Case studies, essays,
and production notes.
Long-form pieces on what it's actually like to ship backends, SaaS platforms, and AI-native systems at production scale. Tradeoffs, pitfalls, and what I'd do differently.
- 01 · Case Study
Shipping a production RAG system on Azure AI Search
A practical retrieval-augmented generation build at enterprise scale — ingestion, hybrid retrieval, citation-grounded generation, and the eval loop that kept it honest. Written from leading a team of seven on an AI integration at Prometheus.
April 20269 min readRead → - 02 · Case Study
Designing a 17-model social platform without drowning in joins
Notes from Garage Hub — a Next.js 16 + Prisma 7 social platform spanning social, vehicles, events, clubs, and a marketplace. Domain modeling across five product surfaces, JWT auth, and the indexes that keep Postgres cheap.
April 20268 min readRead → - 03 · Case Study
Building an offline-first maritime calculator (and picking Tauri over Electron)
Notes from Draft Survey — a Next.js 16 + TypeScript tool that computes bulk-carrier cargo from draft readings, hydrostatic tables, and trim corrections. A zero-dependency calculation engine, an offline-only posture, and the distribution choice that made it portable.
April 20267 min readRead →
More pieces in progress. Follow along on github.com/raimieltan.