Munir Khakhi's Engineering Blog

I’m an experienced Remote Backend Infra Developer based in India, with 12+ years of expertise in Go (Golang), Node.js, and cloud infrastructure. I specialize in building scalable Event Driven Architectures using SQS, Google PubSub, Redis, and Apache Pulsar.

I believe in scalable, secure-by-design systems and in mentoring teams to deliver engineering excellence.

Core Competencies

Backend Engineering
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
Event Driven Architecture
Go (Golang) Expert
Node.js
Kubernetes & Docker
DevOps & Observability
Zero Trust Security
Engineering Leadership

Posts

Distributed Transactions: Why I Stopped Fighting the CAP Theorem

06 Feb 2026

ACID guarantees are a comfort blanket that will suffocate your high-throughput payment system. Here is why I moved to SAGA and Temporal.

Scaling Engineering Velocity - From Coder to Principal Architect with AI Agents

21 Dec 2025

How I used local AI agents to refactor legacy code, hit 88% test coverage, and automate DevOps—shifting the job from typing syntax to managing architecture.

Cutting Observability Costs: Migrating from Datadog to Self-Hosted Jaeger on GKE

17 Dec 2025

A deep dive into migrating a multi-language microservices stack (Go, PHP, Next.js) from Datadog to self-hosted Jaeger on Kubernetes to control skyrocketing observability costs.

Scaling Code Quality: Enforcing DRY, KISS, and YAGNI with Gemini AI

14 Dec 2025

Can AI actually improve code quality? A deep dive into my GDG Cloud Rajkot talk on using Gemini CLI to enforce engineering principles and build production-ready event-driven systems.

Optimizing Home Experience - A Cloud Native Approach to Photo Management

13 Dec 2025

How I engineered a self-hosted, scalable photo management system using k3s, NextCloud, and Photoprism to solve data fragmentation and ensure privacy.