Engineering Notes

Deep dives into backend systems, infrastructure, and software craft.

by Ivin Titus — Full-Stack Software Engineer

The Vault

Project DirectionSeries

DevTether - What Happens After Localhost?

·8 min read·intermediate

Where I want to take DevTether next: better machine integration, debugging, containers, networking beyond one machine, a...

DevTetherGodeveloper tooling+6
ArchitectureSeries

DevTether - The Rewrite That Made It Simpler

·7 min read·intermediate

How an over-coupled first implementation of DevTether forced me to rethink architecture, process lifecycle, and my appro...

DevTetherGoarchitecture+5
Project SpotlightsSeries

DevTether - A Local Development Reverse Proxy Written in Go

·5 min read·beginner

DevTether is a Go local development reverse proxy for named .localhost domains, embedded DNS, and a lightweight CLI daem...

DevTetherGolocal development+6
Project Spotlights

FlowLens — Winning a Hackathon with AI-Powered DevOps

·5 min read·intermediate

The story of building an AI-powered DevOps governance platform with event-driven microservices, YugabyteDB, and real-tim...

FlowLenshackathonDevOps+6
Project Spotlights

Project Yuki — Engineering a Persistent Digital Persona

·7 min read·advanced

The story behind building a conversation-first AI companion with persistent memory, mood awareness, and strict privacy b...

Project YukiAI companiondigital persona+4
Project Spotlights

RoleLinker — A Zero-Cost Job Platform That Actually Works

·5 min read·beginner

Building a fully functional job-matching platform with no cloud budget, no Redis, no AI — just PHP, MySQL, and a determi...

RoleLinkerPHPMySQL+4