Posts tagged with "personal".https://simonislam.com/https://simonislam.com/writing/welcome/https://simonislam.com/writing/welcome/A brief introduction to this site and what you can expect to find here.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT<p>This is a place where I write about things I find interesting. Mostly systems architecture, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and whatever else catches my attention.</p> <p>I&#39;m a solutions architect and cloud engineer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I work on building scalable platforms and solving infrastructure problems at scale. This site is where I collect my thoughts, share what I&#39;ve learned, and occasionally argue with myself about technical decisions.</p> <h2>What You&#39;ll Find Here</h2> <p>Mostly engineering notes and essays. I write about:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Architecture</strong>: System design decisions, tradeoffs, and patterns</li> <li><strong>Cloud Infrastructure</strong>: GPU computing, multi-region deployments, Kubernetes</li> <li><strong>Distributed Systems</strong>: Messaging, consistency, scaling challenges</li> <li><strong>Career Notes</strong>: Lessons from building products from MVP to thousands of users</li> </ul> <p>Not everything will be polished. Some posts will be rough notes. That&#39;s intentional. This is a working document of my thinking, not a publication.</p> <h2>Why Write?</h2> <p>Writing forces clarity. You don&#39;t know what you think until you try to explain it. This site is primarily for myself. A place to externalize thinking and build a record of what I&#39;ve learned.</p> <p>If you find something useful, that&#39;s a bonus.</p> <p>Feel free to reach out via <a href="mailto:mail@simonislam.com">email</a> or find me on <a href="https://github.com/simon7426">GitHub</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-islam-rian/">LinkedIn</a>.</p>