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Imran M

Engineering Leader & AI Architect

Engineering leader and AI architect with 13+ years of experience building scalable platforms and AI-powered systems. I write about Applied AI, Agentic AI, software architecture, cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, and the practical side of building reliable technology at scale.

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01/06/2023 10 min read

API Versioning Strategies: URI, Header, and GraphQL Approaches Compared

API Versioning Strategies compare URI paths, headers, and GraphQL schemas so you can ship changes without breaking clients…
28/05/2023 11 min read

Utility Classes: Objects, Math, Random, and UUID

Executive Summary: The JDK’s utility classes cover null-safe checks, exact math, random numbers, and IDs. This post walks…
17/05/2023 15 min read

How Do LLMs Work? A Developer’s Guide to Tokens, Context, and Embeddings

An LLM predicts the next token, over and over. Learn tokens, context windows, temperature, and embeddings through small…
07/05/2023 11 min read

Date and Time API in Java (java.time)

Executive Summary: The java.time API separates human dates from machine timestamps. This post covers LocalDate and LocalDateTime for…
07/05/2023 10 min read

Multi-Region Deployments: Data Replication, Latency, and Failover Trade-offs

Multi-Region Deployments cut user latency and widen the blast radius. Learn replication, failover trade-offs, and when a second…
02/05/2023 11 min read

Event Driven Architecture: Pub/Sub, Event Sourcing, and Choreography

Event driven architecture: the pub/sub vs message queue comparison, event sourcing as the system of record, and choreography…
26/04/2023 4 min read

DevOps: Infrastructure, Automation, Monitoring

Explore the essential pillars of modern DevOps: infrastructure, automation and monitoring and learn the best practices...
19/04/2023 2 min read

Boosting Conversion Rates Through Tailored Experiences

Most businesses want higher conversion rates, and one of the more reliable ways to get there is to…
19/04/2023 11 min read

Python Linting and Formatting: Ruff, Black, and flake8 Compared

Linters find bugs and formatters end style debates. Compare Ruff, Black, flake8, isort, and pylint, and copy a…
15/04/2023 10 min read

Feature Flags Architecture: Progressive Delivery, Kill Switches, and Technical Debt

Feature Flags Architecture lets you ship code dark and turn it on safely. Learn kill switches, progressive delivery,…
12/04/2023 3 min read

Building a React Native App with Cached API Calls

Learn how to improve your app's performance and reduce server load by caching API calls in your React…
09/04/2023 10 min read

Backup Strategies for Backend Systems: RPO, RTO, and Restore Testing

Backup Strategies for Backend Systems protect data you cannot recreate. Learn how to set RPO and RTO, then…
01/04/2023 10 min read

Optional in Java: Avoiding NullPointerException

Executive Summary: Optional in Java is a container that is either present or empty, meant for query results…
22/03/2023 13 min read

How to Profile and Speed Up Python Code: cProfile, py-spy, lru_cache

Find the slow line before you change anything. Use cProfile, line_profiler, and py-spy to locate the hotspot, then…