Tag: #Backend
2026
Parakhi: Where Does Your ₹5 Actually Go?
Parakhi breaks an Indian product's MRP into what stays in India, what goes to tax, and what leaves the country. Every number is computed, sourced, and labelled with how much you should trust it.
August 1 · 4 min read
ScamDB: The App Took a Weekend, The Data Took Three Months
I built a search engine for suspicious Indian phone numbers and UPI IDs. The hard part was never the app. It was that the number is always inside a screenshot.
July 29 · 5 min read
Meta-Dev-CLI: Stop Clicking, Start Typing
Why I built a CLI for Meta's WhatsApp API to keep developers (and AI agents) in their flow state.
April 2 · 2 min read
Live Kitchen Feeds: Transparency Without the Cloud Bill
Why food delivery apps need live streams, and how to build them cheaply with WebRTC.
March 31 · 3 min read
Event-Driven Systems Are Not Magic
Event-driven systems are powerful, but they redistribute complexity rather than eliminating it.
February 20 · 7 min read
Why Queues Matter More Than You Think
Queues are the unsung heroes of reliable systems. They absorb traffic spikes, decouple services, and turn fragile sync calls into resilient pipelines.
January 5 · 5 min read