22 Oct 2025 The baffling new world of Apple's 'Liquid Glass' UI It just seems like we've taken a sizable step backward.
20 Sep 2025 Go + Clojure = Glojure Which means I'm migrating from Babashka to Glojure
14 Sep 2025 Receiving the Savior, Jesus Christ We absolutely need Him, but he won't force His way into our hearts and lives.
10 Sep 2025 The assassination of Charlie Kirk Senseless violence in my hometown, literally less than a mile from my workplace, as I ate lunch.
16 Aug 2025 A generic 'leaderboard' map type in Go Put it in your back pocket. You never know...
07 Aug 2025 Careful Buffer Pooling and Reuse in Go A few important things to be aware of.
31 Jul 2025 How to interview computer programmers I've figured it out! 😉
08 Jun 2025 I Will Walk with Jesus ...and He will walk with me!
28 Apr 2025 An Offering in Righteousness Who are the 'sons of Levi' and what is their offering?
20 Apr 2025 Easter Message 2025 Jesus Christ Is Alive and Well!
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Hi! My name is Michael Whatcott.
I'm a husband, father, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, software developer, and musician. This blog serves as a repository of my learning and creative thinking. In it you'll find technical musings, musical compositions, and expressions of my faith.
Though I serve in volunteer capacities in the church the views expressed on this website are my own and are not sponsored or endorsed by the Church or my employer, nor do I officially represent either. The content presented herein is my own.
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"...upon these [pages] I write the things of my soul...and many of the scriptures. For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children." (2 Nephi 4:15)