The Anatomy Of A ProcessHiring is a process... and so is firing. None of those are the processes we'll be discussing today. They're probably better covered by HR professionals than a software engineer with a keyboard and queJun 3, 2026·4 min read
Was your data actually written to disk?When we think of data durability, one thing comes to mind. That data has been safely stored such that an adverse occurrence like power outage or system crash doesn't lead to data loss. In this articleApr 5, 2026·7 min read
Understanding Limited Direct Execution in Operating SystemsI recently picked up this timeless book, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, a book covering the fundamentals of operating systems. My motivation to read this book comes from partly working on a critical software, a fast embeddable key-value storag...Jan 31, 2026·6 min read
Implementing Domain-Driven Design in Storage Engine DevelopmentA few weeks ago, I began contributing to TidesDB, an open-source, embeddable key-value storage engine written in C. Coming from an application engineering background, I noticed that many of the design principles I had relied on in large-scale backend...Jan 17, 2026·6 min read
Linux is not an operating system[Note: If you are confident that you know the difference between an operating system and a kernel, and why it would not make sense to call Linux an operating system as many usually do, I’d happily recommend you to read this totally unrelated article ...Jan 15, 2026·4 min read
And with that the 2025 season comes to an end...2025 has been a year of extreme contrasts, very low lows and incredibly high highs. For me, it has been nothing short of life-changing. I began the year feeling lost and uncertain about my direction in life. I had goals, yes, but I was weighed down b...Dec 30, 2025·7 min read
Simplicity is complicatedI didn’t have time to write a short article, so I wrote a long one instead. Funny thing: writing a short and accurate article about a complex topic is harder than writing a long one. Same with software, keeping it simple is way harder than making it ...Sep 16, 2025·7 min read
