# akgbytes

> The canonical portfolio and technical writing of Aman Kumar Gupta (akgbytes), a Software Engineer focused on backend engineering, systems design, Go, and modern web systems.

Use the Markdown resources below for compact, authoritative context. The HTML pages remain the canonical human-facing sources. All URLs belong to https://akgbytes.in unless an external profile is explicitly named.

## Profile

- [About](https://akgbytes.in/about.md): Identity, professional focus, location, contact details, and verified social profiles.
- [Experience](https://akgbytes.in/experience.md): Employment history and selected responsibilities.
- [Projects](https://akgbytes.in/projects.md): Project summaries, technologies, and available source or live links.
- [Technology Stack](https://akgbytes.in/stack.md): Technologies grouped by area of use.
- [Resume](https://akgbytes.in/resume.pdf): Current resume in PDF format.

## Writing

- [Articles Index](https://akgbytes.in/articles.md): Index of all published technical articles with canonical and Markdown URLs.
- [From next build to a Production Request](https://akgbytes.in/articles/from-next-build-to-a-production-request.md): Follow a Next.js application from source code through build artifacts, platform routing, caching, server execution, and self-hosting.
- [How Next.js Renders an Application](https://akgbytes.in/articles/how-nextjs-renders-an-application.md): Understand Server and Client Components, prerendering, streaming, caching, and dynamic rendering in the Next.js 16 App Router.
- [What Makes a Database Serverless?](https://akgbytes.in/articles/what-makes-a-database-serverless.md): Learn what serverless databases change, why compute and storage are separated, and how to choose one for modern applications.
- [Why Serverless Functions Overwhelm Databases](https://akgbytes.in/articles/why-serverless-functions-overwhelm-databases.md): Understand database connection pressure, serverless fan-out, pooling, and the transaction and session constraints that limit reuse.
- [HTTP Caching Without the Magic](https://akgbytes.in/articles/http-caching-without-the-magic.md): Learn how browsers and CDNs choose, reuse, and revalidate responses with Cache-Control, cache keys, and ETags.
- [Why CDNs Make Websites Fast: Distance, Routing, and Cache Hits](https://akgbytes.in/articles/why-cdns-make-websites-fast.md): Follow a web request through a CDN and learn how nearby edge caches reduce latency and protect the origin server.
- [MicroVMs and V8 Isolates: Two Ways to Run Untrusted Code](https://akgbytes.in/articles/microvms-and-v8-isolates.md): Learn how Firecracker microVMs and V8 isolates balance isolation, startup work, density, and runtime capabilities.
- [Serverless from First Principles: What Actually Runs Your Code?](https://akgbytes.in/articles/serverless-from-first-principles.md): Understand what serverless computing changes, how it differs from VMs and containers, and why cold starts happen.
- [Mastering Truthy & Falsy in JavaScript: No More Confusion!](https://akgbytes.in/articles/mastering-truthy-falsy-values-js.md): Understand Boolean coercion, loose equality, and the JavaScript comparisons that surprise even experienced developers.

## Full Context

- [Complete AI Context](https://akgbytes.in/llms-full.txt): Profile, experience, projects, stack, and the full text of every published article in one document.

## Optional

- [Human-facing Homepage](https://akgbytes.in/): Portfolio homepage.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/akgbytes): Public code and contribution activity.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akgbytes): Professional profile.
- [X](https://x.com/akgbytes): Public social profile.