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Apr 6, 2026Software engineering

Principles for building scalable infrastructure with AWS ECS

This guide covers my real-world experience in scaling a platform with very sudden and spiky traffic patterns.

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Aug 14, 2025Software engineering

Principles that I use when optimising for velocity and ease of maintenance

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Jul 5, 2025Software engineering

Use CI/CD to increase your team's velocity.

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Jun 19, 2025Software engineering

Let's take a look at an architecture that makes apps feel instant..

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