Blogs & Writing

Thoughts, breakdowns, and engineering lessons from what I'm building and learning — written as I go, not after the fact.

DEV LOG

FastAPI Open Source Software Engineering Developer Tools

Every new FastAPI project began the same way. Create directories. Set up configuration. Create .env. Configure Alembic. Copy files from an older repository. Repeat. None of these steps were particularly difficult, but together they added friction before I could start building the feature I actually cared about. Over time, I also noticed that each project evolved slightly differently because I was copying from different codebases.

Aug 4, 20262 min read
REFLECTION

Designing SureJourney: An All-in-One Travel Booking Experience

I recently began working on a portfolio project called SureJourney, a travel booking platform designed in Figma. While there are already applications in this space, I wanted to take on the challenge as a learning exercise — to practice building a complete product flow and to explore how design systems can create consistency across multiple services.

Aug 28, 20253 min read