Craft2 min read
Learning AI, on purpose
AI is moving faster than any of us can passively absorb. So I stopped trying to absorb it and started learning it deliberately — as a backend engineer, on purpose, a piece at a time.
Writing
10 posts across 3 categories.
Engineering2 min read
Pipelines all the way down: data, video, and pixels
My favourite kind of engineering is plumbing. Give me a firehose of data, a stream of video, or a pile of images and a pipeline to push them through, and I'm happy. Here's why — and the sprawl of tools it takes.
Engineering2 min read
Designing a backend that manages 25,000 IoT assets
REMA configures real hardware across 500+ enterprise sites — meters, sensors, controllers, gateways. When a bad write can mis-configure a physical device, the backend's job stops being CRUD and starts being safety.
Life & Peaks1 min read
Keeping the ball alive since school
Volleyball is my ultimate reset button. It also, surprisingly, taught me how to debug a production crash at 11pm without panicking.
Craft1 min read
Automating approvals without losing the humans
A workflow engine for enterprise service requests — multi-level approvals, SLA tracking, SOP scheduling across time zones. The hard part isn't the automation. It's deciding what stays human.
Engineering1 min read
Schema design that ages well
A schema is a promise you make to your future self. After designing MySQL schemas for configuration-heavy systems, here's what I've learned about the promises worth keeping.
Life & Peaks1 min read
Chasing perspectives
Travel photography is my newest obsession — my way of slowing down and capturing the narrative of a place. It's a work in progress, but it keeps me looking at the world from different angles.
Craft2 min read
What 70 REST APIs taught me about API design
Across a few backend systems I've shipped 70+ REST APIs. The endpoints blur together; the principles don't. A field guide to the ones that survived contact with production.
Life & Peaks1 min read
Born in the hills
Belonging to Uttarakhand, the mountains are in my DNA. There's a certain humility and clarity that comes with high altitudes — and it's where I go to remember how to think.
Craft1 min read
From technical writer to backend engineer
I spent a couple of years writing documentation for complex engineering systems before I built them. It turns out explaining a system clearly is the best possible training for designing one.