Thoughts on distributed systems, cloud, and engineering leadership
How I built a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI agents manage DSE/Spark environments through natural language, replacing manual SSH sessions with conversational DevOps.
A technical roadmap for leveraging Astra DB's built-in vector search to build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) layer on our enterprise data platform - evolving Panorama from a data platform into an intelligent platform.
How I built a private market analysis dashboard that fetches live financial data, classifies the current market into one of 5 scenarios, and gives context-aware buy/sell/hold advice for individual stocks - all as a static page with no backend.
A deep dive into the architecture behind my personal website - Next.js static export, Decap CMS with GitHub OAuth via Cloudflare Workers, and Vercel hosting - all at zero cost with no compromise on features.
How we used AI agents to accelerate the migration of 377 Spark files from DSE Spark 2.4 to Databricks Cloud Runtime, cutting development cycles from hours to minutes.
How we migrated a mission-critical trading platform from on-premise DSE to cloud-native Astra DB using a zero-downtime proxy, feature toggles, and a phased cutover, achieving 40% TCO reduction.
Bridging the gap between traditional database administration and cloud-native Kubernetes deployments, from a CKA-certified engineer's perspective.