Jay Solanki

I write about software architecture, distributed systems, and the engineering decisions behind modern software. Most of my articles begin with a question I encountered while building real projects: Why this architecture? Why this technology? What problem does it actually solve? Rather than focusing only on implementation, I explore the reasoning, trade-offs, and first principles behind architectural decisions, messaging systems, data infrastructure, and scalable software design. My goal is simple: to understand the why behind technology—and share that understanding with others.