Peter Aluya

@Jolonto

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Lagos, NigeriaJoined March 2025

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Software engineer specializing in backend systems, building payment infrastructures, and scalable API systems

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Software engineering (backend) roles, Technical articles, documentations

Peter Aluya's blogs

Using Cobra in Gocobragopackage.hashnode.dev2 posts

What am I doing wrong?rudeawakening.hashnode.dev1 post

Reading input in Gobufiopackage.hashnode.dev1 post

Webhook Idempotency Explainedwebhook-idempotency-explained.hashnode.dev1 post

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PAPeter Aluyawebhook-idempotency-explained.hashnode.devJan 7 · 4 min read

How I Prevented Double-Crediting in My Fintech Wallet (Webhook Idempotency Explained)

I’ve been building a fintech Wallet Service API that handles real money transactions via Paystack for some time now, and I’ve learned so much, and this article explains one of the most important concepts I learned about building a Fintech service. Th...

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PAPeter Aluyacobragopackage.hashnode.devNov 1, 2025 · 17 min read

Building an AI Agent for Country History and Fintech Startup Insights: A Complete Guide

Introduction When I first encountered the concept of AI agents that could communicate with other systems autonomously, I was fascinated by the possibilities. The idea that an AI could not just respond to queries but actively integrate with platforms ...

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PAPeter Aluyacobragopackage.hashnode.devMay 13, 2025 · 8 min read

Building a simple CLI tool in Go using Cobra

What is a CLI? Command line interface (CLI) tools are text-based interfaces where you can input commands that interact with a computer’s operating system. They’re programs that you run from the terminal to control software, perform tasks, or manage f...

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PAPeter Aluyabufiopackage.hashnode.devMay 9, 2025 · 7 min read

Reading input in Go; using bufio.NewScanner and bufio.NewReader effectively

Reading input is a fundamental concept in backend development. In Node.js, developers often rely on the readline module or fs.createReadStream() to handle it. Similarly, Go provides bufio.NewScanner and bufio.NewReader for this same purpose, and I’ll...

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PAPeter Aluyarudeawakening.hashnode.devMar 17, 2025 · 4 min read

What am I doing wrong

It's 5:33 pm on the 17th day of March 2025 and I just finished having a chat with my coursemate telling me about how many people failed a particular course but right now that's the least of my worries. I know it sounds weird. What I'm more concerned ...

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How I Prevented Double-Crediting in My Fintech Wallet (Webhook Idempotency Explained)

Building an AI Agent for Country History and Fintech Startup Insights: A Complete Guide

Building a simple CLI tool in Go using Cobra

Reading input in Go; using bufio.NewScanner and bufio.NewReader effectively

What am I doing wrong

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Peter Aluya

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Peter Aluya's blogs

Recently published

How I Prevented Double-Crediting in My Fintech Wallet (Webhook Idempotency Explained)

Building an AI Agent for Country History and Fintech Startup Insights: A Complete Guide

Building a simple CLI tool in Go using Cobra

Reading input in Go; using bufio.NewScanner and bufio.NewReader effectively

What am I doing wrong