Software engineering concepts in a concise manner! Documenting my learning journey!
4 engines: channel manager connectivity, price parity, promotion, and distribution Combined, they're the backbone of the company's revenue. $8.6M+ monthly in bookings flows through this system. And it
Update 16 June 2026: This setup is similar to loop engineering, which is trending now :) Exploring more; will keep updating this blog. How I Build with Claude Code for compounding effects - A co
This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. When Your GitHub Contribution Graph Looks Like a Heatmap of Your Life You kn
This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. Why Velocity Matters More Than Perfection In startups, time is the most prec
This post was written with Claude Code, distilled from my engineering journal and experiences over the years at Hotelzify. Introduction Every startup engineering team faces a fundamental tension: shi
Overview of the Backend We have divided our entire backend into multiple microservices.- The Hotel service manages all the core business logic.- The notification service contains code for different providers for various communication channels (Email,...
The problem: In Django, we can set up Celery, and Postgres and then associate them with each other by providing them in the settings.py file. This is provided out-of-the-box by Django.So the problem arises in FastAPI as there is no out-of-the-box sup...
- What's hard delete:Performing a delete query to delete a record permanently from the table. - What's soft delete:Flagging a record as deleted in a table, instead of actually deleting the record. - What happens when we do a hard delete? A search q...
What is gRPC? gRPC is a high-performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework. gRPC enables efficient and simple communication. Microservices are built using different languages, and a lot of information is exchanged between them. So gRPC is used ...