architecture Behind Clickk
A deep dive into the unfamiliar architecture of Clickk: why the backend is Rust microservices in a single Cargo workspace, splits Postgres and DynamoDB by write pattern, and went fully async with Diesel. The reasoning, the go-to-market bet that drove it, and where it bit me.
Mastery doesn't autocomplete
AI gives you the answer. Books still give you the understanding.
The Agency of the Human Spirit
On fear, weak leaders, and the spirit that built everything they now wield against us.
Now
Day job Software engineer at CareerPlug
Building Clickk — interactive video lead-gen
Training Muay Thai at Iyarin, Seattle
Writing in Rust, TypeScript, sometimes Go