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# Carl Eubanks

@averageprogrammer · Joined February 2025

1x engineer

### [The date input that made me question my life choices](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/the-date-input-that-made-me-question-my-life-choices?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Now, before we get into anything, there’s some important context I need to provide. What is a date input field? Well, if we do a quick interwebs search, you’ll probably get something like: “A date input is an HTML form element that allows users to e...

5 min read · [averageprogrammer.com](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/the-date-input-that-made-me-question-my-life-choices?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Dec 2, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-date-input-that-made-me-question-my-life-choices/692e4bd9fd92d7b8b033b2d5)

### [Choose your hard: The maintainability load curve](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/choose-your-hard-the-maintainability-load-curve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Maintainability isn’t about what’s easier to write or do today. It’s about our cognitive load and what is easier to live with tomorrow. Maintainability isn’t something we should take for granted, yet it goes around achieving the least amount of real...

3 min read · [averageprogrammer.com](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/choose-your-hard-the-maintainability-load-curve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 15, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/choose-your-hard-the-maintainability-load-curve/689fa44ad1de1dd9797b4b38)

### [What my toddler taught me about fault tolerance](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/what-my-toddler-taught-me-about-fault-tolerance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Reliability isn’t perfection—it’s predictability, even in chaos. - Carl Eubanks, The 22nd Time He Told Me He Wanted Veggie Straws On Tuesday (2025). Now, before I get into anything, there’s some impo

7 min read · [averageprogrammer.com](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/what-my-toddler-taught-me-about-fault-tolerance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 8, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-my-toddler-taught-me-about-fault-tolerance/6895a981280b9280908846c9)

### [The bathroom scale and the myth of scalability: Why most systems fail at rush hour—not at rest](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/the-bathroom-scale-and-the-myth-of-scalability-why-most-systems-fail-at-rush-hournot-at-rest?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most systems don’t break because of a missing feature. They break because they weren’t designed to survive growth, chaos, or time—mainly chaos. That’s the first thing Designing Data-Intensive Applicat

4 min read · [averageprogrammer.com](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/the-bathroom-scale-and-the-myth-of-scalability-why-most-systems-fail-at-rush-hournot-at-rest?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 6, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-bathroom-scale-and-the-myth-of-scalability-why-most-systems-fail-at-rush-hournot-at-rest/6893c6133239b73e69516d50)

### [Migrating from Kong to AWS API Gateway](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/migrating-from-kong-to-aws-api-gateway?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

As our platform evolved, so did our needs around scalability, security, and operational efficiency. Kong served as our go-to API gateway for years—flexible, reliable, and cost-effective—but as we lean

3 min read · [averageprogrammer.com](https://averageprogrammer.com/blog/migrating-from-kong-to-aws-api-gateway?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Jul 15, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/migrating-from-kong-to-aws-api-gateway/68766a9acbd1d30e2a57903b)