Order Tracking
Order-event ingestion moved behind Kafka while preserving a per-order ordering boundary.
Engineering work and notes
I build backend systems and write down the decisions that matter.
The work usually comes down to data movement, ordering, failure handling and keeping systems understandable as they evolve. This site is where I document those constraints, trade-offs and the simpler choices that often survive them.
Selected projects
Start with the systems, then use the writing to inspect the decisions behind them.
Snapshot Ingestion
Periodic XML snapshots staged and coordinated in PostgreSQL without adding a broker by default.
Engineering writing
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When Postgres Is Enough: Building a Resilient Snapshot Ingestion Pipeline Without Kafka
A pragmatic backend write-up about using Postgres as a lightweight staging and coordination mechanism for a snapshot ingestion pipeline, without introducing Kafka before the workload requires it.
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Lost in the Clouds: Automating Deployments with AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions
August 2026 update: This article documents a reproducible pre-production/lab deployment, not a production-ready environment. The public-subnet/debugging shortcuts and missing …
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Scaling Order Tracking with Kafka, Domain Events, and Auto-Ingestion
We moved from a synchronous REST insert to an event-driven pipeline: batch POST → domain events → private Kafka topic → consumer maps back to domain and processes as before. Here’s the why, the how, and the code.
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Automating Order Tracking: From Functionality to Continuous Integration
August 2026 update: This post records the delivery setup as it existed in September 2025. The project has evolved since then; the current Order Tracking case study is the …