Thoughtful Engineering

When the CLI Felt Like Magic

From Heroku to AI-native tools, the CLI has evolved beyond command execution. As systems grow complex, interface design becomes core to engineering…

Feb 12 • Aditya Chowdhry

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The Joy of Coding

(or what it looks like now)

Feb 6 • Aditya Chowdhry

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December 2025

Software Engineering: Living With Uncertainty

On uncertainty, adaptation, and the craft that keeps people going

Dec 29, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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September 2025

Cricket Scale, Part 3 - The Not-So-Technical Grind

the unglamorous side of tech

Sep 20, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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Scaling with Karpenter: The Good and The Bad

A candid story of trading Cluster Autoscaler for flexibility in Kubernetes scaling.

Sep 17, 2025 • Tushar Khanka

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Cricket Scale, Part 2 - Redis: A Silver Bullet With a Cost

Challenges with redis in action

Sep 11, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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Scaler : our in-house scaling solution

“nuts and bolts” walkthrough of how We tied Google Calendar to scaling logic.

Sep 4, 2025 • Tushar Khanka

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August 2025

Introducing the Cricket Scale Series

Lessons From Building Probo

Aug 26, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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Cricket Scale, Part 1 — EC2 vs Kubernetes

Picking the Right Scaling Foundation

Aug 26, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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Thinking in Systems: A Builder’s View

Balancing speed and foresight

Aug 16, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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The Self-Aware Team

Building a Culture Where Everyone Knows What’s Next

Aug 14, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry

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July 2025

Platform Teams: Avoid Becoming a Catch-All

Real problems, hard lessons, and how to stay focused

Jul 28, 2025 • Aditya Chowdhry