Independent writing by Callum “Nic” Delaney
Engineering · product · infrastructure
Notes from Callum “Nic” Delaney on designing software, operating real systems and learning in public while building Ident.ink.
Building in public + engineering notes + product decisions + lessons from production
ABOUT
I’m Callum “Nic” Delaney, founder and Head Developer of Ident.ink. I work across full-stack engineering, product design, automation, security and production infrastructure.
This is the personal side of that work: practical notes, honest post-mortems and longer-form thinking without pretending every experiment was obvious in hindsight.
INDEPENDENT ESSAYS
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A personal account of discussing British law on X, the replies and threats that followed, and the difference between disagreement and intimidation.
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Life gets normal very quickly from the inside. Then you look at it like it belongs to somebody else and suddenly the whole thing looks fucking ridiculous.
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