Parsing 10M Addresses Without Losing Context
What broke in early runs, how we fixed locale edge cases, and the benchmarks that mattered in production.
Lukas Martinelli
Software engineering, maps, and practical systems
Building software that is useful, inspectable, and fast
I write about geospatial engineering, architecture trade-offs, and lessons from shipping production systems. No hype, just concrete work and clear writeups.
Blog
Why We Moved Geocoding Fallbacks to Typed Pipelines
A small refactor that removed silent failures and made bad provider responses visible in logs.
Projects
StreetSnap
Deterministic screenshots with browser automation, stable coordinates, and repeatable visual checks.
AerialSnap
Tile rendering and preview tooling for clean aerial snapshots at scale.
Posts
Post: Faster local CI feedback with selective checks
Tightening feedback loops by splitting expensive workflows from core guardrails.
Post: Design notes for a Swiss-style dev blog refresh
Using red as punctuation, not decoration. Hierarchy first, personality second.