Apr 18, 2026
AIEngineering
From Autocomplete to Autonomous Codebase Agents
Exploring the shift from suggestion-based inline helpers to repository-scale execution agents in modern dev workflows.
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I write about backend systems, reliability, DevOps, architecture, and the engineering lessons that come from building real product systems.
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Mar 12, 2026
AIMCP
The MCP Inflection Point: Building True Agentic Infrastructure
How the Model Context Protocol (MCP) became the open standard for AI agent communications, and why it matters for cloud and reliability engineering.
Feb 26, 2026
AIEngineering
AI and the Balance of Engineering
Thinking about the line between productivity tools and the erosion of fundamental engineering intuition.
Feb 15, 2026
CareerSRE
From Full Stack Engineering to Reliability Thinking
How building product features led me toward infrastructure, observability, and operational discipline.
Jan 20, 2026
CI/CDDeployments
CI/CD Rollback Strategies
Rollback is not a backup plan in documentation. It is part of release engineering.
Dec 9, 2025
ArchitectureEngineering
How I Think About Technical Debt
Technical debt is not evil by default. Unpriced and invisible debt is the real problem.
Nov 14, 2025
AIEngineering
Using AI Carefully in Engineering Workflows
Where AI helps engineers, where it creates noise, and how to keep it grounded in reality.
Sep 10, 2025
ObservabilityOn-call
Why Alert Fatigue Happens
Teams do not ignore alerts because they are careless. They ignore alerts because the alert system trained them to.
Aug 16, 2025
ObservabilityGrafana
Building a Practical Observability Stack
How I think about logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and alerts without overengineering the stack.
Jun 14, 2025
Node.jsBackend
Scaling Node Apps Properly
What actually matters when a Node service grows beyond local comfort and starts carrying real load.
Apr 11, 2025
Distributed SystemsReliability
Handling Retry Storms in Distributed Systems
Retries save systems when controlled. They crush systems when everyone retries at once.
Apr 1, 2025
DockerGitHub Actions
How to Set Up AWS ECS CI/CD Deployment for a Node.js App
A comprehensive guide to building a production-style deployment pipeline using Docker, GitHub Actions, ECR, ECS, ALB, and CloudWatch.
Mar 19, 2025
ObservabilityMonitoring
The Monitoring Stack I Recommend
The stack and principles I reach for when I want visibility without turning observability into theater.
Mar 1, 2025
TerraformAWS
How to Build a Terraform AWS Infrastructure Blueprint
A step-by-step guide to provisioning a containerized AWS backend service using reusable Terraform modules.
Feb 22, 2025
KubernetesSRE
Liveness vs Readiness Probes Explained
A practical explanation of probe design, rollout safety, and common Kubernetes mistakes.
Jan 26, 2025
PaymentsBackend
Designing Idempotent Payment Systems
How I think about retries, duplicate webhooks, race conditions, and safe payment state transitions.
Jan 8, 2025
PaymentsBackend
Lessons from Production Payment Flows
Payments teach backend engineers humility fast. These are the lessons that mattered most to me.
Dec 6, 2024
AutomationWorkflow
What I Automated This Month
A running note on the small automations that reduce friction in engineering work.
Nov 17, 2024
DockerInfrastructure
Docker vs Bare Metal: My Experience
What containerization improved for me, and where bare-metal style deployment still reveals important tradeoffs.
Oct 20, 2024
DevOpsDeployments
Zero-Downtime Deployments Explained
A practical breakdown of rolling deployments, health checks, drains, and rollback discipline.
Sep 8, 2024
NotesEngineering
Notes on Engineering Workflow
Thinking about how I approach technical work and systems thinking.