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No One Told Me My Dream Job Would Just Be Jira and Meetings

When I landed my dream job, I cried.

10h ago

No One Told Me My Dream Job Would Just Be Jira and Meetings

10h ago

How I Made My Java Service 70x Faster by Rethinking JSON Deserialization

The Problem You Don’t Notice — Until You Scale

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How I Made My Java Service 70x Faster by Rethinking JSON Deserialization

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The Cache That Refused to Forget: How a Tiny Java Bug Nearly Took Down Our Entire Service

It began like many outages do: with a quiet Slack message in the middle of the night.

2d ago

The Cache That Refused to Forget: How a Tiny Java Bug Nearly Took Down Our Entire Service

2d ago

Docker Compose Is Out. Here’s What We Use Instead in 2025

If you’re still using docker-compose to spin up your microservices stack, it's time to ask why.

3d ago

Docker Compose Is Out. Here’s What We Use Instead in 2025

3d ago

From Monolith to Microservices: The Scaling Journey Nobody Prepares You For

“We’ll just split it into services, deploy independently, and scale at will.” Said every engineering team — right before it got real.

4d ago

From Monolith to Microservices: The Scaling Journey Nobody Prepares You For

4d ago

How We Designed a 1 Billion Row System on PostgreSQL 18 (And Why It’s Blazing Fast)

When most engineers think of storing over a billion rows, they usually turn to distributed databases like Cassandra, Bigtable, or DynamoDB…

5d ago

How We Designed a 1 Billion Row System on PostgreSQL 18 (And Why It’s Blazing Fast)

5d ago

The Architecture That Made Our Backend 3x More Fault-Tolerant

When you’ve been paged at 3 AM more times than you can count, you start obsessing over fault tolerance.

6d ago

The Architecture That Made Our Backend 3x More Fault-Tolerant

6d ago

You’re Too Good at Coding — That’s Why They Don’t Trust You

You write perfect code. You build systems from scratch. You solve hard bugs in minutes. And still — something feels off.

Jul 10

You’re Too Good at Coding — That’s Why They Don’t Trust You

Jul 10

Why Rust Code Looks Clean But Compiles Like a Beast: Internals Explained

Rust is famously clean in its syntax but infamously ferocious in its compile times. Developers often praise Rust code for its clarity…

Jul 9

Why Rust Code Looks Clean But Compiles Like a Beast: Internals Explained

Jul 9

Don’t Use Kafka Until You Read This System Design Case Study

Kafka is everywhere. From real-time event streaming to large-scale data pipelines, it’s often the first tool teams reach for when they need…

Jul 8

Don’t Use Kafka Until You Read This System Design Case Study

Jul 8

The Latency Gambler

The Latency Gambler

Tech critic exploring tools, systems & languages beyond hype. Also drawn to quiet minds—people who reach stillness without chasing fame.

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