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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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23/02/2022 13 min read

Python Data Structures: Lists, Tuples, Sets, and Dictionaries Explained

Lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries each answer a different question about your data. Learn what each costs, when…
20/02/2022 8 min read

Records in Java: Immutable Data Carriers Done Right

Executive Summary: A Java record declares an immutable data carrier in one line, and the compiler generates the…
14/02/2022 12 min read

Backpressure: Managing Load You Cannot Process

Backpressure explained: the flow-control signal that travels from a slow consumer back to its producers; bounded queues where…
07/02/2022 10 min read

Deadlocks in Databases and Distributed Systems: Causes, Detection, and Prevention

Deadlocks in Databases and Distributed Systems stall writes until one side aborts. Learn detection, lock order, timeouts, and…
02/02/2022 13 min read

Python Virtual Environment: How to Create One with venv and pip

A virtual environment gives each project its own packages. Learn to create one with venv, install with pip,…
16/01/2022 8 min read

Enums in Java: From Basics to EnumSet and EnumMap

Executive Summary: Java enums define a fixed set of singleton constants that can carry fields, constructors, and per-constant…
14/01/2022 2 min read

Fetch API And Store To JSON File In WordPress Every 15 Minutes

In this previous post we managed to fetch the endpoint and store the response in a JSON file…
12/01/2022 12 min read

What Is Python Used For? Uses, Strengths, and When to Choose It

Python runs web APIs, data pipelines, automation scripts, and machine learning systems. Here is where it fits, where…
10/01/2022 10 min read

Pessimistic Locking: Row Locks, Deadlocks, and Throughput Trade-offs

Pessimistic Locking holds a row until commit. See when row locks keep writes correct, and when they cause…
04/01/2022 3 min read

Blockchain For Dummies: Cryptocurrency, Banking, Supply Chain Management

Blockchain is a technology that has the potential to transform a wide range of industries and disrupt traditional…
01/01/2022 8 min read

Abstract Classes vs Interfaces in Java

Executive Summary: Use an abstract class when related classes share state or a fixed workflow, and an interface…
13/12/2021 11 min read

Load Shedding: Dropping Traffic to Stay Alive

Load shedding explained: overload survival by dropping work deliberately: graceful degradation ladders chosen in advance, server overload protection…
13/12/2021 10 min read

Optimistic Locking: Versioning, Conflicts, and High-Concurrency Writes

Optimistic Locking lets writers proceed without holding long row locks. Learn version checks, conflict retries, and when a…
21/11/2021 9 min read

The Object Class: equals, hashCode, toString, and clone

Executive Summary: Every Java class inherits equals, hashCode, toString, and clone from Object, and the defaults use identity.…