My Blog

My first production bug while developing my startup, Bommber, was a classic "runs on my machine" nightmare. A file upload repeatedly crashed the live server, yet logs showed nothing. It wasn't a code error, but a resource issue: tracking server metrics revealed a massive, immediate spike in memory usage. The user's file was simply too big, consuming all available RAM and forcing a fatal crash. This experience taught me that robust applications require not just clean code, but rigorous input validation and diligent environmental monitoring.

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The Bommber was an interactive email marketing platform I designed with scalability, performance, and reliability in mind. Using AWS services like CloudFront, S3, ALB, RDS, DynamoDB, and SES, the architecture balanced speed and flexibility. From hybrid databases to asynchronous mail workflows, the design proved efficient and production-ready. Though the project has since closed, the lessons learned remain invaluable.

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My startup experience ignited a deep interest in cloud technologies, leading me to pursue the GCP DevOps certification. This post shares my learning process, the challenges with scenario-based questions, the exam outcome, and the invaluable lessons gained despite not passing.

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This post details my experience navigating the TCS NQT, from preparation and successfully tackling both aptitude and coding rounds, to being shortlisted for the Prime role. It covers the interview experience, the emotional rollercoaster, and finally landing a Digital role, along with the subsequent onboarding process.

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Recounting the journey of creating 'The Bommber,' from the initial idea of in-mail shopping functionalities to learning AMP for email, developing the frontend (and its evolution to React), building a scalable backend, and navigating the complexities of cloud deployment and client interactions.

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This second part of my journey details my time at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology. It covers the challenges of online learning, the excitement of core computer science subjects, collaborative projects like a Grocery Billing System, and my foray into Android development, Machine Learning with LinkedIn Learning, LeetCode, AWS, PowerBI, and Docker during breaks and final year projects.

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This post recounts the very beginning of my coding adventure, starting April 2018. It covers the initial exploration of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the thrill of early learning, the daunting encounter with C's pointers, and the unexpected twists brought by the pandemic which led to an intensive period of self-learning in DSA, Python, and Java.

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