Production systems
Working on live CRM and internal business systems used in real estate operations, focusing on performance, reliability, and workflows that teams depend on daily.
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Production systems
Working on live CRM and internal business systems used in real estate operations, focusing on performance, reliability, and workflows that teams depend on daily.
This portfolio
Improving the site with a dedicated work section, analytics tracking, privacy handling, and overall polish to better reflect real-world engineering work.
This portfolio
Improving the site with a dedicated work section, analytics tracking, privacy handling, and overall polish to better reflect real-world engineering work.
System design
Spending more time on how systems are structured schema design, API contracts, and performance decisions that hold up in production.
AI workflows
Exploring practical AI use cases for internal tools, including structured outputs, summarisation, and automation to reduce repetitive work.
System design
Spending more time on how systems are structured schema design, API contracts, and performance decisions that hold up in production.
AI workflows
Exploring practical AI use cases for internal tools, including structured outputs, summarisation, and automation to reduce repetitive work.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Revisiting distributed systems and replication concepts, especially around data consistency and reliability.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Going through it slowly and applying practical lessons to day-to-day engineering decisions.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Revisiting distributed systems and replication concepts, especially around data consistency and reliability.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Going through it slowly and applying practical lessons to day-to-day engineering decisions.
Gym — consistency over intensity
Keeping training consistent and simple focusing on discipline and steady progress.
Abu Dhabi
Exploring the city and trying new places when time allows.
Gym — consistency over intensity
Keeping training consistent and simple focusing on discipline and steady progress.
Abu Dhabi
Exploring the city and trying new places when time allows.
Lo-fi / focus mixes
Background music for deep work and long coding sessions.
OPM throwbacks
Filipino 2000s music for downtime and reset.
Lo-fi / focus mixes
Background music for deep work and long coding sessions.
OPM throwbacks
Filipino 2000s music for downtime and reset.
Reading log
- Apr 2026Entry 1
Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Martin Kleppmann
Apr 2026Re-reading replication + consensus chapters. Direct match for the multi portal sync work I'm doing now.
- Apr 2026Entry 2
The Pragmatic Programmer, Hunt & Thomas
Apr 2026One tip a day. Practical over motivational, exactly the diet I want for fundamentals.
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End of note · Updated April 2026Updated April 2026
P.S.
If anything here resonates, or you're working on something similar and want to compare notes, I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
Rusty
Abu Dhabi · 2026
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