Hi, I'm Aryan

Software Engineering and Security

Some also call me Ray. I write about engineering challenges, coding adventures, and the occasional technical rabbit holes I fall into.

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About Me

Software Engineering

I'm a generalist, pursuing all aspects of product engineering. I believe all good engineers should be comfortable getting their hands dirty with everything from planning to deployment.

Security

With interests in Cryptography and DevSecOps, I've built security tools that scale 50k+ repos, balancing security and developer experience.

Knowledge Sharing

Sharing whatever I learn. There's a lot to learn so I'll share a lot in the future :)

Current Focus

Databases

Exploring PostgreSQL and MongoDB internals and performance

Distributed Systems

Fundamentals, exploring patterns and architectures

Technical Writing

Improving quality of my documents

Community

Building developer resources, volunteering at r/DevelopersIndia

Featured Posts

Latest insights on software engineering and system design

An Unexpected Invitation

Last Friday, December 13, 2024, I attended the Hyderabad PostgreSQL UserGroup Meetup, expecting a regular attendee experience. However, the host, Hari, surprised me with an unplanned invite to join the round table as one of the panelists. Being fairly inexperienced around databases and having no experience giving talks at community meetups, I was initially stunned and hesitant. However, I decided to join anyway: thought it would be a good experience. Out of nervousness, my answers seemed scattered, with my mentally-prepared points slipping away mid-conversation. By the end of this round table, I felt embarrassed of my answers.

19 Dec 2024

Setting Up a Custom Domain with Cloudflare & GitHub Pages

After a long wait, I’ve finally decided to work on my personal website again. A couple of things on my plate: updating relevant pages (which have been template data so far), and setting up a custom domain for my website. This blog highlights the mistakes I made, and steps I followed to get my website running. I’m pretty much writing this at the time of setting up the domain so this will contain even the smallest or silliest mistakes made, to remember and avoid them in the future.

15 Dec 2024

Concurrency Limits and Performance

I read this blog by Netflix Engineering team this morning, which reminded me of a challenge I faced on, working on a project in my first role. The blog shares Netflix’s approach to managing system performance and availability under heavy workload through adaptive concurrency limits. Their algorithm dynamically adjusts the number of concurrent requests their system would handle, finding the right number that maximised their throughput while maintaining low latency. Reading the article helped me understand why my application failed, and thought it would be good to share what went wrong, and how we could’ve improved it.

05 Oct 2024

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