Hey All! My name is Nathan Harkenrider. I'm an engineering leader, runner, and dad, among other things. I've served in many roles from individual contributor to executive leadership at a variety of organizations ranging from early-stage startups to publicly traded companies. My writing tends to focus on technology leadership, but I may post about other topics of interest occasionally.

Writing

On Replacing Spreadsheets

 -  Startup Strategy Spreadsheet

Many startups have been founded with the goal of displacing spreadsheets. A few have succeeded, many have not. Technology has surely evolved over the last 40 years, so why is it so hard to kick spreadsheets to the curb.

Migrating to AWS Amplify Hosting

 -  AWS

How I simplified the hosting of this website using AWS Amplify.

The Excessive Infrastructure Powering This Blog

 -  AWS Cloud Hugo

This blog is a static website generated with the Hugo static site generator. Simple right? Hosting this blog is another story and involves a surprising amount of infrastructure behind the scenes. Why?

Smartsheet Webhook Callbacks with API Gateway

 -  AWS Smartsheet API

Implementing serverless callbacks for Smartsheet webhooks with AWS API Gateway and Lambda.