When our technical manuscript passed W3C EPUBCheck with zero errors, we thought we were ready to ship. Then Amazon KDP crashed with an opaque internal server error. Here is how I engineered an automated Markdown-to-EPUB 3 compiler, tackled KFX text-shaping bugs, native MathML, and turned ASCII architecture diagrams into responsive vector assets.
Stop Burning Ad Spend: Caching Next.js Landing Pages with Unique Click IDs on Cloudflare (Free Plan)
Ad click IDs like li_fat_id and gclid bypass CDN edge caching and cause expensive Next.js origin re-renders. Learn how to achieve 99%+ Cloudflare cache hit rates on the Free plan using URL Rewrite Transform Rules without breaking conversion tracking.
Quantifying Chaos: Lessons from Two Major Incidents in One Week
When two major incidents hit in a single week, the hardest part wasn't fixing the bug - it was translating the outage into a dollar value. A personal reflection on COE forensics, silent frontend failures, and vendor quota breaches.
Unplugging from the Matrix: A Weekend Escape to Japalouppe Petting Farm
Taking a break from scaling distributed systems to navigate a different kind of chaos: a toddler at a petting farm. Here's my experience visiting Japalouppe Equestrian Centre during the monsoon.
Navigating Sev-1 Outages at Scale: Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Handling major incidents effectively requires robust observability and a standardized incident management framework. Discover architecture patterns to mitigate Sev-1 outages.