Hormoz Kheradmand

Production Engineering Lead @ Shopify

Generalist systems tinkerer, developer, and tech leader.

Currently integrating Vitess into Shopify's MySQL platform.

If you would like to work with us, send me an email.

Writing

  • The duckyPad macro-pad (Jul 2023)
  • Poem from Tanya Tagaq's “Split Tooth” (May 2023)
  • OpenSCAD: perfectly customizable models (Mar 2023)
  • ChatGPT’s ode to Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) (Feb 2023)
  • So long, Jekyll. Long live Next.js (Feb 2023)
  • Looking forward to further growth at Shopify (Dec 2022)
  • High throughput project workflow (Mar 2022)
  • Book highlights: 'Making Things Happen' by Scott Berkun (Feb 2022)
  • Estimating project timelines (Jan 2022)
  • Gantt chart template (Mar 2021)
  • Becoming a tech leader: my principles (Feb 2021)
  • Books and ideas that shaped my growth (Jan 2021)
  • Writing for growth, change, and making things happen (Aug 2020)
  • Crate digging in 2020: mpv + lua (Jun 2020)
  • Capacity control toolbox: how to handle system overload using load shedding, bulkheading, quotas, and smart queues (May 2020)
  • Repairing glasses during a pandemic (May 2020)
  • Logo design (Apr 2020)
  • Gentle example of Go's context package (Apr 2020)
  • Vim (Dec 2017)
  • Persistent web app windows in awesomewm (Aug 2016)