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Thoughts on backend engineering, distributed systems, and my journey in tech.

June 21, 2026|2 min read

You Can't console.log Your Way Out of a Distributed System

What DDIA Chapter 1 taught me about partial failure — and why tracing tools like Zipkin and OpenTelemetry aren't over-engineering.

distributed-systems
system-design
observability
June 21, 2026|4 min read

You Can't console.log Your Way Out of a Distributed System

What DDIA Chapter 1 taught me about partial failure — and why tracing tools like Zipkin and OpenTelemetry aren't over-engineering.

distributed-systems
system-design
observability
March 15, 2024|2 min read

Designing a Scalable Distributed Notification System

A deep dive into building a production-ready notification system with RabbitMQ, Redis, and proper observability.

distributed-systems
backend
architecture
January 20, 2024|2 min read

Transitioning from PHP/Laravel to Node.js: Lessons Learned

My journey transitioning from a Laravel/PHP background to building backend systems with TypeScript and Node.js.

career
nodejs
php
learning
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