/ Recent content in Home on Hutch Hugo en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /about/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /about/ <p>I am a software engineer who enjoys designing backend systems and automating as much as I can along the way.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m currenty the Technical Lead of Backend and Infrastructure at <a href="https://macro.com">Macro</a> where I work on a variety of exciting and complex problems.</p> /contact/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /contact/ <p>You can find me at:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/whutchinson98">GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/hutchery">GitLab</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/whutchinson/">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:will@thehutchery.com">Email</a></li> </ul> /posts/macro-entity-access-management/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/macro-entity-access-management/ <p>Access management is one of the hardest systems we&rsquo;ve built at <a href="https://macro.com">Macro</a> - and the one we&rsquo;ve rewritten the most. Here&rsquo;s the history of how it started and where we are at now.</p> <h2 id="what-is-an-entity">What is an &ldquo;Entity&rdquo;?</h2> <p>Macro is a unified system for all of your work. We combine the functionality of products like Linear, Notion, Slack, Google Drive and Superhuman all into one space where you can reference anything anywhere. Despite the wide array of features Macro supports we must ensure that all these entities support the same fundamental model for sharing.</p>