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May 19
Launched my first SaaS this week.
Today it got its first 2 paid subscriptions.
Tiny numbers.
But seeing strangers enter their card details for something I built feels unreal.
Now the real work starts.
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43 Backend Engineering Resources I Built Because Nobody Wrote Them Down open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 11
Most engineers don’t want freedom.
They want a nicer cage.
A better salary.
A better manager.
A better company.
Still a cage.
That’s why they’ll spend 10 years optimizing employment instead of ownership.
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Jun 10
The System Design Round Decides Your Comp Band. Here's What I Wish I'd Known Before My 3 Senior Offers. open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 7
Most engineers don’t have an execution problem.
They have an identity problem.
They still see themselves as employees.
That’s why they wait for permission.
Permission to build.
Permission to publish.
Permission to charge.
Permission to lead.
Nobody is coming.
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Jun 7
A lot of engineers say they want freedom.
What they actually want is certainty.
Freedom comes with risk.
And most people would rather complain than take ownership.
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Jun 7
The highest-paid engineer in the room is rarely the best coder.
He’s usually the one people trust when things go wrong.
Tech rewards skill.
Money rewards trust.
Those are not the same game.
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Jun 7
Most engineers don’t have a knowledge problem.
They have a courage problem.
They know what to do.
They just don’t want to risk looking stupid.
So they spend years preparing instead of years building.
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Jun 7
The Senior Backend Interview in 2026: The Tactical Breakdown I Use After Watching 47 Loops open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 5
Most engineers don’t want freedom.
They want permission.
Permission to start.
Permission to publish.
Permission to charge money.
Permission to be visible.
That’s why they stay employees forever.
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Jun 5
The 8 SQL Patterns I Keep Seeing in Production Slowness. The One I Got Wrong Myself Last Month. open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 3
There are engineers who write code.
And engineers who reduce risk.
The second group gets paid dramatically more.
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Jun 3
After studying:
production failures
backend interviews
incident reviews
system design discussions
I noticed the same patterns appearing everywhere.
The surprising part?
Most of them weren’t technical.
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Jun 3
The more production incidents I analyze,
the less I believe software engineering is primarily about code.
It’s mostly about decision quality.
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Jun 3
If I had to restart my backend career tomorrow:
I would spend less time learning frameworks.
And more time learning judgment.
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Jun 3
The 35-Resource Autopsy — The Catalog Data I Couldn't Publish on Medium open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 3
I just published in @gitconnected I Wrote 35 Production Engineering Resources in 18 Months. levelup.gitconnected.com/i-w…
I Wrote 35 Production Engineering Resources in 18 Months. Here Is What Crossing 1,800 Sales Taught Me About What Senior Engineers Actually Buy.
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Jun 2
The Deep-Dive Tape: How I Filled 22 Minutes of a Senior System Design Round With the Decisions That Got the Offer open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 1
The 47-Incident Autopsy — The Notes I Could Not Publish on Medium open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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Jun 1
Most Backend Engineering Skills Aren't Taught. They're Survived. open.substack.com/pub/devrim…
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May 30
I just published The Engineers Trusted During Incidents Usually Know This medium.com/engineering-playb…
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