š„ļø Tech & Engineering
Cloud Computing without Containers
ā Cloudflare's take on running code without traditional containers; great systems thinking piece.
On software as an "in-discipline"
ā Reflections on the messy, human nature of software engineering.
My Experience as a Software Engineer So Far
ā Personal account of the early years as a software engineer.
Creating a Git commit: The Hard Way
ā Deep dive into what actually happens under the hood when you make a git commit.
Does Your Startup Really Need Complex Cloud Infrastructure?
ā Argues for simplicity in infra choices for early-stage startups.
How we clone a running VM in 2 seconds
ā CodeSandbox engineering blog on their impressive VM cloning tech.
1.5+ million PDFs in 25 minutes
ā Zerodha's engineering blog on processing massive scale PDF generation.
Thundering Herd + Jitter
ā PayPal tech blog explaining the thundering herd problem and how jitter helps.
How we scaled for IPL 2021
ā CRED engineering story of handling massive traffic spikes.
How to build a security-first culture: lessons from CRED
ā CRED's approach to embedding security into their engineering culture.
Building a rating platform to capture user feedback
ā CRED's explainer on building their feedback infrastructure.
Server Setup Basics
ā Practical guide to setting up a server from scratch.
Cache Me Not, Cache Me, Cache Me Not
ā Fun and thorough breakdown of caching strategies and when not to cache.
The Art of Finishing
ā On shipping things and the discipline of actually finishing projects.
Using GPT-4o for web scraping
ā Practical walkthrough of using LLMs to scrape and parse web content.
Port a website to the Dark Web in under 2 minutes
ā Cool quick tutorial on setting up a Tor hidden service.
Exploiting CI/CD Pipelines for fun and profit
ā Security research on common CI/CD vulnerabilities.
What I've Learned in a Year Building an AI Video Editor
ā Honest reflection on building an AI-powered creative tool.
Jenkins Handbook
ā Official Jenkins documentation; good reference for CI/CD pipelines.