AUGUST 31, 2026
For five years our search ran entirely in expensive RAM and was months away from a wall. Here is how we moved it to Postgres and pg_search for a tenth of the cost, and let a swarm of AI agents do the overnight tuning.
Continue reading →JUNE 25, 2026
How we made a set of real-time counts accurate and instant by leaving the application layer and going into the database itself, and why I could finally do it.
Continue reading →OCTOBER 30, 2022
A step by step guide to creating an email sequence automation using Sendgrid and Make.com.
Continue reading →MARCH 27, 2021
A simple guide to condition your body in a way that exercising becomes second nature. Just like brushing teeth.
Continue reading →MARCH 7, 2021
Bug fixes, feature requests, UI/UX enhancements - which one to pick up first?
Continue reading →DECEMBER 27, 2020
What I learnt from growing a SaaS business, growing my personal website and building a team.
Continue reading →DECEMBER 20, 2020
My thoughts on how personal and team productivity can be boosted by breaking up time on a weekly and daily basis for various tasks.
Continue reading →NOVEMBER 29, 2020
An elegant way to test your webhooks using just 2 simple terminal commands.
Continue reading →NOVEMBER 14, 2020
A structural guide and tutorial for building a Django CRUD application at lightning speed using the Django Rest Framework library
Continue reading →NOVEMBER 1, 2020
A short summary of what an email actually looks like to a client, followed by some useful meta data present in the email.
Continue reading →OCTOBER 24, 2020
Sometimes all we really need in life is a creative way to pass the time. Not everything has to be a lesson.
Continue reading →OCTOBER 16, 2020
A concept that seemed insignificant turned out to be more useful than I imagined.
Continue reading →OCTOBER 10, 2020
My thoughts on how conversations are taking place in the modern world.
Continue reading →OCTOBER 4, 2020
Do you sometimes feel like you do not deserve the success that you achieved? Here are my thoughts on imposter syndrome.
Continue reading →SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
A few structural guidelines to help choose the right tech stack for your software product.
Continue reading →SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
My attempt at rekindling the joy of writing by talking about the very thing that helped me write in the first place.
Continue reading →AUGUST 9, 2020
How to gently nudge users into becoming paying customers without stopping them from scoping out your product.
Continue reading →JULY 26, 2020
A structured guide on how to handle large amounts of traffic where each request has to be processed using many resources.
Continue reading →JULY 19, 2020
Written in python/flask using AWS DynamoDB as the data store and having the ability to track clicks.
Continue reading →JULY 12, 2020
Leverage S3 and CloudFront to host your web app in an infinitely scalable way.
Continue reading →JULY 7, 2020
Advantages of starting starting a business with a teammate.
Continue reading →JULY 5, 2020
What went into writing content that went viral on Hacker News for a day
Continue reading →JUNE 27, 2020
Leveraging AWS lightsail to achieve a minimal AWS bill
Continue reading →DECEMBER 31, 2019
Most important aspects of building a remote business
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