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High-Level Design for an instant messaging app like WhatsApp

The Architecture Behind the ‘Send’ Button: A High-Level Look at Instant Messaging

High-Level Design for an instant messaging app like WhatsApp

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Oct 24

Connecting AI to Data Is Easy. Making It Useful Is the Hard Part.

Everyone in software engineering is currently rushing to make their systems work with AI.

Connecting AI to Data Is Easy. Making It Useful Is the Hard Part.

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Aug 8

The $400 Million Typo: How a Missing Symbol Destroyed a NASA Rocket

On a humid July morning in 1962, thousands of eyes at Cape Canaveral were glued to the launch pad. The giant Atlas-Agena rocket glistened…

The $400 Million Typo: How a Missing Symbol Destroyed a NASA Rocket

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The Hidden Origin Story: Why LinkedIn Had to Invent Apache Kafka

Back in 2010, LinkedIn was growing at a massive rate. But behind the scenes, the engineering team was facing a silent nightmare. The…

The Hidden Origin Story: Why LinkedIn Had to Invent Apache Kafka

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May 28

The Speed of Light is Too Slow: How HFTs Re-Engineered the Network for Sub-Microsecond Trading

Recently I read this interesting book called Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, and it completely blew my mind regarding how high-frequency…

The Speed of Light is Too Slow: How HFTs Re-Engineered the Network for Sub-Microsecond Trading

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May 2

The Ultimate Recovery: When GitLab’s Entire Database Vanished in a Second

It is 11 PM on a Tuesday. You are tired. You are trying to fix a sluggish database. You run a standard command to clear out some data…

The Ultimate Recovery: When GitLab’s Entire Database Vanished in a Second

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Apr 18

The “Brain” vs. The “Hands”: How Anthropic is Rethinking AI Agents

Most people see AI as a box you talk to, but we are entering a new era: AI that can actually do.

The “Brain” vs. The “Hands”: How Anthropic is Rethinking AI Agents

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Apr 13

Beyond the Search Bar: How Anthropic is Outpacing the Industry with Multi-Agent Intelligence

The chat era of AI is hitting a wall. We’ve all been there: you ask an AI a complex, multi-layered question, and it either gives you a…

Beyond the Search Bar: How Anthropic is Outpacing the Industry with Multi-Agent Intelligence

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Jan 18

Python LLD Interview — Decorators: Beyond the Basics to Architectural Power

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The Most Expensive Line of Code Ever Written

It took 17 years of dedicated work to build Knight Capital Group into the largest trader in U.S. equities. In 2012, they were the…

The Most Expensive Line of Code Ever Written

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🤖 Backend dev turning code experiments into tech symphonies. I write about the trials, triumphs, and real-world magic in backend, databases, cloud and ML. 🚀📝

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