Shubhendu Vaid
Blog
On-site articles by Shubhendu Vaid on engineering leadership, architecture, and building reliable platforms.
AI & Innovation
•6 min read
Orchestrating Multiple AI Tools: Building a Consensus CLI in Rust
Why AI tool fragmentation hurts delivery and how an open-source Rust CLI builds consensus across Amazon Q, Claude, Gemini, and local models.
Backend Engineering
•2 min read
Efficiently Retrieving Data from 1 Billion Records
A practical Cassandra + Docker + Spring Boot walkthrough for fast reads at billion-scale with partitioned access patterns.
Engineering Leadership
•3 min read
Innovation with Practicality: Why Engineering Leads Need to Be Commercially Minded
Five principles for balancing technical ambition with commercial impact, grounded in real leadership lessons.
Engineering Management
•3 min read
From Engineer to Engineering Manager
A guide for engineers moving into management, with five archetypes and how to grow beyond your default style.