Why We Replaced REST With tRPC in Multi-Product Teams
After maintaining parallel REST contracts across several products, we moved to tRPC. This is what improved, what broke, and how to make the migration safe.
April 12, 2026By Balaj Hussain
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Long-form notes from our production work across web platforms, mobile systems, AI pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
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Designing Discovery Sprints Without Wireframes
Wireframes often create false confidence early in projects. Here is the discovery framework we use instead to align stakeholders and engineering faster.
March 28, 2026By Ammar Hussain
Production LLM Pipelines: Guardrails, Evaluation, and Fallbacks
Shipping AI features is easy in demos but difficult in production. This playbook covers the controls we use to keep LLM systems dependable under real traffic.
March 10, 2026By Hassan Raza
Cloud Cost Guardrails for SaaS Scale-Ups
Cost spikes are usually architecture and process issues, not just provider pricing. These guardrails help fast-growing SaaS teams stay efficient without sacrificing reliability.
February 22, 2026By Balaj Hussain