WritingTHEBlog.
Notes on building software. FastAPI, systems design, Docker, and things I figure out the hard way.
BackendDraft
Why I always reach for FastAPI over Django REST
Async-first design, automatic OpenAPI docs, and why raw performance matters more than you think for small teams moving fast.
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Zero-knowledge encryption for a crypto seed vault
How I designed CipherSeed's encryption model using AWS Lambda and envelope encryption — and why the architecture has no single point of failure.
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Docker in production: what I wish I'd known earlier
Multi-stage builds, secrets management, networking gotchas — everything I learned the hard way from shipping real apps.
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