Backend Engineer
Hashir Ali. Building reliable systems.
Senior backend engineer with 10+ years of experience building reliable, scalable systems. I write about backend architecture, infrastructure, and the craft of software engineering.
Recent Writing
Building Resilient Backend Systems→
Lessons from a decade of designing systems that fail gracefully under pressure — circuit breakers, retries, and the art of degradation.
Why I Stopped Chasing New Frameworks→
After years of jumping between tools, I found more value in depth than breadth. Here's what changed my perspective.
Infrastructure as Code: Lessons from the Trenches→
Hard-won lessons from years of managing infrastructure with Terraform, including state management, module design, and team workflows.