Mike Goeke

Senior Solutions Engineer & Coach

Senior Solutions Engineer with 10+ years building, testing, and tuning applications, mostly in C# and .NET. I'm drawn to the work that multiplies a team instead of just adding to it: agentic AI in the development loop, tests that defend a codebase's structure, and load numbers that end architecture debates. The coaching half of my job is the same story: getting good practices to stick once I'm off the project.

Posts by Mike Goeke

Database Dating
Jan 21, 2026 by Mike Goeke · 6 min read
performance data-driven decisions SQLite postgreSQL databases
We put SQLite and PostgreSQL through a load-testing gauntlet. See the data that changed our architecture and the Sidecar pattern that keeps our scaling simple.

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Architecture Tests: A Codebase's Bouncer Keeping Your Structure in Check
Apr 24, 2025 by Mike Goeke · 4 min read
test automation architecture development codequality documentation
Tired of battling the architectural duct tape and spaghetti code that inevitably creeps into complex projects? This piece reveals how architecture tests act as your codebase's automated guardian, enforcing design rules and preventing those quick fixes from derailing your system's structure.

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Posts by Mike Goeke

Database Dating

Architecture Tests: A Codebase's Bouncer Keeping Your Structure in Check