INSIGHTS — 03 ENTRIES • 12 TOPICS

Writings & Insights

Engineering notes, architectural post-mortems, and technical essays on software performance, infrastructure, and backend engineering.

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Architecting High-Throughput Chat Services for Scale

Deep dive into event-driven WebSockets, Redis pub/sub, and database partitioning strategies for handling sub-millisecond real-time messaging loads.

System DesignWebSocketsRedisArchitecture
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02••6 min read

Optimizing Object Storage Footprints at Scale

Practical strategies for reducing cloud storage bills by 80% using automated lifecycle policies, deduplication, and streaming compression.

Cloud StorageAWS S3Cost OptimizationDevOps
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Idempotency in Distributed Billing Systems

Designing safe payment processing workflows with atomic database transactions and distributed locks to prevent double-charging.

BackendPostgreSQLDistributed SystemsPayments
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