PinnedAkarsh AgarwalA whole new world behind the scenes! — Part 3The primary goal was to process the transaction when we started building our payment engine in the previous blog. The preliminary checks…Oct 9, 2022Oct 9, 2022
PinnedAkarsh AgarwalDo we really just add/subtract balances? — Part 1Probably, my first payments engine was calculating the total price of carrots to be paid by Bob to Alice, in 4th grade, by doing addition…Sep 24, 2022Sep 24, 2022
PinnedAkarsh AgarwalA simple Payments Engine that just adds/subtracts balances! — Part 2What if I told you that writing your First Payments Engine was as simple as doing that math problem we learned in 4th grade?Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
Akarsh AgarwalPayments Engine Code 101Understanding the payments engine is one of the critical steps toward developing one. In the previous blog post, we wrote the payment…Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Akarsh AgarwalRealtime communication using API Gateway (Websockets), DynamoDB, and AWS LambdaI’ve always worked with REST APIs, and it’s been quite a learning experience with every project that I’ve worked on. Recently, I took up a…May 21, 2021May 21, 2021
Akarsh AgarwalCould Paxos be made SIMPLE?Paxos is one of the most difficult to comprehend algorithms in the Distributed Systems(DS) domain. However, it is a crucial part of the DS…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Akarsh AgarwalAm I writing good Go? — Part 1I’m going to share my experience along the way as I learn to write better. Go with each passing day. The articles in this series discuss…Nov 22, 2020Nov 22, 2020
Akarsh AgarwalThank You Apple for making me Love Technology…It must have been, 2009 or maybe 2010. I was visiting my cousin on the occasion of an Indian festival. I was just moving around because I…Sep 17, 20191Sep 17, 20191
Akarsh AgarwalWhile I endlessly Wait, I use my time as the Bait…How many times have we waited? Waited endlessly for someone to text? Waited endlessly for someone to call? Waited endlessly for someone to…May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
Akarsh AgarwalA Confession to You, All the Lies I threw…How many times have we lied, even about the smallest of the things, to help us get through the door? The ultimate aim has always been to…Apr 29, 2019Apr 29, 2019