Hi, I'm Ian

Go engineer and tech lead. Working on P2P messaging and distributed systems infrastructure.

Current focus

• P2P messenger on Matrix protocol: embedded Dendrite homeserver + Pinecone overlay routing, cross-compiled to Android/iOS via gomobile. Tech lead on a 5-person Go team.
• Open source: maintaining modernc.org/sqlite, building pure-Go protocol ports.
• Writing: technical deep-dives on NAT traversal, gomobile internals, and embedded SQLite on mobile.

Stack

• Languages: Go (primary), Python, Java
• Domains: Backend, P2P networking, NAT traversal, mobile cross-compilation, Matrix protocol, distributed messaging, end-to-end encryption
• Infra: Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI, Prometheus, Loki, NATS JetStream
• Storage: SQLite, PostgreSQL

Open source

• Maintainer of modernc.org/sqlite, the pure-Go CGo-free SQLite driver: pluggable page cache (SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2), Scan hot-path performance work, DBStatus/FileControl APIs, 18 merged MRs.
• Merged contributions to etcd (auth/maintenance backports), golang.org/x/mobile (Objective-C binding fixes), etcd-io/auger.
• Pure-Go protocol and CRDT ports: ygo (Yjs), loro-go (Loro, listed in official docs), willow-go (Willow), dap-go (IETF DAP).

Education

Master's in Computer Science (in progress, 2027)

Contact

• LinkedIn: Ian Chechin
• Email: ian00chechin@gmail.com
• Telegram: @ianchechin
• Medium: @Deln0r
• ORCID: 0009-0001-4060-5261