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120+Production Deployments

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25+Technical Articles

Tanmay VaijSenior Systems & Next.js

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Production architectures, developer frameworks, and open-source contributions.

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SchemaForge: Zero-Downtime DB Migration Engine

Open Source

50k+ Docker Pulls · CI Integration

SchemaForge: Zero-Downtime DB Migration Engine

Developer CLI and validation pipeline preventing locking table locks during Postgres database migrations.

•15+ built-in lint checks for PostgreSQL locking hazards

•Integrates as a native GitHub Action with PR bot reports

•Supports PostgreSQL 12 through 17

PostgreSQL

GitHub Actions

CLI

Code Demo

Case Study

Web App

450ms → 12ms p95 Latency Reduction

TurboStash: Intelligent Edge Cache Middleware

Smart tier-2 caching proxy for Next.js App Router and serverless backends with programmatic stale-while-revalidate invalidation.

•Single-flight request deduplication preventing cache stampedes

•Automated cryptographic signature verification on cache flushes

•Zero-config integration with Next.js revalidateTag API

TypeScript

Redis

Cloudflare Workers

Next.js

Code Demo

Case Study

DevOps & Cloud

40M+ Spans/Day Processed · 99.99% Uptime

CloudPulse: Zero-Overhead Edge Telemetry

Real-time edge performance monitoring and Distributed Tracing portal with sub-second aggregate alerting.

•ClickHouse columnar storage engine with automated retention policies

•Interactive flamegraph trace analyzer with DOM correlation

•Multi-tenant RBAC with granular API token scopes

Next.js

ClickHouse

Tailwind CSS

eBPF

Code Demo

Case Study

AI & Systems

1,200+ Stars · 250+ Production Deployments

AgentFlow: Distributed Autonomous Agent Framework

An open-source orchestration runtime for multi-agent workflows with sandboxed tool execution and deterministic state graphs.

•Sandboxed Python & Bash tool execution engine with memory limits

•Visual DAG execution debugger built with SVG and React Flow

•Zero-dependency lightweight client with sub-10ms serialization overhead

TypeScript

Next.js

Node.js

pgvector

Docker

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Technical Journal

In-Depth Technical Articles

Field guides on system design, web performance, Next.js internals, and distributed databases.

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Architecture

9 min read

Architecting High-Throughput Web Platforms with Next.js & Distributed Caching

A deep dive into building enterprise-grade web architectures that survive traffic spikes without breaking the database budget.

2026-09-14Read article

Next.js

8 min read

Next.js Server Actions vs Route Handlers: Deep Architectural Trade-offs

Comprehensive evaluation of mutating data with Server Actions vs REST Route Handlers, complete with latency benchmarks and security guidelines.

2026-08-28Read article

AI & Systems

11 min read

Building Production-Grade AI Agents with Tool Calling, Memory, and Isolation

How to engineer deterministic, safe LLM agent runtimes that execute tools, persist state graphs, and recover from runtime failures.

2026-08-10Read article

Desk Setup & Hardware

My Workspace Setup & Curated Picks

Ergonomic desk gear, mechanical keyboards, audio accessories, and books I use daily to build and write.

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Cloud & Developer Tools

DigitalOcean Cloud

4.7•Free $200 Credit

Reliable developer cloud with simple Droplets, managed Kubernetes, and fast SSDs. Perfect for hosting backend APIs and microservices.

$200 60-Day Free CreditView

Cloud & Developer Tools

Neon Serverless Postgres

4.9•Free Tier

Serverless Postgres with instant branching, bottomless storage, and zero-scale idle. Native connection pooling built for Next.js App Router.

Free Tier AvailableView

Databases & Storage

Amazon

Upstash Serverless Redis & Kafka

Low-latency REST/HTTP-based Redis and QStash engineered specifically for Vercel, Next.js Server Components, and edge runtimes.

10,000 Free Commands/DayView on Amazon

Cloud & Developer Tools

Cursor AI Code Editor

4.9•Free / $20/mo

An AI-powered fork of VS Code with multi-file codebase indexing, intelligent edit prediction, and frontier model chat integration.

14-Day Free Pro TrialView

Systems-First Engineering

Prioritizing bounded latency, zero-copy serialization, and resilient failure modes over cosmetic complexity.

Modern Web Performance

Deep mastery of React Server Components, hydration boundaries, and sub-100ms Largest Contentful Paint.

Autonomous AI Agents

Designing deterministic state graphs, sandboxed tool execution runtimes, and low-latency vector retrieval.