System Design Architecture Insights
Practical articles on scalable system design, architecture patterns, and cloud engineering. Learn through real-world examples, tradeoffs, and proven best practices.
Latest Articles
Recent articles and technical notes.
Rethinking Database Scalability with Serverless Patterns
Learn how to solve database connection limits and scalability challenges by decoupling workloads using serverless patterns. Real-world case study using S3, SQS, and Lambda to scale from thousands of connections to milliseconds-per-connection efficiency.
The Fragmentation Illusion: Why Your Cloud Database Might Not Be as Big as It Looks
Discover how database fragmentation silently inflates your storage footprint, degrades performance, and increases costs. Learn to detect and fix fragmentation in MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other cloud databases.
Stop Guessing Your Traffic: Analyze AWS VPC Flow Logs with Confidence
Learn how to extract actionable insights from AWS VPC Flow Logs using CloudWatch Log Insights and Amazon Athena. Discover traffic patterns, identify security risks, and optimize costs with practical query examples.
Designing a Cost-Effective, High-Visibility Self-Managed NAT Solution on AWS
Learn how to build a self-managed NAT instance on AWS that provides significant cost savings and improved operational visibility compared to AWS Managed NAT Gateway, while maintaining scalability and reliability.