Barend Erasmus

This is where I share thoughts, ideas, and things I'm working on — sometimes technical, sometimes personal. Just me, writing about what matters to me.

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• I Built a Chrome Extension

  Published: 21 Jun, 2025 |  at  12:11 PM

  I recently published my first Chrome Extension. Not because I had a big idea I wanted to take to market — but because I wanted to explore something unfamiliar.

Recent Posts

• Why Just Writing Code Isn’t Enough Anymore

  Published: 18 Jun, 2025 |  at  06:55 PM

  A few years ago, getting into software engineering felt more straightforward. Learn how to code, pick up a framework or two.

• What I Learned from Writing the Same Code in 4 Languages

  Published: 16 Jun, 2025 |  at  10:48 AM

  I recently wrote a small utility to parse South African Identity Numbers — extracting the date of birth, gender, citizenship status, and validating the checksum.

• How I Host Multiple Production APIs for $24 a Month

  Published: 9 Jun, 2025 |  at  01:17 PM

  I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting with hosting APIs. Like most developers, I started with the usual suspects: AWS, Azure, serverless platforms, Kubernetes clusters.