Notes on backend engineering, distributed systems and building things that hold up.https://www.tanmaypatel.devhttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/overengineeringhttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/overengineeringI spent way too long building abstractions nobody asked for. Some thoughts on why that happens and what I'm trying to do differently.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringlearninghttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/things-i-learned-kafkahttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/things-i-learned-kafkaNotes from building an event-driven system for a project. Schemas, idempotency, partition keys, and stuff I wish I'd known earlier.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTkafkadistributed-systemshttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/boring-techhttps://www.tanmaypatel.dev/blog/boring-techSome thoughts on why I keep reaching for well-established tools over new ones, and when it actually makes sense to try something new.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTarchitectureopinion