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Performance deep dives, architecture decisions, and things I learned building production systems.

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/5 min read

Shipping a Production E-Commerce Store for Under ₹1,000

A client needed an online store for handcrafted bangles — no Shopify, no monthly fees. I shipped a full-stack e-commerce platform with payments, inventory, branded emails, and an admin dashboard using Next.js, Supabase, and Razorpay. Total cost: one domain name.

Next.jsE-CommerceSupabaseTypeScriptSystem Design
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/8 min read

How I Rebuilt a Freight Dispatcher and Cut Firebase Costs From $1,800 to $60

A legacy Angular dispatcher app was burning through 10-100 million Firestore reads per session. I diagnosed the root causes, made the call to rebuild from scratch in React, and shipped a full replacement in one month — dropping the Firebase bill from $1,800 to $60.

ReactFirebasePerformanceArchitectureMigration
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/8 min read

Using GitHub as a Free File Storage Backend for My College Department

My MCA department needed a platform to share course materials. Instead of spinning up a server and paying for storage, I used the GitHub Contents API as the entire backend. Zero hosting costs, built-in versioning, and faculty can upload directly from the browser.

GitHub APIReactOpen SourceTypeScript