Articles by Builder in Chief
5 postsHow to Built a Custom ClickHouse Migration System in TypeScript
ClickHouse has no built-in migration tool. Here's how we built a simple TypeScript-based system that handles replicated tables, distributed tables, rollbacks, and cluster-aware schema changes.
Builder in Chief•Jan 12, 2026How to Built a Self-Hosted ClickHouse Cluster from Scratch
A practical guide to deploying a production-ready ClickHouse cluster using Terraform and Ansible on Hetzner. Covers cluster architecture, sharding vs replication, Keeper quorum, and why I skipped Kubernetes.
Builder in Chief•Jan 10, 2026Core Infra and the Ingest Pipeline
A deep dive into why we chose Cloudflare Workers over AWS Lambda for event ingestion, the tradeoffs of managed vs. self-hosted ClickHouse, and how events flow from SDK to database.
Builder in Chief•Jan 5, 2026Why We're Obsessing Over Signal Capture
Analytics isn't the product. It's the foundation. A deep dive into the API design decisions behind Userloom's event ingestion schema, and why getting behavioral signals right matters more than anything else.
Builder in Chief•Jan 1, 2026Introducing Userloom: Stop Losing Users to Silence
We're building a platform that captures every signal (website, mobile, API, webhooks, forms) and helps you send the right email or survey at the right moment. Here's our vision.
Builder in Chief•Dec 18, 2025Stop losing users to silence.
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