🚀 InsideTheStack: The Kickoff
A series for the builders who don’t want to stay in one box.
A series for the ones who learn everything, break things, fix them, and grow.
A series for the ones who refuse to be limited.
Why I’m Doing This
For the last many years, I’ve worked in environments where you don’t get “a single role.”
You don’t get “your job.”
You get whatever breaks, whatever the system demands, whatever the product needs, whatever the customer screams about, whatever the data reveals, whatever the infrastructure fails to do.
I’ve learned across stacks not because I wanted to look smart,
but because I had no choice.
I picked up:
- AI systems
- Data engineering
- Support engineering
- Automation stacks
- Cloud platforms
- Observability tools
- Security practices
- Internal tooling
- System design
- Analytics
- Integrations
- And a stupid number of tools, services, APIs, and workflows
I’m still learning every day.
And the truth is simple:
I still know very little. There’s too much to uncover. And that’s what keeps me excited.
What InsideTheStack Really Is
InsideTheStack isn’t a “tutorial series”. It’s not a “top 10 tools for 2025”. It’s not motivational fluff.
It’s a practical playbook from someone who learned everything the hard way, by:
- taking responsibility without permission
- building tools because no one else would
- automating tasks because time was running out
- connecting systems that were never meant to connect
- fixing problems at 2 a.m.
- reading logs like novels
- surviving architecture mistakes
- adapting to bad infrastructure
- learning AI before it was cool
- using tools before they had documentation
- finding solutions when no one had answers
This series is for the people who operate like that.
What I’ll Be Sharing
Across 32 topics, I’ll break down the systems, tools, concepts, architectures and skills that shaped me:
AI & LLM Engineering
- tokenization
- KV cache
- local vs cloud AI
- Claude 4.5 and why it’s the first true “software engineering model”
- coding neutralisation
- RAG systems
- choosing the right model
- building AI products alone
Data & Observability
- BigQuery
- Databricks
- Metabase / Retool / Data Studio
- Sentry & Grafana
- Mixpanel & funnel truth
- IP intelligence
- traffic anomaly detection
Automation & Internal Tools
- Power Automate
- Copilot Studio
- Amazon Q
- Freshdesk custom apps
- Retool internal apps
- CRM automations
System Design
- WhatsApp 0.1s design
- Uber’s H3 grid
- Cloudflare DDoS defense
- Notion’s local-first architecture
Security & Preventive Engineering
- early-stage access traps
- preventive architecture
- monitoring stacks
- threat patterns
- traffic analysis
The Promise
I’m not here to act like an expert.
I’m not here to act like I “know everything”.
I’m not here to teach from a pedestal.
I’m here to:
- share what I learned
- share what broke
- share what worked
- share what I wish someone told me
- share what I’m still figuring out
- share what I’m experimenting with
- share what’s changing in tech
- share how I’m staying relevant in a world changing monthly
This is my stack,
built from years of curiosity, pressure, mistakes, late nights, broken systems, small wins, big wins and constant learning.
If you connect with this energy —
if you’re the kind of person who jumps across domains,
who hates staying inside one skill,
who loves systems more than titles —
then InsideTheStack is for you.
Where This Goes
I will share:
- raw breakdowns
- detailed slides
- deep blogs
- real examples
- architecture diagrams
- decision frameworks
- things I learned from failure
- things I discovered while solving problems no one else touched
- things I’m learning right now
This isn’t a one-way series. This is a journey I’m making public.
The Mindset Behind It All
If there is one belief that defines everything I do, it’s this:
Being a builder today means being multi-stack. AI won’t reward specialists. AI rewards people who understand systems. People who stretch across skills. People who learn endlessly.
I’m still at the beginning.
Still figuring things out. Still uncovering new layers of tech every day.
This series is simply me sharing the path.
Welcome to InsideTheStack
Let’s learn, break, build, fix, automate, observe, ship, secure, and grow — together.
This is just the start.