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System Design Tradeoffs: The Art of Making Informed Engineering Decisions

Mar 20 · 16 min read · This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. Introduction: Why Tradeoffs Matter More Than Perfect Solutions In production

5000+ Commits: A Startup Engineer's Journey

Mar 20 · 9 min read · This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. When Your GitHub Contribution Graph Looks Like a Heatmap of Your Life You kn

Shipping Fast & Building in Iterations: A Startup Engineering Playbook

Mar 20 · 17 min read · This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. Why Velocity Matters More Than Perfection In startups, time is the most prec

Balancing Velocity vs Long-Term Scalability: Engineering Philosophy from a Startup

Feb 22 · 11 min read · This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. Introduction Every startup engineering team faces a fundamental tension: shi

Building a Notification system that delivers 1,50,000 messages in a month | Documenting my Startup learning journey - #1

Apr 28, 2024 · 4 min read · Overview of the Backend We have divided our entire backend into multiple microservices.- The Hotel service manages all the core business logic.- The notification service contains code for different providers for various communication channels (Email,...