Henrik Åkesson

About

I'm an independent software developer in Madrid, Spain.

I write about the engineering behind what I build.

I came to Rust from Swift around 2020, when Swift stopped giving me the performance and control I needed. I wouldn't go back.

I care about performance and code quality and I like pushing both further than the problem strictly needs — a fantastic justification for premature optimisation.

I spend a lot of my time working out how to use AI well: what it's good for and not, and how to keep the quality the product needs. Turns out that pushing it further is, in this case, not premature.

I have a strict AI policy: if I use it, I'll disclose it.

I like to start a paragraph with 'I'.

Write to me in English, Swedish, French or Spanish.

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