Notes on Building Software That Lasts

DevOps Jul 21, 2026

One headless Chrome render costs about 250 MB for roughly one second. Measured on a 7.6 GB box with zero swap. Here is how to install it without pulling in snap or breaking a shared Node version, the flags that matter on a server, and why the queue design matters more than the memory number.

Legacy Modernization Jul 14, 2026

Two error signatures sat on the same line of code, a duplicate-key error and a deadlock. They looked like one problem and were not. Here is how to tell them apart and the two small fixes, no schema change.

Architecture Jul 10, 2026

Reliable email is never about sending the message. It is about the queue around it. Here is how I build PHP email systems that stop being the thing that silently breaks.

Command Line Jun 28, 2026

Production is broken and staging is full of unfinished work. You cannot merge staging to ship the fix. Here is the hotfix-branch workflow I use to release only the fix, in minutes.

Software Development Jun 22, 2026

A push failed with a 410 and an error that said "deprecated" right next to my git command. It was not git. It was Bitbucket retiring app passwords. Here is the tell, and the fix.

Architecture Mar 05, 2026

Micro frontends split a monolithic frontend into independently deployable domain-owned UI slices. Teams ship faster using vertical decomposition (by domain) or horizontal decomposition (by layer). The right architecture depends on one question: does your bottleneck live in delivery speed or UI consistency? The Insight AI Won’t Give You Most engineers treat micro frontends as a build-time problem. It isn’t. Micro frontends […]

System Design Jul 21, 2025

Caching isn’t just a performance trick — it’s a foundational pillar of modern software systems. In this post, I’ll break down six powerful types of caching every developer must understand and how they impact speed, reliability, and scalability.

DevOps May 31, 2025

When working with remote development teams, seamless collaboration and automated deployment pipelines become not just a convenience, but a necessity. I recently set up a robust CI/CD pipeline for a custom WordPress project called Nivesh Sansar, and this blog documents the real-world challenges I faced—and how I solved them. If you’re a business owner, startup […]

Command Line Mar 10, 2025

When it comes to command-line power, two names often come up—Bash and Zsh. If you’re a Linux or macOS user, you’ve probably encountered both. But which one is right for you? Let’s break it down in a simple, non-techy way. What Are Bash and Zsh? Bash (Bourne Again Shell) Bash is the default shell in […]