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title: "Kamran Ali (@atechguide) | Hashnode"
description: "Principal Engineer @Atlassian. Read the latest articles by Kamran Ali on Hashnode."
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# Kamran Ali

@atechguide · India · Joined May 2022

Principal Engineer @Atlassian

[Website](https://atech.guide/)

### [Scaling Caching at Etsy: A Story of handlings 1,000,000's of lookups / sec](https://atech.guide/consistent-hashing-cache-smearing-etsy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How Consistent Hashing and Cache Smearing Handle Millions of Lookups per Second

4 min read · [atech.guide](https://atech.guide/consistent-hashing-cache-smearing-etsy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 1, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/consistent-hashing-cache-smearing-etsy/66d479a24f0331e97652f135)

### [Mastering Database Scalability: Figma's Approach to Vertical Partitioning Database Explained](https://atech.guide/database-scaling-vertical-partitioning-figma?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A Deep Dive into How Figma Strategically Vertically Partitioned Their Database to Improve Performance

5 min read · [atech.guide](https://atech.guide/database-scaling-vertical-partitioning-figma?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 30, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/database-scaling-vertical-partitioning-figma/66d1bc8fb9a5c9032c83e4ce)

### [From Spark to Ray: Amazon's $120MM/year Cost-Saving Journey](https://atech.guide/amazon-spark-to-ray-migration?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How Amazon's BDT team tackled Exabyte-Scale Data Processing and Achieved Massive Efficiency Gains

4 min read · [atech.guide](https://atech.guide/amazon-spark-to-ray-migration?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 28, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/amazon-spark-to-ray-migration/66cf234666a971d495ccec6e)

### [How Reddit Achieved 100k Reads/Sec for Media Metadata](https://atech.guide/how-reddit-achieved-100k-reads-persec-for-media-metadata?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Lessons from Reddit's System Design to Ace Your Next Interview

3 min read · [atech.guide](https://atech.guide/how-reddit-achieved-100k-reads-persec-for-media-metadata?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 26, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-reddit-achieved-100k-reads-persec-for-media-metadata/66cc6e317d5f587417ebe0ec)

### [How Discord Stores Trillions of Messages](https://atech.guide/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Discord's Secret Weapon: The Tech Behind Trillion-Message Storage

2 min read · [atech.guide](https://atech.guide/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages/66cc07fb6ab461be1c85517e) [Aug 26, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages/66cc07fb6ab461be1c85517e)
