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Articles

Engineering notes, write-ups and the occasional opinion.

Programming

Event-Driven Systems

A practical guide to designing resilient event-driven platforms that scale cleanly, recover safely, and support modern digital services.

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7 min read

Databases

DynamoDB Guide

A practical guide to designing fast, scalable DynamoDB tables, indexes, costs, migrations, and production operations on AWS.

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9 min read

Infrastructure

AWS CDK Infrastructure

How infrastructure as code with AWS CDK improves delivery, governance, scalability, and long-term cloud maintainability.

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7 min read

IP Networking

Fiber vs Copper

Understand speed, reliability, cost and upgrade trade-offs before choosing cabling for a faster home network.

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9 min read

Cloud

Lambda Functions

Learn how AWS Lambda functions reduce infrastructure overhead, automate workflows, and help businesses launch scalable digital services faster.

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9 min read

Cloud

Microservices Migration

A practical guide to moving from monoliths to scalable services without disrupting your product or customers.

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9 min read

Databases

Database Migration

Move critical data safely with a structured migration plan, clear testing, minimal downtime, and expert engineering support.

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6 min read

Cloud

Cloud Migration

Move to the cloud with a clear migration strategy, lower risk, and expert support from planning to delivery.

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1 min read

IP Networking

IPsec vs S2S VPN

Understand how IPsec and site-to-site VPNs differ, where they overlap, and how to choose the right secure tunnel.

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2 min read

AI

AWS Bedrock

A practical guide to building secure generative AI applications without managing foundation model infrastructure.

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2 min read

Infrastructure

Terraform Basics

Learn how Terraform turns infrastructure into repeatable code, from providers and state to planning safe changes.

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2 min read

AI

LLM vs LRM vs LDM

A concise guide to three model families shaping language, reasoning, and generation.

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2 min read