Writing on systems and craft.
A collection of essays, deep-dives, and reflections on technology, design, and society.
PRODUCT•24/08/2026
Introducing AgentDiff: Catch Silent Agent Regressions Before They ShipPRODUCT•30/07/2026
How I Built a Self-Updating AI & Tech Newspaper for $0/MonthENGINEERING•30/07/2026
Amazon Aurora: Production Benchmarks & Operational LessonsENGINEERING•29/07/2026
Amazon Aurora: Decoding LSNs, Fast Reads & Instant RecoveryENGINEERING•26/07/2026
Amazon Aurora: Inside a Smart Storage Node & Self-HealingENGINEERING•25/07/2026
Amazon Aurora: Surviving Data Center Fires & The 4/6 QuorumENGINEERING•24/07/2026
Amazon Aurora: The Cloud Bottleneck & 'The Log is the Database'POLITICS•19/07/2026
Monsoon, Morality, and Masterful Satire: Inside the Indian Student UprisingENGINEERING•10/06/2026
From LLM Weight Quantization to 6-Bit Sound: Building AudioTQDESIGN•30/04/2026
The Monotonic Manifesto: Precision over ComplexityPHILOSOPHY•10/02/2025
The Art of Clean Slate (And Why We Fall)