W Ian Douglas

W Ian Douglas @iandouglas

About: DevRel at Block. On the side: technical career coach, educator. I love sharing my knowledge and learning from others!

Location:
Denver, CO
Joined:
Feb 26, 2020

W Ian Douglas
articles - 10 total

How to Choose Between Subagents and Subrecipes in goose

When you're working on complex projects with goose, you'll often need to break work into multiple...

Learn More 1 0Sep 29 '25

Automate Your Complex Workflows with Sub-Recipes in goose

Remember when you first learned to cook? You probably started with simple recipes like scrambled eggs...

Learn More 2 0Sep 26 '25

What's in my .goosehints file (and why it probably shouldn't be)

As Goose users, we have two main ways to provide persistent context to our AI assistant: the...

Learn More 3 0Jun 5 '25

Goose gets a Driver's License

I taught Goose how to drive (a rover) Goose has no hands, no eyes, and no spatial...

Learn More 7 2May 21 '25

MCP Is Rewriting the Rules of API Integration

A developer's guide to modernizing API infrastructure with AI agents and Model Context Protocol. Learn about the benefits, integration strategies, and how to address security considerations.

Learn More 6 0Apr 22 '25

How to Choose HTTP or gRPC for Your Next API

I recently hosted a Postman livestream, “How We Built it: gRPC Support,” with a few members of the...

Learn More 9 0Sep 23 '22

How to Test JSON Properties in Postman

(This article was originally written by Vikram Sahu with technical review by Ian Douglas) JSON...

Learn More 11 1May 24 '22

When and How to Use JSON Serialization in Postman

As a new member of Postman’s developer advocacy team, I was recently tasked with completing our 30...

Learn More 5 0Mar 10 '22

Effective Company Research tips before your next Technical Interview

aka "hack the networking/outreach" I'm the author of https://techinterview.guide and I live-stream...

Learn More 2 0Jul 27 '21

How to shortcut the Leetcode grind

I'm a professional technical interview coach, and Leetcode-style interviews aren't going away any...

Learn More 12 1Jul 26 '21