Engineering notes from production.
Technical posts, patterns, and lessons from the kind of work we do every day — backend systems, data platforms, cloud architecture, and the occasional war story.
From 10 seconds to 3: refactoring sync Lambda APIs into async workflows.
A practical guide to the request/worker split — including S3-based state, SQS as the transport, and the gotchas we hit shipping this in production. With more than 70% latency reduction in the engagement that inspired it.
psycopg2 vs Redshift Data API: when migrating actually pays off.
A no-nonsense comparison of the two approaches to talking to Redshift from Lambda — with a side-by-side code example, real numbers (~40% execution time reduction), and a clear migration playbook.
New posts every few weeks
On deck: dual database access layers, hitting 100% Pytest coverage on Lambda codebases, building bulk CMS systems, and Airflow patterns that survive scale. Follow on LinkedIn for new posts.
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