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It's a curated space where I break down complex system design principles, tech concepts, and real-world architecture patterns into simple, digestible insights.
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Ep #136: Why Your P99 Lies to You: The Math of Fan-Out Latency (Part 1)
Why adding "just one more service" silently destroys your user experience—and how to fix it.
Ep #135: Rate Limiting in Distributed Systems (Part 3)
In Part 1, we learned that rate limiters shape traffic.
A Note to the Engineer I Was 5 Years Ago
If I could sit across the table from the engineer I was five years ago, I don’t think I’d tell him which technologies to learn.
Ep #134: The Failure Mode Each Algorithm Hides (Part 2)
In Part 1, we learned an important lesson:
Ep: #133: Your Rate Limiter Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does (Part 1)
We’ve already covered Rate Limiting in detail, including the implementation of the most common rate-limiting algorithms.
The Map Is Not the Territory
Every architecture diagram is a fiction. Here’s how to make it a useful one.
Ep #132: The Rise of Generative AI (Part-2): From Dreams to Reality
A Journey Through the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
Ep #131: The Rise of Generative AI (Part-1): From Dreams to Reality
A Journey Through the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
What a 1,300-Year-Old Temple Quietly Taught Me About Life
Today I visited Sri Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple.
Ep #130: The Engineering Behind Amazon S3 Part 5: Different Use cases
By Amit Raghuvanshi | The Architect’s Notebook
Ep #129: Sagas — Trading Atomicity for Availability (and Living With It - Part 3)
How real distributed systems actually maintain consistency without global locks