TheTechGuy

Building tech for India at a national scale.
Sharing real stories from Poshan Tracker on data, scale and system design.
Passionate about making complex systems

[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

That is what finally stabilised the system.
Not one big rewrite.
Not more hardware.
But understanding how small decisions behave when multiplied across the country.
At national scale, tiny assumptions become big problems. Follow for real lessons from building at scale here...

[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

The Architecture Evolution
What actually broke at scale and what fixed it
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[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

Caching then became a design choice, not a performance patch.
Some caching happened at entity level.
Some at AWC level.
Some at individual record level.
Combined with simpler queries and fewer joins, database pressure dropped sharply.

[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

If you focus on these three, your technology will stand strong even at massive scale. I will share more such learnings in the coming days. Follow along if you enjoy real stories from real work.

[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

The Most Underrated Skill in Building National Platforms
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[TheTechGuy @TheGovTechGuy]

A national platform grows only when it is simple enough for everyone to use with confidence. So the most underrated skills in building a national platform are not rocket science. They are listening, patience and simplicity.