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Software Security 101: OWASP
Where does one even begin with Security for Software applications? Answer is OWASP! OWASP is an international non-profit organisation...
Heeth Jain
Jul 31, 20241 min read


How do you handle security for Software applications?
I was having a conversation about this with a business owner looking to build their application, some months ago. Security in Software is...
Heeth Jain
Jul 18, 20242 min read


Prompting or Fine-tuning on LLMs?
A while ago, I was having a conversation with a founder looking to add AI to for digital marketing web based app. His concern was that a...
Heeth Jain
Jul 2, 20241 min read


When to re-invent the wheel?
We talked about the common phrase Don't re-invent the wheel in the earlier posts (part-1 and part-2). Re-inventing the wheel in tech is...
Heeth Jain
Jun 16, 20242 min read

Don't re-invent the wheel (pt. 2)
Continuing on the previous post of Don't reinvent the wheel and when it is applicable. Let's look at the other 2 pointers: 3.❓Do you have...
Heeth Jain
May 31, 20241 min read

Don't re-invent the wheel (pt. 1)
Don't reinvent the wheel is very common while building tech. But what does it even mean and when is it applicable? Here are the 4...
Heeth Jain
May 16, 20241 min read

How not to over-complicate tech for MVP
Most of the people over-complicate tech when building the MVP / v1 of their product. Mistake: Where they go wrong? ❌ Your product might...
Heeth Jain
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Hybrid tenant architecture (multi + single)
A client wanted to build an app tending to organisations with multiple teams and users. They wanted security and privacy like a...
Heeth Jain
Apr 15, 20241 min read


Highly available system with Queue
A client wanted a highly available system while ensuring that no events are lost. My initial solution was to add a queue in between to...
Heeth Jain
Mar 31, 20241 min read


Cron job with Horizontal Scaling
A client needed a cron job in their backend server (with auto horizontal scaling). This makes a cron job complicated. Horizontal scaling...
Heeth Jain
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Scaling MySQL with Vitess
How Slack scaled MySQL to more than 2.3 million queries/second? Slack was using MySQL for their almost all of their core operations, but...
Heeth Jain
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Balancing Load with Queue
A client shared a problem regarding scaling tech infrastructure they faced recently: They had 2 services, where Service A would call a...
Heeth Jain
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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