March 15, 20248 min read
What I Learned Building Scalable Backend Systems
Six lessons from building systems that process millions of events a day — most of which I had to learn the hard way.
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Notes from the field on backend systems, performance, and what engineering judgment actually looks like — mostly the things I wish someone had told me earlier.
February 1, 20246 min read
How We Cut VIN Decode p95 Latency by 70%
A step-by-step breakdown of how we traced a latency problem to its real root cause and fixed it with layered Redis caching — without touching the database.
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January 10, 20245 min read
AI Coding Agents Won't Replace Engineers Who Understand Systems
AI tools make good engineers faster. They don't make shallow engineers deep. Here's why fundamentals matter more than ever.
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