Blog Notes from the machine

Writing things down so I learn them properly.

Short, honest notes on the things I build — backends, infra, AI workflows, and the occasional opinion I am ready to defend.

Featured · Dec 2025 · 5 min read

Hello, blog — and why I am finally writing again

I have been meaning to start blogging for years. This is the post where I stop meaning to, and actually start — and where I lay out what this blog is going to be about.

All posts 2 posts · more coming

Nov 2025

Microservices, quietly: what a small team actually needs

Microservices get a bad rap, mostly because people copy the FAANG version. Here is the much smaller, much saner version we run — and the parts that actually matter when your team fits in one room.

Principles Oct 2025

When gRPC finally clicked (for me) and when I still pick REST

A short, opinionated guide to when gRPC pays for itself and when REST is still the right answer. With examples from our agentic AI platform — including the parts I got wrong first.

Decisions

Older posts will appear here over time. Real posts — no Lorem Ipsum, no link-harvesting — gRPC, Coolify, and the agentic AI platform are next up.