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Original research, engineering deep dives, and product thinking from the desk of Anurag Wagh.

Engineering
Jun 20, 2026

CI/CD Explained: What It Is and Why Dev Teams Need It

Deploying manually means broken builds reach production and nobody knows who broke it. Here's what CI/CD actually is and how to set it up correctly.

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Engineering
Jun 19, 2026

Serverless vs Containers: Which Architecture Should You Pick?

Serverless and containers both run your code in production — but they make opposite trade-offs. Here's how to pick the right one for your use case.

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Engineering
Jun 19, 2026

Microservices Architecture Explained: Is It Worth It?

Microservices promise scale and autonomy but most teams adopt them too early and pay for it. Here's an honest breakdown of when microservices are worth it.

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Engineering
Jun 18, 2026

How Twitter Handles 500 Million Tweets a Day

Twitter serves 500 million tweets daily with sub-second timelines. Here's the actual system design behind fan-out, caching, and the home timeline problem.

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Engineering
Jun 17, 2026

Redis Explained: Why Companies Use It for Caching

Your database can't handle every read at scale. Redis sits in front of it and absorbs the load. Here's exactly how Redis works and when to use it.

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Engineering
Jun 15, 2026

PostgreSQL vs MySQL: Which Database Should You Pick?

PostgreSQL and MySQL are both solid — but they make different trade-offs. Here's an honest comparison so you pick the right one for your use case.

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Engineering
Jun 15, 2026

Best Open Source AI Tools to Self-Host in 2026

Tired of per-seat SaaS AI bills and data leaving your infra? These are the best open source AI tools worth self-hosting in 2026 — with honest trade-offs.

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Engineering
Jun 13, 2026

Kubernetes Explained: Why Companies Actually Use It

Running containers in production without Kubernetes means manual restarts, no scaling, and one crash away from downtime. Here's what K8s actually solves.

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AI & Deep Tech Leaders
Jun 10, 2026

Claude Fable 5: What Developers Need to Know

Anthropic just shipped Claude Fable 5 — a Mythos-class model with 80.3% on SWE-Bench Pro. Here's what it is, what it costs, and when to use it.

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Engineering
Jun 9, 2026

Why Forward Deployed Engineers Are Becoming the New Product Builders

FDEs aren't just deploying software anymore — they're shaping it. Here's why forward deployed engineers are quietly becoming the most influential product builders in enterprise AI.

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Engineering
Jun 8, 2026

Vector Databases Explained: What They Are and When to Use Them

Storing embeddings in a regular database kills your AI app's performance. Here's what vector databases actually are and when you need one.

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Engineering
Jun 7, 2026

RAG Explained: How AI Apps Answer Questions on Your Data

LLMs hallucinate when they don't know something. RAG fixes that. Here's how retrieval-augmented generation works and when to use it.

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