<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Waseem Jan</title><description>Software engineer with 14 years of experience. Currently at XTEL. Writing about backend work, AWS, and things learned along the way.</description><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/</link><item><title>What I look for when I interview Python engineers</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/interviewing-python-engineers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/interviewing-python-engineers/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How we merged several repos into one monolith at Tasq</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/migration-to-polylith/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/migration-to-polylith/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cutting $20k a year from our AWS bill at Tasq</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/saving-aws-costs-at-tasq/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/saving-aws-costs-at-tasq/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting our pull requests under control at Tasq</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/bringing-structure-to-repos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/bringing-structure-to-repos/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cache generation went from 23 minutes to 12 seconds</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/britelines-cache-generation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/britelines-cache-generation/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Too many Lambdas, one database</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/too-many-lambdas-one-database/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/too-many-lambdas-one-database/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Achieving My Dream of Homeownership</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/building-my-own-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/building-my-own-house/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four years on Chef Galaxy</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/what-i-learned-from-my-failed-startup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/what-i-learned-from-my-failed-startup/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 23:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Docker cut our deploy from eight hours to one</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/docker-cut-deploy-downtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/docker-cut-deploy-downtime/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How I host Chef Galaxy on AWS</title><link>https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/chefgalaxy-aws-architecture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://syedwaseemjan.github.io/blog/chefgalaxy-aws-architecture/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>