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A complete collection of my writings on engineering, career journeys, and observations on the tech industry.
Beyond the Code: Stumbling, Learning, and Hacking the US Tech Market
A journey of leaving a top-20 CS program, navigating the US job market as an international student, and building a 'Survival Algorithm' to land infrastructure roles at AMD and Apple from 770 applications.
Stop Over-Packaging Impact Metrics: The "Anti-Framework" Interview Lessons from AMD and Microsoft
After dozens of interviews and deep conversations with Big Tech managers, I realized a counter-intuitive truth: senior interviewers are immune to vague "business impact" metrics. What truly sets you apart is "unfiltered honesty" and "relentless technical curiosity."
Architecting a Resilient AI API Gateway: Deep Dive into Distributed Rate Limiting
A deep dive into building a production-grade AI API Gateway in Go, exploring dual-layer caching, Redis Lua atomic operations, and Fail-Open vs. Fail-Closed distributed strategies.
Designing for the Surge: Architectural Trade-offs in Building a High-Concurrency Ticketing System
An inside look at the engineering decisions behind FlashForm, exploring asynchronous load leveling, Redis mutex locks, and event-driven architecture.
When the GUI Disappears: Google UCP and the Shift to Protocol-First Commerce
Deconstructing Google's UCP through architectural perspectives: API as a Product, Schema.org, and managing High Concurrency Reads without Walled Gardens.
Backing Up My Brain Before the Army: Automating Blog Workflows
A realistic look at acting as the Architect to an AI Executor, fighting hallucinations to build a content pipeline 20 days before military enlistment.