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Faiz Ahmed Farooqui
@faizahmedfarooqui
https://faizahmed.in
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJoined December 2020
About
Principal Technical Consultant at GeekyAnts.
Bootstrapping our own Data Centre services.
I lead the development and management of innovative software products and frameworks at GeekyAnts, leveraging a wide range of technologies including OpenStack, Postgres, MySQL, GraphQL, Docker, Redis, API Gateway, Dapr, NodeJS, NextJS, and Laravel (PHP).
With over 9 years of hands-on experience, I specialize in agile software development, CI/CD implementation, security, scaling, design, architecture, and cloud infrastructure. My expertise extends to Metal as a Service (MaaS), Unattended OS Installation, OpenStack Cloud, Data Centre Automation & Management, and proficiency in utilizing tools like OpenNebula, Firecracker, FirecrackerContainerD, Qemu, and OpenVSwitch.
I guide and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring we meet our goals while fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. I contribute to various open-source projects on GitHub and share industry and technology insights on my blog at blog.faizahmed.in.
I hold an Engineer's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Raj Kumar Goel Engineering College and have multiple relevant certifications showcased on my LinkedIn skill badges.
Available for
Specialising in OpenStack deployment for on-premises data centres, along with technical mentoring and consulting services.
Faiz Ahmed Farooqui's blogs
Recently published
Stop Putting Secrets in process.env: Encrypt Env Vars with AWS KMS
Feb 21 · 10 min read · This post starts with the production problem we hit in late 2025, the critical security vulnerability in React Server Components and Next.js (CVE-2025-66478). Then it explains the library I built in r
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Scaling the Boring Stuff: Sending 10 Million Notifications with a Simple Node.js Job Worker
Feb 4 · 5 min read · At scale, notifications are not special. They are just one of the most common million job problems you will ever solve. Email, SMS, WhatsApp, and app notifications all share the same pain points. External providers enforce limits you do not control. ...
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Handling BigInt in JavaScript: What Happens When You Don’t
Nov 19, 2025 · 4 min read · Learn how JavaScript handles BigInt, why the default Number type silently loses precision with large integers, and how to avoid overflow, rounding errors. JavaScript has two numeric systems: Number – a 64-bit floating-point type used everywhere by d...
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