Hey, I'm Vinit Shahdeo 👋 — a software engineer who likes building things that scale and writing about what I learn along the way. I'm a 3× GitHub Star, a GSoC mentor, and currently lead engineering at zzazz (previously Postman and Novo).

This blog is where backend and distributed-systems work gets the long-form treatment — not hot takes, but deep dives drawn from real production systems.

I write about distributed systems and event-driven architecture, API and system design, JavaScript and Node.js internals, Go, and where FinTech meets AI.

Recent reads:

• The AI-Native Backend: How LLMs Are Changing API Design

• Stop Burning Claude Tokens Like Venture Capital

• The Future of Hiring: AI-Assisted Coding Interviews Are Changing What It Means to Be an Engineer

• CLAUDE.md Best Practices: The 5 Rules That Actually Matter

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