Practical lessons from building and scaling backend systems. No fluff, just things I have learned the hard way.
The Microservices Cost Reduction Playbook: How We Cut Cloud Spend by 85%
8 min readFebruary 15, 2025
A step-by-step breakdown of the architecture decisions that slashed our client's AWS bill from $12K/month to under $2K — without sacrificing performance.
When to Break the Monolith: A Decision Framework for CTOs
6 min readJanuary 20, 2025
Not every monolith needs to become microservices. Here is a practical framework for deciding when the migration is worth the investment and when it is not.
The Business Case for Event-Driven Architecture
7 min readDecember 10, 2024
Why companies processing more than 100K events per day are switching to event-driven systems — and the revenue impact of real-time data processing.