AAAwais Ahmadinblog.itsahmadawais.com·5d ago · 6 min readHow Software Systems Evolve: From MVP to Modern ArchitecturesMost system design discussions jump straight into complex architecture patterns—monoliths, microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed databases. But in real engineering, systems don’t begin 00
HGHarrison Guoinharrisonsec.hashnode.dev·May 14 · 18 min readChannels Aren't Message Passing — How Parked Goroutines OOM-Killed a PodIt's 3am. The Kafka consumer pod that's been running cleanly for six weeks gets OOM-killed. Kubernetes restarts it. Five minutes later: OOM-killed again. Restart. OOM-killed a third time. By the fourt00
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·May 9 · 3 min readScaling Myths That Mislead DevelopersWhy common assumptions about scaling lead to fragile systems Scaling is often seen as a technical problem. More users arrive, and the system needs to handle increased load. However, many scaling failures are not caused by lack of resources.They are c...00
ATAditya Trivediinadityatrivedi.hashnode.dev·May 7 · 7 min readLeetcode System DesignThe first thing people usually do while designing systems is jump directly into databases, microservices, Kubernetes, Redis, queues, and scaling. That is the wrong approach. When designing systems lik00
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·May 7 · 3 min readWhy Your APIs Feel Slow (Even When They Aren’t)Understanding the gap between actual performance and perceived latency In previous parts, we explored how backend systems behave under load and how design decisions impact performance. However, not all performance issues come from slow systems. In ma...00
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·May 3 · 3 min readObservability: You Can’t Fix What You Can’t SeeUnderstanding system behavior beyond logs and dashboards In previous parts, we explored how systems fail under load and how design decisions influence performance. But identifying failures is a different challenge. A system may be slow, unstable, or ...00
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·May 1 · 3 min readLoad Testing: Why Most Developers Do It WrongWhy testing for stability often hides the real limits of your system In previous parts, we explored how systems behave under pressure. Load testing is meant to reveal those behaviors before they appear in production. However, many systems still fail ...00
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·Apr 29 · 7 min readHow I Built a Decision-Tree Based Help and Support System80% of user problems are repeated patterns. So why are we solving them manually every time? If you’ve ever built a help and support system, you’ve probably done thisAdd a few FAQs, maybe a help page, and a “Contact Us” button. It feels enough. But th...00
NBNagmani Bhushaninnagmanibhushan.com·Apr 26 · 5 min readIf You Know These 5 Architectures, You’re Already Ahead of 90% EngineersMost engineers focus on building features. Great engineers focus on building systems. Features solve today’s problems. Systems scale for tomorrow. If you want to design applications that don’t break a52LN
AJAkshat Jaininakshatjme.hashnode.dev·Apr 21 · 3 min readDesigning Systems That Don’t Collapse Under PressureHow to build backend systems that continue to work even when things go wrong In earlier parts, we saw how systems fail under load. Traffic increases, dependencies slow down, and small issues turn into full outages. The goal of system design is not to...00
