Writing
Thoughts on architecture, backend systems, leadership, and building things that scale.
The actual setup I run every day on my machine, how it adapts between my job as a Tech Lead and my own company, and the rules that keep AI useful instead of dangerous.
6 min readA real-world account of migrating from a monolithic backend to a BFF pattern with clean architecture — the decisions, the mistakes, and the trade-offs nobody warns you about.
6 min readSeven real production failures I've witnessed — from N+1 queries to cache stampedes — and the fixes that actually worked. No theory, just battle scars.
7 min readA production-tested guide to Redis caching strategies — cache-aside, write-through, invalidation patterns, TTL design, and the mistakes that cost us real money.
8 min readBuilding resilient systems when third-party APIs, legacy services, and external teams are unreliable. Circuit breakers, bulkheads, fallbacks, and the trust boundary concept from real e-commerce experience.
7 min readWhat being a Tech Lead actually means beyond coding. Architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, navigating product tensions, and the transition from best coder to best enabler.
8 min readAn honest assessment of AI tools in daily development. What AI is genuinely good at, what it's terrible at, and why understanding fundamentals matters more than ever.
9 min readWhy motivation is unreliable and how building a system of small, consistent habits lets you actually ship side projects without burning out.
6 min readThe transition from writing code to designing systems isn't about learning new tools — it's about fundamentally changing how you think about software.
8 min readParallels between hybrid athletic training and software engineering — progressive overload, rest days, hitting the wall, and why consistency always beats intensity.
7 min readReal lessons from managing production systems across timezones — observability, incident management, runbooks, deployment confidence, and building a culture of ownership.
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