Lessons from the trenches.

Technical deep dives, architecture breakdowns, and hard-won lessons from building FinTech platforms and AI automations in production.

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Architecture12 minIn progress

How I Architect Cloud-Native FinTech Platforms on AWS

A deep dive into the infrastructure patterns I use to build financial platforms that serve millions — CDK, Lambda, RDS, and the decisions behind each choice.

AI / MCP10 minIn progress

Building MCP Agents That Actually Work in Production

Most MCP tutorials stop at 'hello world.' Here's how I build agents that handle errors, retry gracefully, and run 24/7 on AWS Lambda.

Automation8 minIn progress

The $12/mo Document Processor: Claude API + Lambda + S3

Step-by-step breakdown of my AI-powered document processing pipeline. Architecture diagram, full code, cost analysis, and deployment guide.

Business7 minIn progress

Why I Stopped Charging by the Hour

The shift from hourly billing to value-based pricing changed everything. Here's the framework I use and how to make the transition.

Performance9 minIn progress

Optimizing 2M+ Record Queries Without Bigger Instances

When your dashboard takes 30 seconds to load, the answer isn't always more hardware. How I cut query times by 90% with indexing, caching, and query redesign.

DevOps11 minIn progress

My Full CI/CD Setup for FinTech: Push to Production

Automated testing, multi-environment deployments, rollback strategies, and security scanning — the full pipeline for financial-grade software.

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