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Hi, I'm Sumit Yadav
I architect systems that scale.

Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years designing distributed systems, AI-powered applications, and cloud-native platforms.

I write deep technical articles on distributed systems, AI engineering, system architecture, and engineering leadership — sharing practical lessons from building production systems.

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Distributed SystemsSystem DesignAI EngineeringLLMsCloud ArchitectureNext.jsTypeScriptAWSKafkaRedis
What I Write About

Building software that scales.

My work focuses on designing intelligent, scalable software systems— combining distributed systems, AI engineering, cloud-native architecture, and modern web technologies to solve real-world engineering challenges.

Distributed Systems

Microservices, event-driven architecture, Kafka, Redis, consistency & scalability

AI Engineering

LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, AI SDKs & production AI systems

Cloud Architecture

AWS, Azure, serverless platforms, Kubernetes & resilient infrastructure

Modern Software Engineering

Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js & high-performance full-stack systems

Latest Engineering Articles

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EngineeringDSANext.js✦ Featured

How I Built AlgoLens — Interactive Algorithm Visualizer from Scratch

Most engineers learn DSA by reading pseudocode. I wanted to watch it. Here's how I built AlgoLens — 25+ interactive algorithm and system design visualizers — with zero external animation libraries.

May 31, 20267 min read
System DesignNext.jsServerless✦ Featured

How I Built a Serverless Real-Time Notification Engine with Next.js, Redis, and QStash

Building real-time, event-driven architectures usually requires expensive persistent servers. Here is how I built a production-grade, fan-out notification engine — entirely serverless — using Next.js 16, Upstash Redis, and QStash.

May 16, 20266 min read
AI EngineeringNext.jsSystem Design✦ Featured

How I Built a Production RAG Pipeline with Next.js and Pinecone

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is the most important AI architecture pattern of 2025. Here's how I built a production-grade document assistant — end to end — using Next.js 16, Google Gemini, and Pinecone.

May 02, 20268 min read