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Articles

I'm working on content covering the technical and human sides of engineering. Dropping soon.

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System Design

Deep dives into distributed systems, scalable architecture patterns, and real-world design trade-offs from production experience.

  • Designing a Real-Time Fraud Detection Systemdraft
  • Event-Driven Architecture: When and Whydraft
  • DDD in Practice: Lessons from a Delivery Platformdraft

Data Structures & Algorithms

Algorithm walkthroughs focused on patterns that matter in engineering interviews and backend development.

  • Graph Algorithms Every Backend Engineer Should Knowdraft
  • Sliding Window: A Pattern That Scalesdraft
  • Trees in Production: From Theory to Practicedraft

Engineering Leadership

Practical takes on managing teams, running design reviews, mentoring engineers, and the IC-to-manager transition.

  • How I Run Engineering Design Reviewsdraft
  • Mentoring Engineers: What Actually Worksdraft
  • From SDE to EM: The First 90 Daysdraft