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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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01/03/2023 10 min read

Webhooks Architecture: Security, Retries, Idempotency, and Observability

Webhooks Architecture covers signed callbacks, retries, and idempotent handlers. Learn how to observe failures and keep both producers…
28/02/2023 11 min read

Message Queues in System Design: Delivery Guarantees and Dead Letters

Message queues in system design: the at-least-once vs exactly-once delivery comparison, message ordering, and the dead letter queue…
22/02/2023 13 min read

SQLAlchemy 2.0 Tutorial: ORM, Sessions, and select()

Build typed ORM models, manage sessions and transactions, query with select(), and count your queries to catch the…
20/02/2023 10 min read

Cost Optimization for Backend Systems: Architecture, Autoscaling, and Observability

Cost Optimization for Backend Systems cuts waste without hiding risk. Learn how architecture, autoscaling, and metrics keep spend…
12/02/2023 10 min read

Rolling Deployments: Zero-Downtime Releases, Health Checks, and Rollback Planning

Rolling Deployments replace instances in small batches so users stay online. Learn health gates, batch size, and how…
10/02/2023 4 min read

Create A Serverless Webservice Using DynamoDB and Lambda Function

Executive Summary: Paying for idle servers for a simple API is wasteful when traffic is bursty. I show…
04/02/2023 10 min read

Streams API Part 2: reduce, collect, and Collectors

Executive Summary: Java streams end in a value through reduce or collect. I cover reduce with an identity…
24/01/2023 7 min read

CCPA Sensitive Personal Information: Compliance Steps for Businesses

CCPA/CPRA sensitive personal information: Civil Code definition, right to limit under 1798.121, homepage link rules, and a practical…
20/01/2023 3 min read

Top five essential figma plugins

Figma is a cloud-based vector graphics editor and prototyping tool that is quickly becoming one of the most…
20/01/2023 10 min read

Pub/Sub vs Message Queues: Architecture, Delivery Guarantees, and Scaling Patterns

Pub/Sub vs Message Queues decides if many readers share one event or one worker owns a task. Learn…
18/01/2023 13 min read

Python GIL Explained: Threads vs Processes

Run one benchmark and see the GIL for yourself: threads speed up waiting, processes speed up computing. Learn…
15/01/2023 11 min read

Rollback Strategies for Backend Systems: Blue-Green, Canary, and Database-Safe Reverts

Rollback Strategies for Backend Systems cover code, config, and data. Learn blue-green, canary, and when a database change…
15/01/2023 10 min read

JWT Rotation and Revocation: Secure Token Lifecycle in Distributed Systems

JWT Rotation and Revocation keeps distributed APIs safe after a key leak. Learn short lifetimes, key ids, denylists,…
12/01/2023 4 min read

Top Chrome Extensions For Developers

If you’re a developer working in Google Chrome, chances are you’ve already discovered the wealth of extensions available…