I am Dr Mithun James - a medical doctor turned engineering leader. I am interested in applying my interdisciplinary skill set in medicine and information technology to improve patient outcomes. I find tremendous joy in architecting scalable technical solutions for real-world healthcare challenges.https://drtechie.dev/https://drtechie.dev/posts/things-to-note-when-translating-design-to-code/https://drtechie.dev/posts/things-to-note-when-translating-design-to-code/So the designer shared with you beautiful UI designs on Figma/Invision and you goofed it up when coding. What are the key points that are commonly overlooked by developers when delivering great UI? Here is a list of things you must take care of before submitting your designed screen to the team.Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/05-database-sharding/https://drtechie.dev/posts/05-database-sharding/Database sharding is a technique for dividing a large database into smaller chunks or shards. This can improve performance and scalability. Database sharding comes with its own pros and cons which we will discuss in this article.Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/03-understanding-query-planning/https://drtechie.dev/posts/03-understanding-query-planning/In this article, we will see how to use EXPLAIN and ANALYZE and different types of scans done by PostgreSQL.Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/01-understanding-database-storage/https://drtechie.dev/posts/01-understanding-database-storage/A prologue to understanding how data is structured and organized in the databases before we delve into advanced topics. Database optimizes the storage of data in various files and data structures to ensure that queries run most effectively. In this article, we will see how PostgreSQL stores data. The concept is very similar to other RDBMS like MySQL.Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/aws-saa-c03-certified/https://drtechie.dev/posts/aws-saa-c03-certified/Here is my experience with learning and getting AWS Solutions Architect Associate certified.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/the-importance-of-punctuality/https://drtechie.dev/posts/the-importance-of-punctuality/Punctuality can play a big role in your professional success.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://drtechie.dev/posts/hunting-down-oom-issue-in-ror/https://drtechie.dev/posts/hunting-down-oom-issue-in-ror/An exciting tech problem we solved at Avegen.Fri, 13 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT