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Al Brown
Product Marketing Engineer at ClickHouse
I've spent the past 10 years working in the data analytics & engineering space, architecting nation-state cyber defence systems, consulting for global financial institutions, and leading developer relations & experience teams at early stage startups.
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Build a stock reservation API with Hono, Bun, and ClickHouse Managed Postgres
Al Brown • Last updated: Sep 17, 2026
Build a small inventory API with Hono and Bun.SQL. Use Postgres transactions to prevent overselling, replay successful requests, and release stock safely.
Build a workshop booking API with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and Postgres
Al Brown • Last updated: Sep 17, 2026
Build a FastAPI booking API on ClickHouse Managed Postgres. Use SQLAlchemy transactions, row locks, and retry-safe requests to protect the last seat.
Build a feature request board with Next.js, Prisma, and Postgres
Al Brown • Last updated: Sep 17, 2026
Build a feature request board with Next.js, Prisma, Clerk, and ClickHouse Managed Postgres. Enforce one vote per user with a database constraint.
Build a SaaS link shortener with Postgres and ClickHouse
Al Brown • Last updated: Sep 16, 2026
Build a link shortener with Postgres for transactions, ClickHouse for click analytics, and ClickPipes for CDC. Deploy the app on Cloudflare Workers.
Building report results and run history with ClickHouse Cloud
Al Brown • Last updated: Sep 5, 2026
Build report results and run history with ClickHouse, provision a service from the CLI, and learn when to use Managed Postgres within ClickHouse Cloud.
What is synthetic monitoring?
Al Brown • Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
Synthetic monitoring runs scripted probes (HTTP checks, API transactions, browser journeys) on a schedule from controlled locations to catch outages before users do.