About

Hi, my name is Viktor Nikolaiev (destel).

I am a backend engineer mostly writing in Go, but in my career since 2005, I've worked with wide variety backend and frontend stacks.

I've spent 8 years (2016-2024) leading the backend team at Spark email client by Readdle, where I built entire backend infrastructure from scratch using Go. Today, this infrastructure serves millions of users worldwide.

Projects

Rill — my first open source project. A toolkit that brings composable concurrency to Go, making it easier to build concurrent programs from simple, reusable parts. It reduces boilerplate while preserving Go's natural channel-based model. The library grew from solving real concurrency challenges in production.

Contact

Usually I use @destel alias on social platforms. Feel free to reach out. Email GitHub LinkedIn