Kevin McDonald

Sep 6, 2024 | kmcd.dev | Kevin McDonald

gRPC has undeniably become a powerful tool in the world of microservices, offering efficiency and performance benefits, but gRPC also has an ugly side. As someone who’s spent a considerable amount of time with gRPC, I’d like to shed light on some of the uglier aspects of this technology. I’ve already talked about the good and bad parts of gRPC, now let’s talk about the ugly. Generated CodeTo get started, I have to talk about how ugly the code generated from protobuf definitions is.

Jun 10, 2023 | noosatoday.com.au | Kevin McDonald |Jin Hui

By Kevin McDonald Not many people go to the gym to exercise their minds, but three University of Sunshine Coast students are doing just that at Jetts Noosaville. Simon Holden, 39, and Aaron Robottom, 45, are well into their Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology courses, while Jakson Cowley, 23, is studying for a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science.

May 23, 2023 | ministrymagazine.org | Kevin McDonald

I had been a Christian for about six months and could not wait to spend the rest of my life serving Christ. After many hours of prayer, long conversations with my wife, and examining the process of becoming ordained, I was ready to tell a pastor I respected that I felt God calling me into ministry. I told this pastor on the phone that the Lord was calling me into ministry. Silence. “Are you there?” I asked. He finally spoke: “Kevin, God is not calling you into ministry.