3 AI System Design skills companies need in 2026

+ a few practical tips for getting started with them.

Dec 10 • Fahim ul Haq

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We were one config file away from a Black Friday meltdown

How a global 5xx event nearly broke BFCM — and what you can learn from it.

Dec 3 • Fahim ul Haq

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November 2025

Here's your AI agents starter kit

Now the real fun begins.

Nov 26 • Fahim ul Haq

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5 steps for your first RAG setup

You're just a few clicks away from production-ready AI.

Nov 19 • Fahim ul Haq

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How to go from "I don't get AI" to building with it

+ 3 key concepts for a strong foundation.

Nov 12 • Fahim ul Haq

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October 2025

An AWS post-mortem: When Amazon broke the internet

+ what we can learn from it.

Oct 29 • Fahim ul Haq

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The interview horror story that still haunts me

Plus: some juicy news about Meta's new AI-enabled coding round

Oct 22 • Fahim ul Haq

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What can the Last of Us teach us about software development?

4 critical System Design lessons about zombie processes.

Oct 15 • Fahim ul Haq

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5 System Design lesson from Prime Day

Here's Amazon's playbook for navigating peak load.

Oct 7 • Fahim ul Haq

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AI is rewriting the rules of System Design

NVIDIA and OpenAI are placing their bets on agents... and you should be too.

Oct 1 • Fahim ul Haq

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September 2025

5 smart ways to use AI to upskill — without getting misled

Because hallucinated confidence is still wrong.

Sep 28 • Fahim ul Haq

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August 2025

Can Lovable replace full stack engineers?

What tools like GitHub Spark and Lovable mean for the future of development.

Aug 9 • Fahim ul Haq

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